The Puppetry the Musical Spectacular is a an American orchestra based in Boston series of live stage shows occurring between January and April 2023. The first show took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City from Jan. 7-8, the second show was at Staples Center in Los Angeles from Feb. 4-12, the third was at San Antonio in Texes from Mar. 11-18, the fourth was at San Francisco in California from Apr. 8-16, this is a Orchestra Live on show featuring characters Puppets from versions of Sesame Street, Neary School, Lamb Chop from Shari Lewis and Helpsters. On January 7, 2023 Aired on PBS, and Streaming on Hulu and Disney+. Album on January 7, 2023 and DVD Video on October 7, 2023.
Cast[]
Host by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Sesame Street Muppets Characters: Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Ji Young, Grover, Rosita, Oscar the Grouch Gabrielle, Felix the Chicken, Count Von Count, Julia, The Martians
Neary School Characters: Snuffy, Jayson, Pigeon, Jayson’s iPad, Bernstein’s iPad, Tammy the Bird, JoJo Bear, Gerald, Piggie, Big Bird
Shari Lewis Character: Lamb Chop
Helpsters Characters: Cody, Scatter, Mr. Primm, Heart, Jackie
Voice of Characters[]
- Matt Vogel as Big Bird, Count Von Count and 1 Yip Yip Martian
- Eric Jacobson as Grover, Oscar the Grouch, Snuffy the Snuffleupagus and Gerald
- David Rudman as Cookie Monster and Jayson the Ape
- Ryan Dillon as Elmo and Felix the Chicken
- Stephanie D’Abruzzo as Tammy the Bird, Cody and 3 Yip Yip Martian
- Mallory Lewis as Lamb Chop
- Martin P. Robinson as Big Bird, Mr. Primm and 2 Yip Yip Martian
- Peter Linz as Jayson’s iPad
- John Leguizamo as Bernstein’s iPad
- Tyler Brunch as JoJo Bear
- Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Piggie
- Kathleen Kim as Ji Young
- Megan Piphus as Gabrielle
- Tim Lagasse as Scatter
- Ingrid Hansen as Heart
- Jennifer Barnhart as Jackie
- Mo William as Pigeon
- Carmen Osbahr as Rosita
- Stacey Gordon as Julia
Act 1[]
- The Medley of “Sesame Street Theme”, “Neary School Theme”, "Sing A Little Sing-A-Long" and “How Can We Help You” sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sesame Street gang, Neary School gang, Lamb Chop and Helpsters gang
- ABC-DEF-GHI sang by Big Bird and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Elmo’s Song sang by Elmo and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- C is For Cookie sang by Cookie Monster and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- I Love Trash sang by Oscar and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- This is My Street sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Sesame Street gang
- The Song of The Count sang by The Count and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Welcome sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Sesame Street gang
- Somebody Come and Play sang by Elmo, Rosita, Gabrielle and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- I Am Special sang by Grover and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Songs sang by Elmo and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- ABC Hip Hop sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elmo, Rosita, Grover, Cookie Monster, Ji Young and Felix
- Believe in Yourself sang by Elmo, Julia, Grover and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Sing After Me sang by Big Bird and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- People in your Neighborhood sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elmo, Rosita, Ji Young and Gabrielle
- Fuzzy and Blue (and Red) sang by Grover, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Elmo and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Medley of “Oscar’s Junk Band” and “The Grouch Song” sang by Oscar and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Count Me In sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elmo, Rosita and Ji Young
- Monster in the Mirror sang by Grover and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Healthy Food sang by Cookie Monster and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Tu Me Gustas sang by Rosita and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Something in the Air sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elmo, Big Bird, Rosita, Ji Young and Felix
- We Can all Be Friends sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Big Bird, Elmo, Rosita and Julia
- What’s the Name of that Song sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Sesame Street gang
- Try a Little Kindness sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Sesame Street gang
- B is for Book sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elmo and Cookie Monster
- Anyone Can Be Friends sang by Elmo, Gabrielle, Ji Young, Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Martians
- The Medley of “Batty Bats”, “Counting is Wonderful” and Transylvania 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elmo and The Count
- One Small Voice sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Felix, Cookie Monster, Gabrielle, Elmo and Rosita
