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 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."Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2018-19 Season", WyntonMarsalis.org, February 28, 2018.
==Set List==
Act I
* "Sesame Street Theme" - Big Bird, Elmo, and Abby Cadabbyarranged by Kenny Rampton
* "Rubber Duckie" - Erniearranged by Christopher Crenshaw
* "It Feels Good When You Sing a Song" - Elmo and Hoots the Owlarranged by Marcus Printup
* "Sing After Me" - Abby and Big Birdarranged by Victor Goines
* "One of These Things" / "Three of These Things" - Oscar the Grouch, Rosita, and Herry Monsterarranged by Sherman Irby
* "Elmo's Song" - Elmoarranged by Kenny Rampton
* "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" - Ernie, Abby, and Big Birdarranged by Wynton Marsalis
Act II
* "Mah Na Mah Na" - The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestraarranged by Wynton Marsalis
* "Put Down the Duckie" - Ernie and Hootsarranged by Carlos Henriquez
* "Ladybugs' Picnic" - Count von Count, Rosita, and Abbyarranged by Sherman Irby
* "The People in Your Neighborhood" - Rosita, Elmo, Mr. Johnson, and Abbyarranged by Ted Nash
* "It's a Circle" - Ernie and Bertarranged by Victor Goines
* "Pinball Number Count" - Count von Count, the Sirloin Sisters and a number 50arranged by Carlos Henriquez
* "Super Grover Theme" - The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
* "Believe in Yourself" - Super Grover, Elmo, Abbyarranged by Christopher Crenshaw
* "Sing" - Companyarranged 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
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==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==
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