Sesame Street is a 2022 musical adventure family comedy film written and directed by Jonathan Krisel, based on the beloved TV series of the same named created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. The film stars Anne Hathaway, John Cusack, Chance the Rapper, and the Muppets from Sesame Street, with a special appearance by Bo Burnham, who contributed songs to the film.
Big Bird and his Sesame Street friends are mysteriously expelled from their homes and find themselves in Manhattan. While there, they team up with Sally Hawthorne (Hathaway), who has just been fired from her job as host of "Great Landmarks in Modern History", to prove Sesame Street's existence and thwart the plans of the evil Mayor (Cusack), who aims to tear down the street to make way for a large landfill (a plan that initially excites Oscar the Grouch, until he discovers that they'll take away his trash can to be used at the site).
The film was released in the United States on January 14, 2022 and received mixed reviews, with its acting performances, script and music praised, but the darker tone in comparison to its two predecessors criticized.
Cast[]
| Sally Hawthorne | ANNE HATHAWAY |
| The Mayor | JOHN CUSACK |
| The Mayor's Assistant | CHANCE THE RAPPER |
| Head of the Network | JOE PANTOLIANO |
| Bo Burnham | HIMSELF |
| Big Bird & The Count | MATT VOGEL |
| Oscar, Bert and Grover | ERIC JACOBSON |
| Elmo | RYAN DILLON |
| Ernie & Herry | PETER LINZ |
| Cookie Monster & Baby Bear | DAVID RUDMAN |
| Abby | LESLIE CARRARA-RUDOLPH |
| Telly & Snuffy | MARTIN P. ROBINSON |
| Zoe | JENNIFER BARNHART |
| Rosita | CARMEN OSBAHR |
| Prairie Dawn | STEPHANIE D'ABRUZZO |
| Rudy | FRANKIE CORDERO |
| Julia | STACEY GORDON |
| Gonger | WARRICK BROWNLOW-PIKE |
Additional Muppet Performers
RONALD BINION
TYLER BUNCH
ALICE DINNEAN
GENEVIEVE FLATI
AYMEE GARCIA
CHRIS THOMAS HAYES
PATRICK JOHNSON
BRIAN MICHAEL JONES
KATHLEEN KIM
MICHAEL LATINI
AMANDA MADDOCK
PAUL McGINNIS
MICHAEL OOSTEROM
MICHAEL SARE
MICHELAN SISTI
JOHN TARTAGLIA
VICTOR YERRID
CONNOR ASHER
TIM BLANEY
RAYMOND CARR
ARTIE ESPOSITO
BRADLEY FREEMAN JR.
JAMES GODWIN
ANDY HAYWARD
SEAN JOHNSON
JAMES KEMP
DONNA KIMBALL
SPENCER LOTT
DAVID MANLEY
ALISON MORK
MARC PETROSINO
STOPH SCHEER
COLLEEN SMITH
ALLAN TRAUTMAN
BRYANT YOUNG
GRANT BACIOCCO
JORDAN BROWNLEE
JIMMICA COLLINS
PEGGY ETRA
MARK GALE
BJ GUYER
HALEY JENKINS
AVERY LEE JONES
JOHN KENNEDY
TIM LAGASSE
NOEL MacNEAL
DREW MASSEY
SARAH SARANG OH
NICOLETTE SANTINO
MICHAEL SCHUPBACH
ANDY STONE
JAMES WOJTAL
MICHAEL PAUL ZIEGFELD
Crew[]
Directed by
JONATHAN KRISEL
Screenplay by
DAVID GUION
MICHAEL HANDELMAN
Story by
BARRY SCHWARTZ
Produced by
SHAWN LEVY
MARK GORDON
MICHAEL AGUILAR
GUYMON CASSADY
JESSE EHRMAN
Music by
JOHN POWELL
New Songs by
BO BURNHAM
A WARNER BROS. PICTURES release
A production of SESAME WORKSHOP
A JONATHAN KRISEL film
Notes[]
During an episode of Puppet Tears, Colleen Smith, who served as an additional puppeteer for the film, revealed that Karen Prell was present on set for one day of filming (even though she is not credited in the cast); during the scene where several Muppet animals flee from a machine gun-wielding Sally (in which Smith operated a goat), Prell performed a screaming sheep that is stopped by Grover and asked what its problem is before being scared off by a loud gunshot. Other performers during that scene included Grant Baciocco, Brian Jones, Tim Lagasse, and Allan Trautman.