Patrick Bristow

The Groundlings Theatre is going gay for a day

2010-10-11 16:33:00

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'Stuffed and Unstrung' -- an improv puppet show for adults -- is coming to Irvine

2010-11-05 16:32:53

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Theater review: 'Stuffed and Unstrung' at the Irvine Barclay Theatre [Updated]

2010-12-30 16:32:50

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Trend Watch: SHŌNA jewelry trunk show comes to Neiman Marcus

2012-12-05 15:01:00

Shona C. Gilbert, an artistic couture jewelry designer, is bringing her designs via a trunk show to Neiman Marcus at Fashion Island on Dec. 14-15. Her handmade line, SHONA, features glass-beaded bracelets, tourmaline gemstones and vintage stones,...

Puppets behaving badly in 'Stuffed and Unstrung'

2012-06-13 13:12:00

You'd think that in the presence of puppets — near Muppets, really — associated with the legendary creator of Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear, audiences would behave themselves, if only in deference to their innocent childhoods. You'd think....

'Stuffed and Unstrung': Improv with puppets

2012-06-07 12:42:00

However many times you may have tuned in to Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog, you never saw the funniest bits of "The Muppet Show." That's because the really good material was performed before the cameras rolled. "That was always the really funny stuff,"...

Youmans: Audience takes control in 'Stuffed'

2012-01-05 19:11:47

A band of miscreant puppets and six comedian puppeteers took to the stage at the Irvine Barclay Theatre on New Year's Eve, largely not knowing what the evening of improv puppetry had in store. "Stuffed and Unstrung," Henson Alternative's foul-mouthed...

Muppets for the mature crowd

2011-12-21 14:08:00

Henson Alternative's off-Broadway comedy "Stuffed and Unstrung" isn't the kind of puppet show you might have grown up with. Part of the Jim Henson Co. — which brought children "Sesame Street" and "The Muppets" — "Stuffed and Unstrung" is a...

Stuffed and Unstrung

2010-12-13 00:00:00

The Barclay proudly presents the West Coast Premiere of STUFFED AND UNSTRUNG, a live uncensored show that lets loose the perilous and provocative elements of comedic improvisation on stage with a bunch of puppets in a show produced by WestBeth...

So many ways to celebrate

2010-12-16 15:27:00

Still need to get into the holiday spirit (or avoid it at all costs)? Check out our holiday activity guide for something to suit everybody — and we mean everybody. For the Scrooge If your goal each December is to get as far away as possible from...

In other words, you don�t just get to laugh at the inventions of the puppeteers, you also feel like you get a window into how all those great Henson movies and TV shows were actually made. -- Chris Jones Through June 17 at the Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St.

2012-06-13 00:00:00