![]() ![]() The first show, Missing Bird Mystery, opened on Septemat the Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, and was met with a successful five-day run. He got together with Jim Henson and the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop) who were interested in it. He, along with Bob Shipstad (who served as the primary producer of the Sesame Street Live shows until 1996), previously worked on an Ice Follies tour which featured Muppet characters, and thought that the children enjoyed it, and also thought that there needed to be more live entertainment geared towards families. In March 1980, Vincent Egan (1942-2016) founded VEE (Vincent Egan Enterprises) Corporation after getting the idea of a live stage show featuring Sesame Street characters. At first, the shows perform exclusively in arenas or bigger venues, although later on in a tour the shows are later downscaled to fit inside regular theaters.įormer logo used until 2017 (CTW variant/red and white variant was used from 1989-2000) Creation In the United States, the show travels with semi trucks, while internationally, the show uses air cargo and sea containers. The productions have a schedule that spans eight-to-ten months. Sesame Street Live tours with typically three or four different productions across the world, each having their own plot, soundtrack, and set design. ![]() Each show features the Sesame Street Muppet characters in full body costumes, that the actors/actresses inside lip-sync with a prerecorded soundtrack to keep the authenticity that the voices the young audience hears are the exact voices they hear on television. Originally produced by VEE Corporation (later renamed VStar Entertainment Group in 2015), Feld Entertainment, known for shows such as Disney on Ice took over the license to produce the show starting in October 2017.Įach Sesame Street Live show lasts approximately 90-100 minutes (or, 1 hour and 30-40 minutes) in length, with a 15-20 minute intermission in between two acts. It first started in 1980 and is still touring after over 40 years with a new show every so often direct from the Sesame Place theme parks. Sesame Street Live(!) is a live touring stage show based off the eponymous television series Sesame Street. ![]()
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