A Celebration of Maurice Sendak with Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner, Meryl Streep, James Gandolfini, Dave Eggers, Spike Jonze, Linda Emond, Catherine Keener, Anika Noni Rose, Stephen Greenblatt and others “Maurice Sendak is the modern picture book’s portal figure,” read the jury citation honoring him with the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children’s literature. The author and/or illustrator of more than 90 books, including the Caldecott-winner Where the Wild Things Are, Higglety Pigglety Pop. and In the Night Kitchen, Sendak has collaborated on operas and ballets for television and stage. Playwright Tony Kushner leads this 80th-birthday celebration, with performances, readings and commemorations by Sendak’s friends and fellow artists.

This event is supported in part by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

To purchase special seats and post-performance cocktail party, please call Marissa Carty at 212.415.5488 or by email. Proceeds from your purchase will benefit the 92nd Street Y's Education Outreach Initiatives serving 8,000 school children per year which includes the Unterberg Poetry Center Schools Project. Learn more about this exclusive event.

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Date & Time: Mon, Sep 15, 2008, 8:00pm

Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Directions

Code: T-TP5MS34-01

Price: $19.00 / $10.00 Age 35 and Under