While puppets have long appealed to moppets — upbeat shows filled with marionettes and felt figures have a whimsical way of eliciting giggles from youngsters — puppetry as an art form has long had an ...

When puppets can sing, fight, cuss, have both sex and identity crises, and still remain adorable, one might presume those puppets' masters were lifelong students of the medium. The co-creators of ...