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A rooster crowing in the dead of night? A sinister ice-cream truck playing a creepy tune as it trundles through the streets of Moscow? No, it's the musical automaton clock at the Puppet Theater. Now, ...

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. It’s all about the puppets. They are the stars, after all — the frog singing and whistling Al Jolsen’s “Swanee,’’ the dog and rooster duet of “There’s ...

A rooster crowing in the dead of night? A sinister ice-cream truck on the streets of Moscow? No, it's the musical automaton clock at the Puppet Theater in Russia. Our own Russian correspondent, Corey ...