Sesame Street: The Nutcracker Starring Elmo & Tango

Sesame Street: The Nutcracker Starring Elmo & Tango (also known as Sesame Street's The Nutcracker) is a British-American animated special produced by A Productions and Sesame Workshop. It is a Sesame Street Christmas special inspired by The Nutcracker story.

The special was released on HBO Max in the United States on December 1, 2022. The next day, it made its television premiere on Treehouse TV in Canada.

Cast[]

Character		Actor
	Elmo	Ryan Dillon
	Tango	Royina Patel (speaking)
	Tango	Leslie Carrara-Rudolph (barking)
	Abby Cadabby	Leslie Carrara-Rudolph
	Cookie Monster	David Rudman
	Grover	Eric Jacobson
	Oscar
	Bert
	Big Bird	Matt Vogel
	Count von Count	Matt Vogel
	Louie	Tyler Bunch
	Mae	Stephanie D'Abruzzo
	Ernie	Peter Linz
	Mouse	Donovan Monzon

Music[]

Song		Singer(s)
*Best Christmas Ever*		Ryan Dillon
Leslie Carrara-Rudolph
David Rudman
*Cookie's Tasty Skating Class*		David Rudman
Ryan Dillon
Royina Patel
*Sugar Plum Fairy Abby*		Leslie Carrara-Rudolph
Ryan Dillon
Royina Patel

International versions[]

	Language	Title
	Croatian	Ulica Sezam: Orašar u glavnim ulogama Elmo i Tango Orašar^[2]
	Japanese	セサミストリートくるみ割り人形^[3]
	Norwegian	Nøtteknekkeren med Elmo & Tango Nøtteknekkeren^[4]
	Spanish (subtitled)	El cascanueces de Sesame Street con Elmo y Tango^[5]

References[]

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Series

Sesame Street (1969) • Open Sesame (1975) • Shalom Sesame (1986) • Sesame English (1999) • Play with Me Sesame (2002) • Sesame Beginnings (2006) • 3, 2, 1 Let's Go! (2009) • Count TV (2010) • Best Friends (2012) • Super Healthy Monsters (2012) • The Furchester Hotel (2014) • Chamki ki Duniya (2015) • I Heart Elmo (2018) • The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo (2020) • My Sesame Street Friends (2020) • Mecha Builders (2022)

Segments

Elmo's World (1998) • Ernie's Show and Tell (1998) • Hero Guy (2001) • Monster Clubhouse (2001) • Journey to Ernie (2003) • Global Grover (2003) • Lola Aventuras (2005) • Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures (2008) • Sesame Street ABC's (2008) • Murray Has a Little Lamb (2008) • The Adventures of Kami and Big Bird (2009) • Abby's Flying Fairy School (2009) • Super Grover 2.0 (2010) • Ernie & Bert Märchensongs (2011) • Elmo the Musical (2012) • Cookie's Crumby Pictures (2013) • Monstruos en Red (2013) • Bert and Ernie's Math World (2014) • Smart Cookies (2016) • Bert and Ernie's Math World (2016) • Berts Experimente (2016) • O Desafio do Elmo (2016) • ¡Listos a Jugar! (2016) • Pequeñas Aventureras (2017) • We Can Do It! (2017) • Elmo's World (2017) • Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck (2017) • Abby's Amazing Adventures (2018) • Playtime with Basma & Jad (2020) • Elmo's World News (2020) • Elmo's World News Special Report (2020) • Mae's Minute (2020) • Pop-Up Playtime With Raya and Grover (2020) • Oficinas Criativas (2021) • Elmo & Tango's Mysterious Mysteries (2021) • The Big Feelings Explorers (2022) • Elmo and Zoe's Math Adventures (2022) • Let's Find Out (2022) • Caring Friends Circle (2022) • Sesame Street Nature Explorers (2023)

Movies
Follow That Bird (1985) • The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)

Specials

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978) • Big Bird in China (1983) • Don't Eat the Pictures (1983) • A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) • Sesame Street: 20 Years and Still Counting (1989) • Basil Hears a Noise (1990) • Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (1993) • Sesame Street Stays Up Late (1993) • Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994) • Elmo Saves Christmas (1996) • Elmopalooza (1998) • CinderElmo (1999) • The Street We Live On (2004) • Elmo's Christmas Countdown (2007) • One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure (2008) • Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change (2009) • When Families Grieve (2010) • Growing Hope Against Hunger (2011) • The Cookie Thief (2015) • Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas (2016) • The Magical Wand Chase (2017) • When You Wish Upon a Pickle (2018) • Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019) • Elmo's Playdate (2020) • Elmo's World News (2020) • Elmo's Playdate: Scavenger Hunt (2020) • The Power of We (2020) • The Monster at the End of This Story (2020) • Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021) • Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days (2021) • Furry Friends Forever: Elmo Gets a Puppy (2021) • See Us Coming Together (2021) • Sesame Street: The Nutcracker Starring Elmo & Tango (2022) • Cookie Monster's Bake Sale (2023) • Elmo and Tango Holiday Helpers (2023)

