I scratched my head when I realized that the fuzzy and felt huggable monster gang of "Sesame Street" never really had a live show after five decades. Yes, they've made live appearances outside of PBS (with also a somewhat shaky streaming residency at HBO Max), like the "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" show. But I realized that they haven't really starred in a live theatrical production. And when I mean the Sesame Street gang, I do not mean the "Sesame Street Live!" shows where our tiny gang is converted into adult-shaped body suits.
Then arrives "Sesame Street: The Musical," written, directed, and produced by Jonathan Rockefeller (who's behind the currently touring "Disney's Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation"). It's "Sesame Street" debut attempt to transport their (approximate) original television forms (as designed by Jim Henson's Creature Shop)—with rod-operated arms and wall-concealed puppeteers—to the live...
Then arrives "Sesame Street: The Musical," written, directed, and produced by Jonathan Rockefeller (who's behind the currently touring "Disney's Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation"). It's "Sesame Street" debut attempt to transport their (approximate) original television forms (as designed by Jim Henson's Creature Shop)—with rod-operated arms and wall-concealed puppeteers—to the live...
- 9/30/2022
- by Caroline Cao
- Slash Film
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