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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Bob Baker Marionette Theater is closing its doors in Downtown Los Angeles after over half a century of entertaining children and their families, but the puppet shows will ...

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At the intersection of 1st Street and Glendale Boulevard in Echo Park, the Bob Baker Marionette Theater’s annual Halloween Spooktacular is in full swing. The hour-long puppet show is a fall-time L.A.

It’s a good thing puppets travel well. Since November, the Bob Baker Marionette Theater has taken its shows on the road, performing at venues all over the city in the absence of a permanent home for ...

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The black cat with the rhinestone collar. The hand-walking clown. The petunia that dances and sings. These beloved characters and 2,000 other puppets handcrafted by marionette mastermind Bob Baker are ...

For 55 years, the Bob Baker Marionette Theater has delighted audiences with hand-crafted puppets. It still does. But on Nov, 23, Los Angeles’ long-running children’s theater company co-founded by Bob ...