Let's Play School is a Sesame Street Live show first produced by VEE Corporation in 1990. It was repeated in 1995 and 1998.
Plot
"Professor" Grover teaches the gang all about school. He gives his students an assignment to bring something for show-and-tell and Big Bird can't decide what to bring.[1]
Cast
Big Bird, Oscar, Grundgetta, Bert, Ernie, Professor Grover, Cookie Monster, Elmo, Prairie Dawn, Honkers, Betty Lou, Zoe, and two ears of corn
Performer cast
- Leesa Osborn as Prairie Dawn
Songs
- "Let's Play School!" - Company
- "The Whatta-Whatta Name Game" - Company
- "Listen to Your Heart" - Prairie Dawn
- "Count!" (to the tune of "Shout")[2]
Credits
- Written by Nancy Sans
- Produced by Bob Shipstad
- Directed by Douglas Kinsley
Note
- According to Jim Waters and Douglas Kinsley, this Sesame Street Live Show was the last time Jim Henson recorded the voice of Ernie before his death.[3]
See also
- Let's Play School (book), a 1984 Talk 'n Play book-and-tape set
- Let's Play School (View-Master), a 1988 View-Master Interactive Vision game
Sources
- โ "Sesame Street Live Brings The Classroom To The Coliseum", The Post and Courier, 28 May 1998.
- โ New York Times review, February 20, 1998
- โ 'Street' gang hits books Big Bird and pals will 'Play School', 20 February 1992.
External links
- Toledo Blade - "Sesame Street Live's classroom act, March 1, 1992