Basil Twist has been called a genius. The art he's a genius at? Puppetry " which he knows can be a hard sell. "It's not of this time," he says. "It's not of the world we live in now." But Twist, a highly trained practicioner, brings this art of the past to the present with innovative creations beyond the likes of the Muppets " or their foul-mouthed cousins on Avenue Q. Twist's puppets are classical and contemporary, …
SOURCE: WNYC at 08:00AM on March 24, 2012