Home Videos

The Best of Ernie and Bert (1988) • Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Firehouse (1990) • A New Baby in My House (1994) • The Best of Elmo (1994) • Learning to Share (1996) • Imagine That! (1996) • Elmocize (1996) • Get Up and Dance (1997) • Telling the Truth (1997) • Quiet Time (1997) • 123 Count with Me (1997) • Big Bird Gets Lost (1998) • The Great Numbers Game (1998) • The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (1998) • Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs (1999) • Kids' Favorite Songs (1999) • Elmo's World: Wild Wild West! (2001) • Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf (2001) • Elmo's Magic Cookbook (2001) • Elmo Visits the Firehouse (2002) • Elmo's World: Happy Holidays! (2002) • Zoe's Dance Moves (2003) • Sesame Sings Karaoke (2003) • Three Bears and a New Baby (2003) • What's the Name of That Song? (2004) • A Magical Halloween Adventure (2004) • A Celebration of Me, Grover (2004) • Happy Healthy Monsters (2005) • All-Star Alphabet (2005) • Elmo Visits the Doctor (2005) • Elmo and Zoe's Scientific Exploration (2006) • Guess That Shape and Color (2006) • Elmo's Potty Time (2006) • Ready for School! (2007) • Abby in Wonderland (2008) • Love the Earth! (2008) • Count on Sports (2008) • Dinosaurs (2008) • Elmo and Friends: Tales of Adventure (2008) • Bedtime with Elmo (2009) • Being Green (2009) • Elmo and Abby's Birthday Fun! (2009) • Elmo Loves You! (2009) • Elmo's Animal Adventures (2009) • Elmo and the Bookaneers (2009) • Silly Storytime (2011) • Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures (2011) • Elmo's Travel Songs and Games (2011) • Bye-Bye Pacifier! (2011) • Big Elmo Fun (2012) • Preschool is Cool: Making Friends (2012) • Arts and Crafts Playdate (2013) • C is for Cooking (2013) • Being Brave (2013) • Fairy Tale Fun! (2013) • Be a Good Sport (2014)

Resource Videos

Lead Away! (1996) • A is for Asthma (1998) • Sesame Street Goes to the Doctor (1999) • Language to Literacy (2000) • Music Works Wonders (2001) • You Can Ask! (2002) • Talk, Read, Write (2003) • Happy, Healthy, Ready for School! (2004) • Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments (2006) • The Get Healthy Now Show (2007) • Here for You (2007) • Learning is Everywhere (2007) • Let's Get Ready! (2008) • Talk, Listen, Connect: Homecomings (2008) • Talk, Listen, Connect: Changes (2008) • Food for Thought (2010) • Math Is Everywhere (2010) • Talk, Listen, Connect: When Families Grieve (2010) • For Me, For You, For Later (2011) • Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me (2012) • Little Children, Big Challenges: Divorce (2012) • Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration (2013) • Little Children, Big Challenges (2013) • Words Are Here, There, and Everywhere (2014)

Video Games

Letters (1991) • Numbers (1991) • Art Workshop (1995) • Let's Make a Word! (1995) • Elmo's Preschool (1996) • Get Set to Learn! (1996) • Search & Learn Adventures (1996) • Elmo Through the Looking-Glass (1998) • The Three Grouchketeers (1998) • Grover's Travels (1998) • Elmo's Get Set to Read (1998) • Create and Draw in Elmo's World (1999) • The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) • Baby & Me (1999) • Music Maker (1999) • Ernie's Adventures in Space (2000) • Elmo's Deep Sea Adventure (2000) • Let's Grovercise (2001) • Your Amazing Body (2001) • Check Out Cookie (2002) • Clouds (2002) • Footprints (2002) • Monster Clubhouse (2002) • Snuffy's Magic Garden (2004) • Elmo's Big Discoveries (2005) • Bert & Ernie's Imagination Adventure (2006) • Elmo & Grover's Lemonade Stand (2008) • Bert and Ernie's Printmaker (2011) • Read a Face (2011) • Ready, Set, Grover! (2011) • Once Upon a Monster (2011) • Elmo's Musical Monsterpiece (2012) • All About Numbers (2013) • Counting With The Count (2013) • Picture Play (2013) • Shape Play (2013) • What Comes Next? (2013)

Podcasts
The Sesame Street Podcast with Foley & Friends (2020)

See also

[1] ttps://www.awn.com/news/sesame-street-nutcracker-coming-cartoonito

[2] ttps://raspored.hrt.hr/?mreza=4&datum=2023-12-25

[3] ttps://video.unext.jp/title/SID0076499

[4] ttps://tv.nrk.no/program/MSUI45008022

[5] ttps://shoutfactory.com/products/elmos-holiday-spectacular-the-nutcracker-and-other-tales

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