Somebody Come and Play (exhibit)

Somebody Come and Play: 45 Years of Sesame Street Helping Kids Grow Smarter, Stronger, and Kinder is an exhibition housed by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. The exhibit was open from September 18, 2014 to January 31, 2015.
Celebrating the 45th anniversary of Sesame Street, the exhibit features behind the scenes photos, videos, character designs, props and costumes, as well as puppets of certain characters (including Oscar the Grouch, Count von Count, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Elmo, Zoe, Ernie, Bert, Hoots, Snuffy, Super Grover and the cast of Sesame Tree). A special wall was also included that encouraged visitors to feel the various fabrics and materials used to make the Muppets.
In conjunction with the exhibit, several events were also held within Lincoln Center's facilities.
SCAP-Exhibit.jpg|Re-creation of the 123 Sesame Street stoop with Oscar the Grouch
berternie-e1411064595618.jpg|Bert and Ernie on display with their hobbies
Abbyscetches.jpg|Early design sketches for Abby
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ss45-community-room.jpg|The Community Room
Sesame-St-11-1200.jpg|Is it a bird?...No, it's Super Grover!
composer.jpg|Composed music and Jeff Moss
sesame-street-lincoln-center-nypl-big-bird.jpg|Big Bird on display
sesame-street-exhibition.jpg|Two Honkers walk-arounds (upper parts of stage costumes)
Sesame_tree_expo.jpg|The Muppets from Sesame Tree
File:Somebody come and play bookmark 1.jpg|Bookmark promoting the exhibit
File:Somebody come and play bookmark 2.jpg|Back of the bookmark
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==Events==
thumb|300px|Time lapse of Louis Henry Mitchell creating art for the exhibit 
*Muppet Master Class (September 19, 2014)
:with Martin P. Robinson and Annie Evans 
*Family Day! (October 13, 2014)
*Making Learning a Funny Affair (October 16, 2014)
:with Bobby Moynihan, Eric Jacobson (with Grover and Bert), Joey Mazzarino (with Murray Monster), Christine Ferraro, Carol-Lynn Parente and Rosemarie Truglio
*Follow That Bird screening (October 22, 2014)
*The World According to Sesame Street screening (November 6, 2014)
:with Nadine Zylstra, Martin Robinson and Annie Evans
*The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland screening (November 19, 2014)
*A Digital Playground (November 20, 2014)
*On the Street Where You Learn: The Intersection of Broadway and Sesame Street (January 5, 2015)
:with Chris Jackson, Bill Sherman, James Monroe Iglehart, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Kitt 
*Muppet Vault: Sesame Street at Lincoln Center (January 22, 2015) 
:presented by ToughPigs.com
==External links==
*New York Public Library page
*Sesame Workshop press release
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