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Susie Davidson Readers may recall Paul Vincent Davis as the artistic director and artist-in-residence of Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline. He was a neighborhood treasure who had lived in Brookline Village since 1976.  These days, Davis, 86, is a resident of Deutsches Altenheim, the German Centre for Extended Care in West Roxbury. But for more than 30 years, thousands of children and adults enjoyed the fine art of puppetry he brought to life at the Station Street theater. Given the pandemic, Davis has been spending a lot of time reading, still mostly about puppetry. A Richmond, Va., na...

Brookline@Home: Paul Vincent Davis still makes the right moves Susie Davidson / brookline@wickedlocal.com Readers may recall Paul Vincent Davis as the artistic director and artist-in-residence of Brookline's Puppet Showplace Theater. He was a neighborhood treasure who had lived in Brookline Village since 1976.  These days, Davis, 86, is a resident of Deutsches Altenheim, the German Centre for Extended Care in West Roxbury. But for more than 30 years, thousands of children and adults enjoyed the fine art of puppetry he brought to life at the Station Street theater. Given the pandemic, Davis ...

Alex Corey / brookline@wickedlocal.com Generations have turned to Brookline's Puppet Showplace Theater as a source of entertainment, and for nearly 50 years, the theater handily delivered. That is, until a recent embezzlement scandal left Puppet Showplace nearly bankrupt and threatened to bring down the curtain for good.  The theater, which provides children and adults the opportunity to learn about puppetry through workshops and classes, has been an entertainment hub in Brookline since its 1974 founding. Puppet Showplace has also provided a space for puppeteers from across the country t...