1-2-3 Imagine!

1-2-3 Imagine! is a Sesame Street Live show originally produced in 1996 by VEE Corporation. The show was repeated in 2002 and 2005. 
In 2009, the show was revived again, retitled 1-2-3 Imagine! with Elmo & Friends, for the 30th anniversary tour of Sesame Street Live.
Sam the mail carrier visits Sesame Street to deliver postcards. Knowing the Muppets miss their pen pals, Sam shares the secret that they can visit distant places if they use their imaginations. Rosita goes to Mexico for a special birthday fiesta with her abuela; Ernie becomes captain of the Good Ship Rubber Duckie; and Elmo plays drums in an African rainforest.
1-2-3 Imagine! was the first Sesame Street Live show to include a live human performer: Sam/Samantha. Originally portrayed as a man in the 1996 show, the revised version has the role being taken over by a woman. Sam is the mail carrier on Sesame Street, and delivers mail to Big Bird and friends. 
With the exception of Baby Bear, no other Sesame Street character stayed in full costume throughout the whole show. Each of the Muppets' performers played at least one minor character in the show. For example, Big Bird's performer played a dancing octupus in Bert's underwater scene, while Elmo and Zoe's perfomers also played the extra fish. Another example is Barkley's performer playing Uncle Grizzly during the camping scene.
In the 2009 show, Abby Cadabby replaced Zoe. Background characters Barkley and Prairie Dawn were also dropped.
A soundtrack album was released in 2009. 
The show was produced as a Sesamstrasse Live show in Germany in 1999, as 123... Wir Träumen! 
==Story==
Sam brings the Sesame Street friends postcards from their penpals. They wonder what it would be like to visit the places on the postcards, and Sam encourages them to use their imaginations. Rosita travels to Mexico, and introduces the cast to her abuela. Ernie pilots the ship S.S. Rubber Duckie, while Bert goes underwater to meet some fish and cheer up a depressed octopus. The cast visits the beach for hula dancing and surfing.
In act 2, Elmo plays drums in the jungle. Then they go to a campsite, where they meet Baby Bear's family, Uncle Grizzly and Aunt Ursula. They go to Mardi Gras for a parade, and Ernie invites them to visit the moon. Tired from all of their imaginary traveling, the gang returns home to Sesame Street.
==Acts==
These are the acts, as listed in the program.
====Act 1====
* Mail Call
* Hola, Everybody!
* The Good Ship Rubber Duckie
* Bottom of the Sea Jamboree
* Hurry-Up Hula
* Sesame Surfin' Safari
====Act 2====
* I Wanna Be a Dog
* In the Jungle
* Hot, It's Not! Antarctica
* Dance with the Bears
* Mardi Gras Parade
==Cast==
Speaking characters: Big Bird, Elmo, Zoe (until 2009), Abby Cadabby (2009-on), Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Roxie Marie, Rosita, Oscar, Grundgetta (1996-1999), Baby Bear, Samantha, Rosita's Abuela, Aunt Ursula and Uncle Grizzly
Background: Zoe (2009-on), Barkley (until 2009), Grundgetta (2002-on), Grover, Prairie Dawn, Telly Monster, Honkers, Jodie (1996-2004)
==Songs==
For a soundtrack listing of the 2009 revival, see 1-2-3 Imagine! with Elmo & Friends (soundtrack)
Music and lyrics credits provided for original songs.
*"1-2-3... Imagine Theme" — Company (Jon Baker & Donna Elaine Miller)
*"Hola Everybody" — Rosita, Abuela and the Company (Jon Baker & Beth Marlin Lichter)
* La Piñata (Dale, Dale, Dale) — Company (public domain, additional lyrics by Homero Patron & Donna Elaine Miller)
*"In Your Imagination" — originally Elmo, Zoe, Cookie Monster, Big Bird and Roxie Marie, 2009: Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster and Roxie Marie
*"The Good Ship Rubber Duckie" — Ernie and the Company (Dennis Scott)
*"At the Codfish Ball" — Bert, Finn and Haddie Fish
*"Octopus Blues" — Bert and the Octopus
*"The Count's Imagination Rap" — The Count (Jon Baker, Nancy Sans, Roger Castellano, Sherilyn Draper)
*"Aloha" — instrumental (Jon Baker)
*"Yellow Bird" — Big Bird and Sam
*"Do the Hula" — Big Bird and the Company (John Jacobson & Alan Billingsley)
*"Surfin' Safari" — Cookie Monster, Bert, Ernie and the Company
*"I Wanna Be a Dog" — Elmo, Zoe/Abby Cadabby and Sam
*"In the Jungle" — Company (Jon Baker & Donna Elaine Miller)
*"The Mask Dance" — instrumental (Luis Conte & Jon Baker)
*"Antarctica!" — Oscar and Grundgetta (1996-1999)
*Camp Song Medley: "The More We Get Together"/"If You're Happy and You Know It"/"She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" — Roxie Marie, Big Bird, Oscar, Cookie Monster and Baby Bear
*"Camp Wanna-Go-Home" — Oscar and Grundgetta (1996-1999)
*"Dance With the Bears" — Baby Bear, Uncle Grizzly, Aunt Ursula and the Company (Jon Baker & Beth Marlin Lichter)
*"Steam Heat"
*"Imagine with Me"
*"Big Bird's Big Parade" — Big Bird, Sam and the Company (Jon Baker & Donna Elaine Miller)
*"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" — Ernie, Bert, Elmo, Zoe/Abby Cadabby, Roxie Marie and Baby Bear
* 1-2-3... Imagine Finale" — Company (Jon Baker & Donna Elaine Miller)
==Performers==
*Todd Alan Crain - Sam the Postman
===2009 cast===
*Emily Turay as Grundgetta, medium understudy (Grover, Ernie)Kim Kimzey, "'Sesame Street' is fun for all: Performer says joy is in seeing families bond", the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, December 10, 2009.
==Production Credits==
* Executive Producer: Vincent E. Egan
* Producer: Bob Shipstad
* Co-Producer: Jim Waters
* Written by: Nancy Sans
* Directed by: Roger Castellano
* Music Direction by: Jon Baker
* Assistant Direction and Choreography by: Sherilyn Draper Hook
* Art Direction by: Kevin Noteboom
* Lighting Direction by: David Agress
* In Cooperation with Children's Television Workshop
==Sources==
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