The internet is squeaking with delight this week at a 23-second-long clip of a figure in a rat costume, complete with a long tail, whiskers, and mousy gray suit, dragging a life-sized pizza slice up ...

These days, it’s only a short walk to work for Jonothon Lyons as an off-broadway performer with a very New York alter ego: Buddy the Rat. Lyons, who’s also a puppeteer, has been working on this silent ...

So this giant rat walks into a Midtown subway car — and nobody blinks an eye. “Buddy the Rat” — aka performance artist Jonothon Lyons — has been boring seen-it-all subway riders a lot these days as he ...