Jim Henson News

An Avenue Q reunion will take place next week at the 2026 Children’s & Family Emmy Awards in New York City. Host John Tartaglia will be joined onstage by fellow Avenue Q Broadway cast members Stephanie d’Abruzzo and Jennifer Barnhart to present an award at the ceremony.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts has awarded grants to 13 teachers at public high schools and middle schools in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC to fund theater, music, and dance projects in their classrooms.

Really Quite A Lot of Mechanisms, a new play from Alex and Olmsted, will make its world premiere March 12 at Baltimore Theatre Project, running through March 29.

Patrick Bristow breaks down how live improv and Henson-style puppetry come together in Puppet Up! – Uncensored, playing Feb. 20 - Mar. 1 at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood.

The Muppet Show returned with a bang earlier this month, raking in views across Disney+ and ABC. The special episode, directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers, saw 7.58 million viewers in the eight days since its February 4 debut.

PUPPET UP! – UNCENSORED will return to Los Angeles for a limited engagement at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre. Created by Brian Henson and featuring puppeteers from The Jim Henson Company.

Broadway star Leslie Margherita took to Instagram to confirm that she, along with fellow Broadway performer Max Clayton, was in the audience for the new Muppet Show special, which was released this week.

Emily Batsford and Concrete Temple Theatre will present CUMULO, a nonverbal puppetry piece exploring themes of autonomy and transformation, at MITU580 in Brooklyn from April 15 to May 3.

On Saturday evening, executive producer and guest star Seth Rogen and The Muppets hosted a party to celebrate the return of The Muppet Show, held at The Hollywood Roosevelt in Los Angeles. Check out photos from the event here!

The Muppets are back! Check out a new sneak peek from the special episode of The Muppet Show, featuring Kermit the Frog and Scooter as they realize they have booked too many acts for their show.

The Muny has selected the seven teams of directors, choreographers, music directors and lead designers whose creative visions will shape the Tony Award-winning theatre’s 2026 season in Forest Park.

It's time to play the music! The official trailer and new photos have been released for The Muppet Show, giving audiences a brand-new look at the upcoming special, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the iconic series.

As an actor, musical theater performer, and cabaret artist, Robert Saoud is used to getting all kinds of reactions from all types of audiences.

HERE Arts Center, in collaboration with Dream Music Puppetry, will host PUPPETOPIA 2026, featuring innovative puppetry performances including the world premiere of 'Parched'.

Dead Moose tells the story of Job, an eighteen-year-old who miraculously survives a car accident with a moose. Returning home from the hospital, he begins to reassess his life in a series of non-linear vignettes - grappling with questions of death, fate, and religion.

Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert will return to North America as part of a new tour presented by Black Ink Presents, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. The tour will stop at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in the Carlos H-E-B Performance Hall on Tuesday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 14, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Florida Theatre and AEG Presents will present Jim Henson's Labyrinth: In Concert, 40th Anniversary on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. at the historic Florida Theatre in downtown Jacksonville. 

Jim Henson's Labyrinth: In Concert, is launching a 60-city North American tour this fall. Fans will once again be transported to the Goblin City with a thrilling blend of live music and Jim Henson's musical fantasy masterpiece Labyrinth presented on a large HD cinema screen

After a global run to nearly 100 cities, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert will return for a 60-city North American tour in the fall of 2026 in celebration of the film's 40th anniversary.