A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration

A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration: 50 Years & Counting is a Sesame Street concert held at the Rose Theater in Lincoln Center on October 25 and 26, 2019. The concert featured the Muppet cast joining the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis performing new jazz arrangements of classic Sesame Street songs in celebration of the show's 50th anniversary.

An edited version of the concert will air on PBS on October 30, 2020.

The event was originally announced to take place February 7-9, 2019.^[1]

Set List

Act I

• "Sesame Street Theme" - Big Bird, Elmo, and Abby Cadabby

arranged by Kenny Rampton

• "Rubber Duckie" - Ernie

arranged by Christopher Crenshaw

• "It Feels Good When You Sing a Song" - Elmo and Hoots the Owl

arranged by Marcus Printup

• "Sing After Me" - Abby and Big Bird

arranged by Victor Goines

• "One of These Things" / "Three of These Things" - Oscar the Grouch, Rosita, and Herry Monster

arranged by Sherman Irby

• "Elmo's Song" - Elmo

arranged by Kenny Rampton

• "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" - Ernie, Abby, and Big Bird

arranged by Wynton Marsalis

Act II

• "Mah Na Mah Na" - The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
• "Put Down the Duckie" - Ernie and Hoots

arranged by Carlos Henriquez

• "Ladybugs' Picnic" - Count von Count, Rosita, and Abby

arranged by Sherman Irby

• "The People in Your Neighborhood" - Rosita, Elmo, Mr. Johnson, and Abby

arranged by Ted Nash

• "It's a Circle" - Ernie and Bert

arranged by Victor Goines

• "Pinball Number Count" - Count von Count, the Sirloin Sisters and a number 50

arranged by Carlos Henriquez

• "Super Grover Theme" - The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
• "Believe in Yourself" - Super Grover, Elmo, Abby

arranged by Christopher Crenshaw

• "Sing" - Company

arranged by Ted Nash

Credits

• Director: Ken Diego
• Writer: Andrew Moriarty
• Vocal Coach: Paul Rudolph
• Puppet Captain: Matt Vogel
• Muppet Performers: Matt Vogel, Eric Jacobson, Peter Linz, Carmen Osbahr-Vertiz, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Ryan Dillon, Christopher Hayes
• The Jim Henson Company:
  • Creative Supervisor: Jason Weber
  • Puppet Wranglers: Michelle Hickey and Stacey Weingarten

Event Program

Playbills were given out at this event, with a special insert pertaining to the concert.

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See also

• Joe Fiedler's Open Sesame
• Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary

Sources

1. ↑ "Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2018-19 Season", WyntonMarsalis.org, February 28, 2018.