Hansel & Gretel

At Puppetworks, “Hansel & Gretel” appears in its kid-friendly, puppet-theater form, returning the Grimm siblings to the woods, the breadcrumb trail, and the problem of a house that isn’t what it seems. The story tracks two children navigating hunger, fear, and improvisation, then turns on how they outthink an adult predator. Puppetworks has made fairy-tale repertory a steady part of New York’s family-culture calendar; this version treats the cautionary tale as craft, not spectacle. One clear takeaway is how puppetry makes peril legible without courting panic.