Puppet Showplace
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Comment: Please, all articles you have linked inline are unreliable or primary/secondary source. Some also don't contain your claims! (i tagged only 2 of them!) E.g.: Highbeam is highly unreliable. maybe use the references you out at the bottom inline. mabdul 14:19, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
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The Puppet Showplace is located in Brookline Village, MA. It hosts puppet performances for over 20,000 children annually [1] as well as for adults[2][3]It is also the home of the Boston Area Guild of Puppetry, a guild of the Puppeteers of America.[4]
History
The Puppet Showplace Theatre was founded on June 2, 1974 by teacher and puppeteer Mary Putnam Churchill.[5] She originally intended to perform mainly her own puppet shows, but the storefront theater soon attracted other puppeteers from around New England and farther. In 1980 the theater moved next door, into the historic Building at 30-34 Station Street across from the Brookline Village (MBTA station), where it is currently housed.
References
- ^ http://www.massculturalcouncil.org/facilities/facilities_fundinglist.htm Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund, Funded Projects 2008-2009
- ^ http://www.boston.com/yourtown/brookline/articles/2010/06/17/roxanna_myhrums_heroes_have_always_been_puppets/ Andreae Downs, June 17, 2010 The Boston Globe "Her heroes have always been puppets"
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=mUxIHKjipecC&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=%22puppet+showplace%22+boston+globe&source=bl&ots=UU05PzSKLC&sig=DvOdryPfy7O5K-1ZJKp01v9OAC0&hl=en&ei=Mb-gTuKwBany0gHN8Ji1BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAzgo#v=onepage&q=%22puppet%20showplace%22%20boston%20globe&f=false Marie Morris, page 158, "Frommer's Portable Boston"
- ^ http://www.bagop.org/
- ^ Tom Long, The Boston Globe, November 19, 1997, "Mary Churchill, at 66; founded Puppet Showplace in Brookline"
- Loretta Leone The Boston Globe Mar 23, 1978 "No Strings Attached"
- Marjorie Howard, The Boston Herald September 29, 1991 "Puppeteer introduces children to theater"
- David Wildman, The Boston Globe, Jul 2, 1995 "Let's give puppets on the Common a hand"
- Jill Radsken, The Boston Herald, April 18, 2010
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