Minor Stage Mentions

The following is a list of Muppet Mentions made in theatrical stage productions outside the Henson/Sesame fold, which are too brief or minor to constitute having their own page in the Stage Mentions category. Only shows with some form of professional staging, published script/lyrics, or other notable spotlight or documentation should be included.
==Apartment 3A==
A 2000 play by Jeff Daniels. 
*The protagonist, Annie, works for a PBS station and delivers on-air fundraising appeals mentioning Sesame Street. The appeal escalates, from needing money to keep the show on the air to explicitly stating that "without Channel 68, Big Bird and all his friends will be dead." Station management and staff worry about traumatizing kid viewers, but a later appeal by Annie has Big Bird on life support. 
==Fat Ham==
A play by James Ijames that adapts Hamlet into a contemporary context, first staged virtually at the Wilma Theater in 2021 and Off-Broadway at The Public Theater in 2022. Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
*In one scene, a character refers to another's outfit as making them look like "a sexy Muppet."
==First Date==
A 2013 Broadway musical about a couple meeting up for a blind date.
*In the 2020 version produced for streaming, Aaron imitates his inner voice with a Kermit the Frog impression.
;Connections
*David Gallo was the scenic designer
*Kelly Karbacz originated the role of Casey in the Seattle production
*Zachary Levi played Aaron on Broadway
==Freaky Friday==
A 2016 musical by Disney Theatrical Productions, based on their films of the same name.
*In the 2017 run at the La Jolla Playhouse in California, Fletcher, the son who is obsessed with puppets, wears a Muppet t-shirt throughout the show.
==Heathers: The Musical==
A rock musical adaptation of the 1989 black comedy film Heathers, staged Off-Broadway in 2014 and on the West End in 2018.
* During the song "Candy Store," Heather McNamara sings the following lyric: "'Course if you don't care/Fine, go braid your hair/Maybe Sesame Street is on."
;Connections
*Kristen Bell originated the role of Veronica in early readings
==Pass Over==
A play by Antoinette Nwandu that riffs on Waiting for Godot and the Book of Exodus, first staged in 2017 at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago.
* In the 2021 Broadway production, Kitch sings the Pinball Number Count song in order to get Moses' attention.
==Sunset==
A 1977 cabaret musical loosely based off of Sunset Boulevard, later renamed Platinum.
*In the 1983 Off-Broadway Cast Recording, before the song "Old Times, Good Times", Marta mentions, "I've been offered a special with The Muppets."
;Connections
*Bruce Vilanch co-wrote the script
*Kim Milford played Danger Dan
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