NEW YORK — Ever since there have been ventriloquists with their arms up dummies, there has been truth-telling by puppet. Fred Russell had Coster Joe. Edgar Burton had Charlie McCarthy. And on the ...

I’m convinced that a special place awaits me in heaven because, feeling duty-bound, I went to see the play “Hand to God” not just once, but twice. Heaven is germane here: Not a single one of the ...

In 2002, Alan Moore and the late Steve Moore wrote an essay for Kaos #14 entitled "The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels", a semi-historical treatise witty, uproarious, and very ...

If you are going to see “Hand to God,” which opens tonight at the Ephrata Performing Arts Center, be prepared: Tyrone is going to offend you. He offends everyone in the show. It’s his reason for ...

Ever since its off off Broadway debut in 2011, Robert Askins’ comedy “Hand to God” has been known as a demonic puppet comedy so raunchy it makes “Avenue Q” seem like kid’s stuff. But beyond the dozens ...

The puppet Tyrone takes on a life of his own in “Hand to God,” much to the dismay of teenager Jason (Bob Linebarger). Picasa Unicorn Theatre If you like puppets that sweetly sing the ABCs and teach ...

Eliott Purcell in SpeakEasy Stage's production of "Hand to God." (Courtesy Glenn Perry Photography/Speakeasy Stage Company) In "Hand to God," the devil’s advocate is a sock. Or might the bedraggled ...

I know the theater season is still young, but I can’t imagine seeing a better or more convincing performance than the one Harrison Bryan is delivering each night in Florida Studio Theatre’s Stage III ...

Caleb Foote says it was fate that led him to the lead role in the local premiere of everyone’s favorite Broadway play about a potty-mouthed, chaos-causing puppet. But you have to wonder if the ...