“ELMO'S GREEN THUMB” AT THE RYAN CENTER – CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF “SUNNY DAYS”
 THE RED MONSTER WITH A GREEN THUMB ARRIVES IN KINGSTON ON MARCH 19

 (KINGSTON, RI – January 8, 2010) – VEE Corporation is proud to raise the curtain onthe 30th season of its world renowned Sesame Street Live touring productions. As the live stage show licensee of Sesame Workshop (the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street), VEE will present an amazing adventure as Elmo and friends help find a new home for Elmo's sunflower, Sunny. Sesame Street Live “Elmo's Green Thumb” performs at The Ryan Center for six shows from Friday, March 19 through Sunday, March 21.
 
Tickets for Sesame Street Live “Elmo's Green Thumb” go on sale February 4 at 10am and start at just $15. Opening night tickets are just $12 (excluding Gold Circle and Premium Seats). Tickets will be available at www.ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at 1.800.745.3000, or at the Ryan Center Box Office. For more information about group sales discounts, call 401.788.3080 or email groupsales@theryancenter.com.
 
Elmo has raised his sunflower, Sunny, from a seed, but his floral friend has outgrown the flower pot. Elmo and friends find Big Bird's garden the ideal place for Sunny to flourish and grow but they are too excited to wait. Rather than let Sunny follow nature's course, Abby Cadabby, Sesame Street's fairy-in-training, casts a spell to make Sunny grow. The spell does just the opposite and, instead of growing, Elmo and all of his friends shrink! While Abby searches for just the right words to reverse the spell, Elmo, Zoe, Telly and friends explore Big Bird's garden from a smaller perspective and learn some big lessons about patience, overcoming their fears and appreciating the role that each creature plays in our ecosystem – from dancing ladybugs and beautiful butterflies to grouchy beetles that scavenge the garden floor.  It's a fresh, original Sesame Street Live on a whole new scale!
 
Like television's Sesame Street, each Sesame Street Live production features timeless lessons for all ages.  The universal appeal of each Broadway-quality musical production continues long after preschool.  Adults will appreciate the high-tech stagecraft, cleverly written script, and music they'll recognize and enjoy sharing with children, such as “Ladybug Picnic,” “Inch by Inch” and “I Love Trash.” 
 
Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization that changed television forever with the legendary Sesame Street. As the single largest informal educator of young children, local Sesame Street programs produced in countries as diverse as South Africa, Bangladesh and India are making a difference in over 120 nations. Using proprietary research to create engaging and enriching content, Sesame Workshop produces programs such as Dragon Tales and Pinky Dinky Doo. In addition, multimedia needs-driven initiatives provide families tools for addressing such issues as children's health, military deployment and emergency preparedness.   Proceeds from the sale of Sesame Street products and services, and individual and corporate philanthropic support, endow Sesame Workshop's educational research and creative content for children around the world. Learn more at www.sesamestreet.org.
 
Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, VEE Corporation is one of the most experienced and respected names in family-friendly entertainment.  VEE Corporation has delighted millions of children around the world with live touring stage shows since Sesame Street Live's debut performance in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sep. 17, 1980. VEE also provides entertainment, promotion and event marketing services for the world's most respected brands and agencies.  Clients and partners in the corporate, sports, museum and event marketing sector come to VEE for imaginative solutions to capture the undivided attention of their customers and audiences through custom designed/built interactive environments.  For more information, please visit www.vee.com.
 
Global Spectrum (global-spectrum.com) is the fastest growing firm in the public assembly facility management field with more than 85 facilities throughout the United States and Canada. The Philadelphia-based company is part of one of the world's largest sports and entertainment companies, Comcast-Spectacor, which also owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community ice skating rinks, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, a regional sports programming network, Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services provider, New Era Tickets, a full-service ticketing and marketing product for public assembly facilities, and Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales company and 3601 Creative Group, a full-service in-house advertising agency. In a partnership with Disson Skating, Comcast-Spectacor annually produces 10 nationally televised figure skating spectaculars on NBC.
 
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CONTACT:    Diana Zanetto   
                 Global Spectrum/The Ryan Center
                 401.788.3230