For its second online installment of the 2020 Fall Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will host a?oeThe Renaissance of African American Object Performancea?? with noted puppeteers, artists, scholars Edna Bland, Paulette Richards, Schroe
BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Sesame Street puppeteer Caroll Spinney has died at age 85.
Sesame Street got its start at the height of the civil rights movement and the war on poverty, in answer to a simple but powerful question: could television help prepare less advantaged children for school? In 1969, the show's founders tapped researchers, entertainers, and other visionaries to crea
Taking on the role of Big Bird requires some filling some very large shoes, but Brandon Wagner couldn't be more excited to be spreading the magic of Big Bird and Sesame Street around the country in Sesame Street Live! Make Your Magic.
Focus Features is in negotiations to acquire rights to 'Street Gang,' Marilyn Agrelo's documentary exploring the 'Sesame Street' phenomenon, according to Variety.
MISTER ROGERS: IT'S YOU I LIKE, a celebrity-filled, hour-long special that premieres on PBS stations in March 2018(check local listings), celebrates Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, the pioneering PBS series that premiered nationally 50 years ago and became an iconic and enduring landmark in the world o
MISTER ROGERS: IT'S YOU I LIKE Premieres March 2018 on PBS
At its third annual Eight Over Eighty benefit gala last night, The New Jewish Home(formerly, Jewish Home Lifecare), one of the country's largest and most diversified nonprofit eldercare systems, honored eight trailblazing New Yorkers over 80.
At its third annual Eight Over Eighty benefit gala, The New Jewish Home (formerly, Jewish Home Lifecare) will pay tribute to eight New Yorkers who, in their ninth and tenth decades, continue to live lives of remarkable achievement, vitality and civic engagement.
UtahPresents brings a beloved Sesame Street character to Salt Lake, with a screening of the acclaimed feature-length documentary I AM BIG BIRD.
SOMETHING ROTTEN! is Broadway's newest hit musical, based on the premise that two playwright brothers in William Shakespeare's time learn that the 'next big thing' in the theatre business will be the musical.
Whether you're in the mood for comedy, a thriller, a tearjerker or something more educational, September ushers in a huge new collection of movie and TV titles available for instant streaming, rental and purchase for Amazon customers.
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Since 2001, Kingsbury Hall Presents has offered an eclectic season of performing artists at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus.
For 45 years, Caroll Spinney has been beloved by generations of children as the man behind Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch -- and at 80 years old, he has no intention of stopping.
In the video below, Caroll Spinney (playing himself and the voice of Big Bird) brings a SESAME STREET twist to the Oscar-nominated film BIRDMAN in the parody 'BIG BIRDMAN, described as: 'A veteran puppeteer, who plays an avian icon, battles his ego and attempts to find his way back to a certain furr
SiriusXM today announced that original cast members fromSesame Street,the groundbreaking children's television series, will participate in an exclusive installment of SiriusXM's 'Town Hall' commemorating the 45 th anniversary of the show's debut on public television.
Grand Performances announces its 28th annual season with a line-up full of fan favorites, new musical obsessions, and events at the gorgeous California Plaza under the spectacular Downtown Los Angeles skyline.
