A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration

PBS title screen

The Muppet Performers and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

"It Feels Good When You Sing a Song"

"Three of These Things"

"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon"

Grover in the audience.

"Pinball Number Count"

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 aired on PBS on October 30, 2020, using footage from both concert sessions. A digital album with most of the music from the concert was released the same day.

The event was originally announced to take place February 7-9, 2019.

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
  arranged by Wynton Marsalis

• "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

Notes

• For the PBS airing, the first rendition of "Three of These Things," "Mah Na Mah Na," "It's a Circle," and Ernie and Grover's routine after "Ladybug's Picnic" were cut.

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