Big Bird & Company Musical Review

Big Bird & Company Musical Review is a stage show at Sesame Place featuring walk-around versions of the Sesame Street Muppets voiced by their original performers via pre-recording. It ran from 1986-1993.
Big Bird & Company Musical Review was a musical show featuring Big Bird, Ernie, Bert, Prairie Dawn and the Honkers, with audio recorded by Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Caroll Spinney and Fran Brill. This show introduced Big Bird and Prairie Dawn to the park, and moved the show from the Entry Court to a new stage, the Big Bird Theater.
The show begins with Big Bird entering the stage and singing "Hello, How Are You?" Big Bird is joined by two Honkers, then Prairie Dawn, and finally Ernie and Bert. 
After the song, Ernie takes center stage, remarking, "You know, you can see us on Sesame Street, but it's hard for us to see you. Thanks for coming -- and as long as you're here at Sesame Place, let's play!" The others leave the stage as Ernie leads the Honkers and the audience in "A Very Simple Dance", getting the crowd to clap their hands, stomp their feet, wave their arms and honk their noses. 
Bert enters and tells Ernie and Big Bird that it's time for his big dance number. Ernie objects, saying that the number is too "square". Undaunted, Bert performs "Doin' the Pigeon", backed by Ernie. At the end of the number, Ernie still says the song is square, leading into Bert's solo number, Huey Lewis' "Hip to Be Square". 
Once that blows over, Big Bird says that they've come full circle, and starts to sing "The Wheels on the Car." Bert and Ernie pose behind a flat painted to look like a taxi, labeled "Oscar's Taxi Service", as Big Bird and Prairie Dawn invite the audience to sing along. 
At the end of the song, there's a shuddering mechanical noise as the car breaks down. Prairie Dawn announces that they'll all have to get out and push. The cast pretends to push the car for a moment, and then Big Bird announces, "It's time for us to get our wheels, and head back to Sesame Street. We're going home!" The cast heads out into the audience to say goodbye.
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Category:Sesame Place Stage Shows