Let's Be Friends

Program art by Joe Mathieu.

Premiered	1994
Written by	Nancy Sans

The Original Cast

Let's Be Friends is a Sesame Street Live show, produced by VEE Corporation in 1994.

The show was repeated in the United States on tours from 1995 to 1997, and again from 2000 to 2003.

In the show, Elmo and Zoe start a friendship club and soon everyone wants to join.

This was the first show to include Zoe, and the return of Snuffleupagus to Sesame Street Live productions.

Cast

Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Grundgetta, Elmo, Zoe, Bert, Ernie, Rosita, the Count, Telly Monster, Baby Bear, Hoots the Owl, Roxie Marie, Cookie Monster, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Honkers, Prairie Dawn, Lulu, and the jitter bugs.

Songs

Act 1

1. Sesame Street Theme
2. Stick Out Your Hand and Say Hello
3. Let's Be Friends
4. The Night Bug Boogie
5. If You're Grouchy and You Know It
6. Hola Means Hello
7. Count it Higher
8. We'll Build a Clubhouse

Act 2

1. No Matter What
2. Dancing Shoes
3. Cookie's Messy Room
4. Count on Me
5. At the Circus
6. Let's Be Friends (finale)

Soundtrack

• Let's Be Friends (soundtrack)

Vocals

• Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
• Pam Arciero as Grundgetta
• Fran Brill as Zoe and Roxy Marie
• Kevin Clash as Elmo and Hoots the Owl
• Jerry Nelson as Count von Count
• Carmen Osbahr as Rosita
• Frank Oz as Bert and Cookie Monster
• Martin P. Robinson as Telly Monster and Snuffleupagus
• David Rudman as Baby Bear
• Steve Whitmire as Ernie

Cast

Cast of 17.

• Noland McFarland and Keith Herrmann as Snuffy
• Noland McFarland as Oscar
• Keith Herrmann as a Honker

Gallery

Let's Be Friends program cover illustration by Joe Mathieu

sample program pages

The stage

Behind the scenes, dancers prepare one of the bugs for "The Night Bug Boogie."

Big Bird & Snuffy