Guide to 'Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets' on Broadway

Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets is a family comedy and magic show, where the Muppets provide their signature humor and showmanship alongside Rob Lake's famous illusions.

The show runs 90 minutes with no intermission, so it's short enough for young children to sit through.

Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets is an all-ages show for both kids and old-school Muppet fans. Please note that children younger than 4 are not permitted in Broadway theatres, and no lap seating is allowed.

The illusions contain elements of fire, water, haze, smoke, pyrotechnics, and flashing lights — all of which are sure to lead to Muppet mayhem.

It was only a matter of time until illusionist Rob Lake, a Disney Imagineering consultant, teamed up with the Muppets. An America's Got Talent quarter-finalist, Lake has gone on to tour the world with his illusions. He won The Merlin Award for International Stage Magician of the Year, the magic industry's highest honor, in 2008 and has been called "The World's Greatest Illusionist" by NBC.

Lake was also the magic and illusion consultant for the Broadway musicals Aladdin and Death Becomes Her, as well as Sesame Street Live off Broadway.

The Muppets are a comedy troupe of puppets originally created by Jim Henson in 1955. Kermit the Frog is often recognized as a lead mascot for the Muppets, and other recognizable characters include the diva Miss Piggy, the jokey Fozzie Bear, the eccentric Gonzo, and the geriatric hecklers Statler and Waldorf.

The Muppets are best known for appearing on Sesame Street (alongside the show’s main puppets) and the four-time Emmy-winning The Muppet Show, which ran from 1976-81. That show gave way to numerous Muppet spin-offs, movies, and TV specials.

Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy are the only two confirmed Muppet guest stars in Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets. Stay tuned for announcements of more Muppet appearances!

No, the Muppets have never appeared on Broadway before Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets. While it's surprising that the Muppets haven't taken Manhattan until now, they have plenty of history with theatre.

• The Muppets have performed with Broadway luminaries like Cabaret's Joel Grey, Fiddler on the Roof's Zero Mostel, and West Side Story's Rita Moreno on The Muppet Show.
• The movie The Muppets Take Manhattan follows the gang's slapstick quest to bring a show to Broadway.
• The Muppets' other movie musicals include The Muppet Movie, Great Muppet Caper, The Muppet Christmas Carol, and Muppet Treasure Island.
• A presentation of a potential Muppets stage show took place in 2013 at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre, directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers.
• Timbers is also directing the Muppets' 50th-anniversary musical special, featuring Sabrina Carpenter, on Disney+ in 2026.
• The 2024 documentary Jim Henson Idea Man features test footage of a puppet show Henson aspired to bring to Broadway. Artistic concepts are preserved in the book Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles.
• The Muppets have appeared in live performances beyond Broadway, like 2001's The Muppet Show Live and 2017's The Muppets Take the Bowl in Hollywood, and the Jim Henson's Musical World concert at Carnegie Hall in 2012.
• The Tony-winning adult musical Avenue Q features Henson-inspired puppets. The original Broadway cast featured Muppet and Sesame Street puppeteers like Rick Lyon, John Tartaglia, and Stephanie D'Abruzzo.

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