Sesame Street Live

thumb|300px|New York City celebrates Sesame Street Live day.
:For the 1973 album, see Sesame Street LIVE!
Sesame Street Live! is the live touring show based on Sesame Street. Originally produced by Minneapolis-based VEE Corporation (later renamed "VStar Entertainment Group"), the show opened on September 17, 1980, with a production of A Sesame Street Mystery: The Case of the Missing Rara Avis playing at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota.
During VEE's tenure, Sesame Street Live was produced as several separate tours, each performing a different show, with its own plot, characters, scenery, and soundtrack. Shows were performed in arenas and theaters around the world, generally working on an eight to ten month touring schedule ending in the spring and resuming in the late summer. While in the United States, Sesame Street Live was a bus and truck show, with the equipment moving by two or three trucks and the personnel traveling by bus. (This is contrasted with a show that travels by rail, such as the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.) Outside of the US, air cargo and sea containers were used. The show has been performed in Spanish under the name El Show de Barrio Sésamo, and in Portuguese as Rua Sésamo ao Vivo.
The shows feature original music scores and songs, including old favorites from the show, and professional dancers as costumed characters performing the parts of the Muppets. The productions are done in a theatrical style. In an arena, a stage is built and a false proscenium is created to make the experience more similar to going to a theater.
In 2009, Sesame Street Live launched its 100th tour.Bobby Tanzilo, ""Sesame Street Live" celebrates 100 with "1-2-3"", OnMilwaukee, Nov. 26, 2009. The Mayor of Minneapolis proclaimed January 13, 2010 "Sesame Street Live Day," in honor of VEE's 30th anniversary. New York City made a temporary street renaming for the 30th anniversary of the tour on February 4, 2010 when the intersection of 31st Street and 8th Avenue was the site of a celebration of the touring production.
VEE's Sesame Street Live continued to tour until July 2017, after which Palmetto-based Feld Entertainment took over the license.Feld Entertainment Press Release, November 17, 2016 Their stage shows included an interactive pre-show experience, featuring a new puppet character, Maya Monster. In 2023, Feld and Sesame Workshop mutually decided to shut down the tour,E-mail correspondence with Sabrina Lowe via Jon Brangwynne with their last show Make Your Magic holding its final performance on February 26.sesamestreetlive.com — Schedule & Tickets (archived) In August, it was announced that Round Room Live would produce a new Sesame Street Live tour to launch in 2024.Shore Fire Media "Round Room Live and Sesame Workshop Announce Partnership to Bring New Sesame Street Live Tour Across U.S. and Canada," August 30, 2023
==Show listing==
*1980 - A Sesame Street Mystery: The Case of the Missing Rara Avis
*1981 - Big Bird's Super Spectacular Totally Amateur Show
*1982 - Sesame Jamboree
*1983 - Around the World
*1985 - Save Our Street
*1986 - Big Bird Goes Hollywood
*1987 - Big Bird and the ABCs
*1987 - Big Bird's Sesame Street Story
*1989 - Silly Dancing
*1990 - Sleeping Birdie
*1990 - Let's Play School
*1992 - Where's the Birdie? (remount of A Sesame Street Mystery)
*1993 - When I Grow Up
*1994 - Let's Be Friends
*1996 - 1-2-3 Imagine!
*1997 - Elmo's Coloring Book
*1999 - Big Bird's Sunny Day Camp Out
* 2001 - Everyone Makes Music
*2003 - Out of This World
*2005 - Super Grover! Ready for Action
*2006 - Elmo Makes Music (remount of Everyone Makes Music)
*2007 - When Elmo Grows Up (remount of When I Grow Up)
*2008 - Elmo! Ready for Action
*2008 - Elmo's Green Thumb
*2009 - 1-2-3 Imagine! with Elmo & Friends (remount of 1-2-3 Imagine!)
*2010 - Elmo's Healthy Heroes! (remount of Super Grover! Ready for Action)
*2012 - Can't Stop Singing
*2013 - Make a New Friend
*2014 - Let's Dance!
*2017 - Let's Party!
*2018 - Make Your Magic
*2024 - Say Hello
There have also been "mini-shows," which have toured in Singapore in 1997 and 1999. The 1997 show was held in Centerpoint shopping complex and featured Big Bird, Elmo, Ernie and Bert. The 1999 show was held in Great World City mall and featured Elmo, Cookie Monster, Ernie and Bert.
A scaled-down 45-minute version of the show Let's Party!, titled C is for Celebration!, toured starting in 2018.
File:SESAME STREET LIVE MYSTERY COVER.JPG|A Sesame Street Mystery: The Case of the Missing Rara Avis1980|link=A Sesame Street Mystery: The Case of the Missing Rara Avis
File:Amateurcover2.jpg|Big Bird's Super Spectacular Totally Amateur Show1981|link=Big Bird's Super Spectacular Totally Amateur Show
File:Sesamejamboree.jpg|Sesame Jamboree1982|link=Sesame Jamboree
File:SSLAroundTheWorldProgram.jpg|Around the World1983|link=Around the World
File:SSL-SOS-Program.jpg|Save Our Street1985|link=Save Our Street
File:Bigbirdgoeshollywood.JPG|Big Bird Goes Hollywood1986|link=Big Bird Goes Hollywood
File:Bigbirdssesamestreetstory.JPG|Big Bird's Sesame Street Story1987|link=Big Bird's Sesame Street Story
File:sesame street live 1990 silly dancing booklet program 1.jpg|Silly Dancing1989|link=Silly Dancing
File:SleepingBirdie.jpg|Sleeping Birdie1990|link=Sleeping Birdie
File:LetsPlaySchoolOG.jpg|Let's Play School1990|link=Let's Play School
File:Whenigrowup.jpg|When I Grow Up1993|link=When I Grow Up (Sesame Street Live)
File:Program.letsbefriends.jpg|Let's Be Friends1994|link=Let's Be Friends
File:123 imagine program.jpg|1-2-3 Imagine!1996|link=1-2-3 Imagine!
File:ElmosColoringBookProgramandActivityBook.jpg|Elmo's Coloring Book1997|link=Elmo's Coloring Book
File:Sunny day camp out book.jpg|Big Bird's Sunny Day Camp Out1999|link=Big Bird's Sunny Day Camp Out
File:SSL.jpg|Elmo Makes Music2006|link=Everyone Makes Music
==Merchandise==
see also: :Category:Sesame Street Live Merchandise
File:sesame street live patch.jpg
sesame street live coloring book.jpg
Sesame-Street-Live-LA-Zoo.jpg|Los Angeles Zoo's tour
OscarSSLKeychain.jpg
Light.jpg|Flashlight '80s
Light2.jpg|Flashlight early '90s
SesameStreetLiveBeddingSheet.jpg
Gonger.jpg|Gonger plush, 2018
File:1983 Sesame Street Live postcard.jpg|1983 postcard
File:Sesame Street Live white cup.jpg
==See also==
*Sesame Street Live discography
*Sesame Street Live performers
*Sesame Street Live merchandise
==Sources==
==External links==
* sesamestreetlive.com
* Sesame Street Live on Facebook
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