{"id":23176,"date":"2022-06-08T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T09:15:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T13:15:02","slug":"off-broadway-musical-set-for-sesame-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/off-broadway-musical-set-for-sesame-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-Broadway Musical Set for Sesame Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rockefeller Productions and Sesame Workshop have partnered for the new Off-Broadway stage production <em>Sesame Street: The Musical<\/em>, with previews set to begin on September 8.<\/p>\n<p>The musical will feature Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, Grover, Rosita, Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, The Count, Gabrielle and a host of Honkers, Martians and more. Special guest stars from Broadway and beyond will join the Muppets onstage as they perform classic <em>Sesame Street<\/em> songs and brand-new numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Rockefeller is directing and producing the musical.<\/p>\n<p>The opening night of <em>Sesame Street: The Musical<\/em> is set for September 22 at Theatre Row in New York City. Performances will run through November 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so honored and proud to partner with Sesame Workshop to bring <em>Sesame Street<\/em>\u2019s first original Off-Broadway musical, along with its iconic characters, to the stage,\u201d Rockefeller said. \u201cWe believe it will be a production for children and fans of ALL ages to embrace and enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Ahearn, VP of strategic partnerships and themed entertainment at Sesame Workshop, said, \u201cAs the world begins to open up, families and fans are looking forward to live, high-quality in-person experiences with their favorite brands, and Sesame Workshop is answering the call with the expansion of our themed entertainment offerings. With its critically acclaimed productions and keen eye for presenting beloved stories, we\u2019re thrilled to collaborate with Rockefeller Productions on a stage show that will have the young and young-at-heart singing, dancing and celebrating with their<em> Sesame Street<\/em> friends.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rockefeller Productions and Sesame Workshop have partnered for the new Off-Broadway stage production Sesame Street: The Musical, with previews set to begin on September 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":23177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[6529,518],"class_list":["post-23176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-rockefeller-productions","tag-sesame-workshop","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Off-Broadway Musical Set for Sesame Street - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/off-broadway-musical-set-for-sesame-street\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Off-Broadway Musical Set for Sesame Street - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rockefeller Productions and Sesame Workshop have partnered for the new Off-Broadway stage production Sesame Street: The Musical, with previews set to begin on September 8.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/off-broadway-musical-set-for-sesame-street\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-08T13:00:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-08T13:15:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/SesameWorkshop-SesameStreetTheMusical-0622.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/off-broadway-musical-set-for-sesame-street\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/off-broadway-musical-set-for-sesame-street\/\",\"name\":\"Off-Broadway Musical Set for Sesame Street - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-08T13:00:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-08T13:15:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/off-broadway-musical-set-for-sesame-street\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/off-broadway-musical-set-for-sesame-street\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/off-broadway-musical-set-for-sesame-street\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Off-Broadway Musical Set for Sesame Street\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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