- Sing a Song sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Sesame Street gang
Act 2[]
- The Medley of "The Song That Dosen't End", "The If You Like Song", "Big Old Cat", "The Turning Song", "The Little Song", "The Soft & Loud Song", "One Plus One", "The Body Song", and "Get up and Dance" sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Lamb Chop
- The Medley of “Sing a Song and Thank You”, Shake That Fur”, “How to Be Together”, “Bright Smiles & Hand Waves”, “I Like Grilled Cheese Sandwiches”, “We’ve Got the Plan” and “I Like Sidewalks” sang by Lin- Manuel Miranda and Helpsters gang
- Everyday Hero sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Snuffy, Jayson, Pigeon and Piggie
- Be a Good Friend sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Snuffy, Big Bird, Jayson, Pigeon, Tammy and Jayson’s iPad
- Rockin Robbin sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jayson, Pigeon, Tammy and Big Bird
- You've Got a Body Song sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Snuffy, Jayson, Pigeon, Big Bird and Tammy
- We Could Solve Any Problem sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Snuffy, Jayson, Pigeon, Tammy, Jayson's iPad, Bernstein's iPad and JoJo
- Just a Be Friend sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Snuffy, Jayson and Pigeon
- Making Friends sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Snuffy, Jayson, Pigeon and JoJo
- Nobody for Anyone or Anything sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Snuffy, Jayson, Pigeon, Jayson’s iPad and Bernstein’s iPad Tammy, Gerald and Piggie
- A Celebration Song sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Neary School gang
- Just One Person sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elmo, Jayson, Lamb Chop, Cody, Sesame Street gang, Neary School gang and Helpsters gang
- We Are the World sang by Lin-Manuel Miranda Sesame Street gang, Neary School gang, Lamb Chop and Helpsters gang
Appearances[]
in the Library Lin-Manuel Miranda, Cookie Monster and Jayson was first announced on December 28, 2022 at The Puppetry the Musical Spectacular on January 7-8, and April 8-16, 2023 launched event, “Ladies and Gentleman It’s Showtime with her host Lin-Manuel Miranda and The Characters of Puppets Characters of David Rudman from your host Cookie Monster from Sesame Street and Jayson the Ape from Neary School”, Cookie Monster and Jayson appeared with Lin-Manuel Miranda on stage at the event to introduce the show, Cookie Monster explained, “Hey Lin uh do you know Me about cookies, because my best friend Chef Gonger”, and Jayson explained “yeah and Lin do you know about drawing a picture, because my best friends Snuffy Pigeon and JoJo Bear too”, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Cookie Monster and Jayson are announcement at the library on The Puppetry the Musical Spectacular of the characters puppets productions of Sesame Street and Helpsters from by Sesame Workshop, Neary School from by Jayson’s iPad Studios and Lamb Chop from Lewis from by The Shari Lewis Show.
in the Library Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elmo, Ji Young and Julia was next announced on January 3, 2023 at The Puppetry the Musical Spectacular on January 7-8, and April 8-16. 2023 launched event, “And Now Ladies and Gentleman It’s Showtime with her host Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Characters of Muppets of Sesame Street Characters from your host Elmo, Ji Young and Julia”, Elmo, Ji Young and Julia appeared with Lin-Manuel Miranda on stage at the event to introduce with the show, Elmo, Ji Young and Julia explained to Lin-Manuel Miranda, “well Elmo’s loves my good friend Abby and Elmo loves new puppy Tango too, and I loves my playing guitar and my good friend Tamir, stuffed toy animal bunny Fluffster”, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elmo, Ji Young, and Julia are announcement at the library on The Puppetry the Musical Spectacular.
Crew[]
Executive Producers: Lisa Henson, Brown Johnson, Hall, Stanford
Co-Executive Producers: Benjamin Lehmann, Kay Wilson Stallings
Senior Producer: Stephanie Longardo
Produced by Rita Peruggi, Karyn Leibovich
Co-Producer: Ken Scarborough
N.Y. and CA shows directed by Matt Vogel
L.A and FL shows directed by Kevin Clash
U.K and AUS shows directed by Jack Jameson
Written by Annie Evans, Christine Ferraro, Luis Santeiro
Production Designer: David Gallo
Costume Designers: Brain C. Hemesath, Polly Smith (Puppets)
Art Director: Lyndon Mosse
Lighting Designer: Dan Kelley
Prop Coordinator: Keith Olsen
Music Directors: Joe Fiedler (Arrangements & Orchestration), Paul Rudolph (Vocals), Bill Sherman
Music Coordinator: Tyler Hartman
Sound Effects Editor: Dick Maitland, C.A.S
Celebrity Talent Booker: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Creative Consultants: Eric Jacobson, David Rudman, Mo William, Ryan Dillon, Mallory Lewis, Matt Vogel, Peter Linz, Stephanie D’Arbruzzo, John Leguizamo, Tyler Brunch, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Kathleen Kim, Megan Piphus, Martin P. Robinson, Tim Lagasse, Ingrid Hansen, Jennifer Barnhart, Carmen Osbahr, Stacey Gordon