Josh Cohen and Tamra Malaga perform long-form improv with a particular twist: Cohen plays almost all of his characters through puppets. And we’re not talking amateur-hour “Punch and Judy” stuff here—Cohen’s honed his skills in the employ of The Jim Henson Company, logging time inside the titular character of “Bear in the Big Blue House” and acting as Cookie Monster’s right hand for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. As the main human presence on stage, it often falls to Malaga to play the straight man and ground the felt-and-fur insanity that surrounds her. ...

This summer, you have a choice: you can see Johnny Depp as a pirate frolicking across a movie screen, delightfully impersonating a rock star, or you can see rock star David Bowie frolicking across a movie screen, delightfully impersonating a pirate, er fairy king. So, no matter what, there will be frolicking, but with the second instance you will also get singing, dancing, riddle and rhyme in the magical re-release of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth. All......

The word "twitter", mostly employed by delicate English septuagenarians, has been reclaimed by local artist and cinematographer Jeanne Stern. She presents her work at The Opera House this Friday with the show Twitter Box: Spatial Illusions Of All Kinds. "A 'twitter box' is a moving microcosm," Stern explained to us. "It could be a film, performance, or diorama, or a drawing that is suggestive of motion." The boxes will accompany mechanical ballets and hanging gardens.......