Where's the Birdie?

Some of the cast from the stage show.

Prairie Dawn and the Seedy Birds perform in the Gilded Cage.

Where's the Birdie? is a Sesame Street Live show, produced in 1992 by VEE Corporation.

The show toured the United States in 1992-1993, in Germany in 1993-1994, and returning to America for 1994-1995.

The show is an updated version of the first Sesame Street Live show, A Sesame Street Mystery: The Case of the Missing Rara Avis, with some new songs, dialogue, and the addition of Elmo to the cast.

Characters

Big Bird, Grover, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Prairie Dawn, The Count, Elmo, Oscar the Grouch, P.T. Barnswallow, Inspector Farquar and the Constables, the Seedy Birds

Acts

Act I:

• Have You Seen Big Bird?
• People in Your Neighborhood
• Rubber Duckie
• A Very Simple Dance
• Transylvania Polka
• Birdland Jump

Act II:

• I Just Adore Four
• Join the Bird Show
• The Pigeon
• C is for Cookie
• Happy Birthday
• Finale

Songs

• "Sesame Street Theme"
• "The People in Your Neighborhood"
• "Rubber Duckie"
• "If You Knew Susie (Like I Knew Susie)"
• "A Very Simple Dance"
• "The Transylvania Polka"
• "I Just Adore Four"
• "The Birdland Jump"
• "Footloose"
• "Join the Circus
• "Doin' the Pigeon"
• "C is for Cookie"
• "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home"
• "Habitat Rap"
  Words by Nancy Sans, Music by Don Harper
• "Let's Party, Party, Party"
  Words and Music by Don Harper
• "Constable Chicken Chase"

Voices

• Jim Henson as Ernie
• Frank Oz as Bert, Cookie Monster and Grover
• Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
• Kevin Clash as Elmo
• Pam Arciero as Grundgetta [sic]
• Jerry Nelson as The Count
• Fran Brill as Prairie Dawn

Credits

• Executive Producer: Vincent E. Egan
• Produced by Bob Shipstad
• Written by Jon Stone and Joseph A. Bailey
  • Additional dialogue by Nancy Sans
• Directed by Marilyn Magness
• Choreographed by Doug Jack
• Art Direction by Jim Waters
• Music Direction by Don Harper
• Lighting Direction by David Agress
• Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets designed by Jim Henson, Donald Sahlin, Caroly Wilcox, Kermit Love, Michael K. Frith
• New Sesame Street Live Muppets designed by Jim Henson, Michael K. Frith
• Coordination for Jim Henson Productions, Inc.: Patricia Nugent
• Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppet costumes designed and built by Jim Henson Productions, Inc.
  • Design and supervision of construction: Connie Peterson
  • Assisted by Jason Weber, Faye Kreinberg, Don Creech
• Vocal Recording Coach: Dave Conner
• Program — Sesame Street Illustrations: Joe Mathieu

External links

• Sun Journal review, November 25, 1994
• Eugene Register-Guard - "Sesame Street stages Big Bird mystery", December 4, 1992