This week Music Theatre of Madison presents a staged reading of The Puppet as it continues with the Festival of New Musicals, a showcase designed to give a platform for under-the-radar new musicals.   The Puppet is a modern take on a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta imagining what the 2020 election might look like. Eight O’Clock Buzz host Brian Standing is by two members of the creative team behind the show,   Madisonian Mark Wurzelbacher (in studio)  and Brian Davenport (by telephone).