The Lion King features co-puppet design by Julie Taymor and Michael Curry. There are more than 232 puppets in the show, including rod puppets, shadow puppets and full-sized puppets. The Lion King ...

MINNEAPOLIS — An incredible blend of acting, artwork and engineering is bringing the stage to life at a Minneapolis theater. Disney's "The Lion King" is amid a five-week stint at the Orpheum Theatre.

This cool demonstration by Design I/O, which produces “interactive installations” shows the Kinect being used to project animated hand puppets that respond to the user’s movements. Design I/O built it ...

It's easy to forget they're not real, that a human hand guides their movements and mouths. That's how convincingly Aimee Hudon coaxes Twinkie the Rabbit out of the magician's top hat and listens to ...