Big Bird, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch will be losing a good friend next season on "Sesame Street." Sonia Manzano, the actress who played shop owner 'Maria' for 44 years on the award-winning ...

Sesame Street's Elmo, Oscar, Abby Cadabby, and Bert & Ernie went Wednesday, One Piece, Stranger Things, and Bridgerton for Halloween.

Sonia Manzano's acting career began when she was in the original cast of Godspell — a musical which began as a student production on campus,... For the last 44 years, you could ask Maria how to get to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — “Sesame Street” is about to be less A-OK. Sonia Manzano, who has played the role of Maria on the groundbreaking kid show since 1971, is retiring. Manzano, 65, broke the news earlier ...

Long before “Sesame Street” premiered, Sonia Manzano lived there — minus the Muppets. Manzano spent 44 years on the beloved children’s show as Maria, joining two years after its 1969 debut that showed ...

NEW HAVEN -- "Sesame Street" viewers have watched Sonia Manzano grow up before their eyes, going from the young, wide-eyed teenager Maria she started as 40 years ago to the woman whose life ...

While Oscar the Grouch may be best known for his cranky attitude, the iconic children's TV show character is looking to expand his resume by partnering with a New York City sanitation company in an ...

The road to Sesame Street goes straight through Astoria, Queens, to an 8,000-square-foot soundstage in the historic Kaufman Astoria Studios. That’s where a group of Netflix executives found themselves ...

Sonia Manzano has spent the past 44 years of her career on Sesame Street as Maria, but that is all coming to an end. During a recent appearance at the American Library Association’s annual conference, ...