As holiday specials go, EMMET OTTER’S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS doesn’t have the name recognition, branding or merchandizing as other colossal hits like HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS or A CHARLIE BROWN ...

Based on the beloved television special originally created by legendary puppeteer Jim Henson, the family-friendly musical features music and lyrics by Paul Williams (The Muppet Movie), with a book by ...

In 1977, Jim Henson produced a remarkable one-hour television special in Toronto for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation. Based on a book by Russell Hoban, a fantasy novelist and children’s writer, ...

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Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas is presented by OFC Creations (Broadway in Brighton Series) and is directed by Eric Vaughn Johnson, starring Maxwell Ruscio, Vivian Bayubay McLaughlin, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fans have extolled the virtues of Jim Henson's adaptation of Russell and Lillian Hoban's book over generations, broadening ...

The newly renovated Studebaker Theater has snagged a high-profile Christmas show: a live theatrical adaptation of the 1977 TV special known as “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas,” which featured an ...

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A heart-warming new musical based on the beloved holiday T.V. special by Jim Henson is making it’s way to Open Stage Harrisburg! “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas” opens November 22nd and performers ...

We can hardly believe that Christmas is almost here, so we were a little unprepared for little-heard-of holiday DVDs to offer you this month. But after some head-scratchin’ and blown gaskets, we ...

Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (1977) is a heartwarming holiday special about a poor otter family, who struggles to make ends meet during Christmas. Despite their hardships, they remain optimistic ...