The woman who played Maria on Sesame Street has confessed to having a flirtatious relationship with Oscar the Grouch. “That’s absolutely true,” Sonia Manzano, 75 — who depicted the character “Maria” ...

Piphus, a Vanderbilt alum, is the voice and puppeteer for 6-year-old Gabrielle, the first Black female character on "Sesame Street.” Piphus, who grew up in Cincinnati suburb Lincoln Heights and ...

Piphus, a Vanderbilt alum, is the voice and puppeteer for 6-year-old Gabrielle, the first Black female character on "Sesame Street.” Piphus grew up in a violent neighborhood just outside Cincinnati, ...

Apart from the giant yellow bird, the red furry monster and the blue Muppet with an insatiable appetite for cookies, “Sesame Street” appears as real as the New York City streets that inspired it.