I’m proof of the power of puppets. Besides growing up with the Neighborhood of Make-Believe from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and the Muppets of Jim Henson’s magic, paper lunch bag puppet shows were ...

A terrifying whale, a delicate marionette made of ice and a collection of intricate figurines that travel across the terrain of human bodies were several of the sights on offer during the first week ...

It’s a Wednesday night at the Studebaker Theater, and 70 minutes into Moby Dick, an immense white whale painted on a screen slowly covers a dark stage. The whale seems completely still until you ...

Plexus Polaire performers onstage during a production of "Moby Dick." (Courtesy Christophe Raynaud de Lage) A story of a whaling expedition is not too far removed from the realities many experience in ...

Canadian gem ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’ and other standout shorts, features, and student films were also celebrated as this year’s festival wrapped things up.

If your New Year's Resolution is to see more live music, movies filmed in Massachusetts, or life-sized puppets acting out 19th century literary classics on stage – then boy, do we have the episode for ...