Elmo's Green Thumb

Elmo's Green Thumb is a Sesame Street Live show touring during the 2008-2009 season.

The tour premiered on August 21, 2008 in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Plot
Abby Cadabby tries to cast a spell to help Elmo's sunflower, Sunny, grow. The spell misfires, causing Elmo, Zoe, Telly Monster and friends to shrink. The Sesame Street gang explores Big Bird's garden from ground level as Abby tries to reverse her spell.

Official Description
''Elmo has raised his sunflower, Sunny, from a seed, but his floral friend has outgrown the flower pot. Elmo and friends find Big Bird’s garden the ideal place for Sunny to flourish and grow but they are too excited to wait. Rather than let Sunny follow nature’s course, Abby Cadabby, Sesame Street’s fairy-in-training, casts a spell to make Sunny grow. The spell does just the opposite and, instead of growing, Elmo and all of his friends shrink! While Abby searches for just the right words to reverse the spell, Elmo, Zoe, Telly and friends explore Big Bird’s garden from a smaller perspective and learn some big lessons about patience, overcoming their fears and appreciating the role that each creature plays in our ecosystem – from dancing ladybugs and beautiful butterflies to grouchy beetles that scavenge the garden floor. Will being small help Sunny grow tall? It’s a fresh, original Sesame Street Live from a whole new point of view!''

Cast
Bert, Big Bird, Ernie, Oscar, Grundgetta, Elmo, Grover, Cookie Monster, Zoe, Rosita, Count von Count, Abby Cadabby, Telly, Baby Bear, Prairie Dawn, and Honkers. Original to the show are Sunny the sunflower, other flowers, and ladybugs.

Performer cast
The cast includes 16 performers.


 * Christopher Ellis as Big Bird
 * Michelle Glapion as Oscar, a ladybug, a flower
 * Kelly Peters as Elmo

Songs

 * Ladybug Picnic
 * Inch by Inch
 * I Love Trash
 * "versions of" New Attitude, the Mexican Hat Dance, What's Goin' On

Crew
The production includes 8 full-time crew members and three managers.


 * Production manager /director of production: Clara Rusch
 * Director of
 * Director: Sylvia Hase
 * Choreographer: Bart Doerfler