Spring 2010 Volume 61, No. 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

COVER STORY

2 Populating Pee-wee’s Playhouse, by Carrie Hayward

ARTICLES

8 Life Among the Mojigangas, by Larry Engler

10 As Seen On TV, by Christine Papalexis and Greg Veneklasen

19 Who Says Romance is Dead?  Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet” – The Happy Ending, by Robin Walsh

26 Future Five! Hat, by Wendy Passmore

27 Eric Bass and Ines Zeller Bass Receive Governor’s Award, by Bonny Hall

28 A Return to Roots:  Portrait of a Puppet Designer (Joyce Hutter), by Lynne Paso

COLUMNS

12 A Bob’s Eye View, by Bob Nathanson • Elevate Me

14 Scene East, by Steve Abrams

15 Scene West, by Beth Fernandez

16 Scene Between, by Monica Leo

20 & 32 At  Large, compiled by Paul Eide

CARTOON

13 Glue Gunfight at the OK Corral (Steve Mark, Bob Nathanson)

REVIEWS

6 Redmoon Theatre’s Production of “The Cabinet” •  Reviewed by Fred Putz

18 Exhibit:  The Katonah Art Museum • The Art of Contemporary Puppet Theater • Commentary by Anna Vargas

21 Book:  “Beating a Dead Horse:  The Life and Times of Jay Marshall” • Reviewed by Nancy Henk

22 DVDs:  Luman Coad, Puppet Manipulation • National Puppetry Festival 09 • I’m No Dummy • ShadowWorld • Reviewed by Paul Eide

IN MEMORIAM

24 Mark Ritts

25 Adah Ruth Ballard • Ray Mount

PLAYBOARD MAY-JUNE 2010

33-36

COVER

The Playhouse puppeteers gather around the man himself.

(l-r) Victoria Johnson, Erik Kuska, Artie Esposito, Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman) Haley Jenkins, Sean Johnson, Russ Walko, Patrick Johnson, Carla Rudy    •Photo by Cameron Zetty

Photo of Pee-wee Herman:  ©1986 - 1991 PAUL REUBENS.

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