David J. Syrotiak didn't need to pull any strings to move the National Marionette Theatre from Vermont to Erie. The decision was a no-brainer after Mariana, his wife, became director of the English-as ...

With two versions of Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio hitting the screens, now is as good a time as any to look at the naughty marionette’s journey from a log of wood to a real boy. The ...

Although he specialized in cuckoo clocks, woodcarver Geppetto (Tom Hanks) creates a marionette based on someone from his past in “Pinocchio.” Disney (TNS) One thing you can count on these days is not ...

A stupendous cast, outstanding stagecraft and delightful songs prove how thrilling an old story can become in the right hands This musical incarnation of the classic story about a talking marionette ...

Pinocchio’s Marionette Theater in Altamonte Springs will close at the end of July, director Sean Keohane says. Attendance and donations dropped off last fall and have never truly recovered, he said.