Sesame Street Cast Tours

Sesame Street Cast Tours were live performances by the Sesame Street cast. In the early years of the show, the cast would regularly tour around the United States, performing live for audiences of preschoolers.
The first Cast Tour ran from August 31 to September 14, 1970, to promote the second season, which began airing in November. The 40-minute show featured Gordon, Susan, Bob, Mr. Hooper and Big Bird (played by Danny Seagren). As the CTW's internal "Sesame Street Newsletter" reported, the cast "performed at two shows in Harlem's Apollo Theater before kicking off the national tour in September before a crowd of 15,000 at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park (where a reporter described the event as a 'preschooler's Woodstock')." The performance was captured on tape and aired locally as Sesame Street in San Francisco.
The tour moved on to Los Angeles, Toledo, Detroit, Cleveland, New Orleans, Atlanta, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Boston, Newark and Philadelphia."Sesame Street Newsletter" (internal CTW newsletter), number 10, October 30, 1970. "Cast Tour Kicks Off Utilization Efforts".
After a 1971 stop in Chicago, Reverend Jesse Jackson described the cast as "beautiful."Reverend Jesse Jackson, "Country Preacher On The Case", The Pittsburgh Courier, 2 January 1971, pg 4
==Locations==
* September 1, 1970 — Golden Gate Park 
* September 6, 1970 — Jackson, MississippiClarion-Ledger "Sesame Street Show at Coliseum Good" by Jean Culbertson, Sep 7, 1970Delta Democrat-Times "Sesame Street Belonged to Jackson Kids" Sep 7, 1970
* March 15-16, 1973 — New York area; resulted in Sesame Street LIVE!
==Gallery==
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==Sources==
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Category:Sesame Street Stage Shows