Back in the early ’90s, a New Jersey-based company called GoodTimes Entertainment carved out a place for itself in the home-video space churning out straight-to-video knockoffs of Disney animated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An early rehearsal for Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang's "The Monkey King" with the Monkey puppet. (Cory Weaver/San Francisco ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The world premiere of The Monkey King at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco takes place on Friday. And on Wednesday night, KTVU was allowed to take a sneak preview of the ...

Opera - The Monkey King This image released by the San Francisco Opera shows tenor Kang Wang, center, rehearsing for the new opera "The Monkey King," on Nov. 6, 2025 in San Francisco. (Cory Weaver/San ...

When interviewing a puppeteer in the presence of his creation, eye contact can be perplexing. Basil Twist, the acclaimed puppet artist whose designs span Broadway, opera and cabaret stages, was ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A rascally superhero born from a stone egg, the Monkey King is beloved in Chinese mythology, appearing in everything from a 16th century epic to modern comics, animated movies and ...