ROB LAKE MAGIC WITH SPECIAL GUESTS THE MUPPETS to Open at the Broadhurst

[ElephantLoveMedley]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 9:28am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Illusionist-Rob-Lake-is-Bringing-Magic-to-Broadway-With-The-Muppets-20250820

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 9:39am

The way I could easily name multiple credits in Kermit’s filmography, but couldn’t tell you a single thing about Rob Lake…

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 9:40am

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 9:42am

Not what I expected at all.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 9:43am

TotallyEffed said: "Not what I expected at all."

Definitely not the Muppet Christmas Carol that's been rumored.

[DaveyG]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 9:45am

Meh.

[sinister teashop]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 9:55am

Agreed, a disappointment. There's Kevin Zak's contribution but I don't know enough about his work to not have the feeling that this does not have enough cross-over appeal for us wicked, woke, city-dwelling perverts (who adore Miss Piggy). 

[uncageg]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 9:55am

WiCkEDrOcKS said: "The way I could easily name multiple credits in Kermit’s filmography, but couldn’t tell you a single thing about Rob Lake…"

 

He was a quarter-finalist on AGT in 2018 and has had a show in Tahoe and the Bahamas. 

 

[inception]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 9:58am

Curious about what the weekly schedule will be?  If it is standard show times, I won't be able to fit it in.  But if it plays like the Rockettes with multiple shows then would work.  I guess union rules for stagehands play into thst?

[Kad]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 9:58am

uncageg said: "WiCkEDrOcKS said: "The way I could easily name multiple credits in Kermit’s filmography, but couldn’t tell you a single thing about Rob Lake…"


He was a quarter-finalist on AGT in 2018 and has had a show in Tahoe and the Bahamas.
"
 

Wow with a resume like that, how could anybody not be familiar with him? 

[quizking101]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 10:03am

Curious to see how this impacts the CATS revival. Maybe they don’t need to do as much of a gut job/conversion as I would expect them to.

[Bwaygurl2]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 10:07am

quizking101 said: "Curious to see how this impacts the CATS revival. Maybe they don’t need to do as much of a gut job/conversion as I would expect them to."

Someone here claimed Cats is being modified to play a proscenium so it can tour. Who knows.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 10:07am

quizking101 said: "Curious to see how this impacts the CATS revival. Maybe they don’t need to do as much of a gut job/conversion as I would expect them to."


Curious to see how to this impacts literally anything in the world whatsoever.

[EvanstonDad]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 10:11am

"ROB LAKE MAGIC WITH SPECIAL GUESTS THE MUPPETS"

Wow, catchy title.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 10:20am

Bwaygurl2 said: "quizking101 said: "Curious to see how this impacts the CATS revival. Maybe they don’t need to do as much of a gut job/conversion as I would expect them to."

Someone here claimed Cats is being modified to play a proscenium so it can tour. Who knows."

They have got to give up the wish that Jellicle Ball makes any sense to tour especially when it means shelving their twice a decade tour of the traditional show that sells across the country. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 10:25am

EvanstonDad said: ""ROB LAKE MAGIC WITH SPECIAL GUESTS THE MUPPETS"

Wow, catchy title."

It should be switched to The Muppets Magic Show with Special Guest Rob Lake. Nobody knows who Rob Lake is.

[Jarethan]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 10:30am

Parents will see ‘The Muppets’ and ‘Magic’ in the title and I’ll bet it will do spectacular business after the first couple of weeks.

We are not the intended audience (obviously) and it probably will not keep anything else from opening at the Broadhurst, so I hope it is a big success (even if I have zero interest in seeing it).

[Lumiere2]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 10:44am

Look, I can't stand here and say this will be anything close to a highlight of the upcoming season. It won't be. I've never heard of Rob Lake. And the show can't be too large given it's only a 12 week run.

BUT - if I'm being honest and purely emotional driven - an opportunity to see the freaking MUPPETS in a live, Broadway calibre show is incredibly exciting. That alone makes me want tickets, and I'm incredibly excited to see the show.

[AlmostFamous3]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 11:23am

That’s a pretty terrible name. Haven’t we suffered enough with LORD NIL this season to now get this?

[Wick3]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 1:13pm

Lumiere2 said: "Look, I can't stand here and say this will be anything close to a highlight of the upcoming season. It won't be. I've never heard of Rob Lake. And the show can't be too large given it's only a 12 week run.

BUT - if I'm being honest and purely emotional driven - an opportunity to see the freaking MUPPETS in a live, Broadway calibreshow is incredibly exciting. That alone makes me want tickets, and I'm incredibly excited to see the show."

Have the Muppets ever starred on Broadway?

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 1:28pm

Let me guess it will be Kermit the last ten minutes of the show 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 1:41pm

So I’m guessing Disney is producing this and putting money into it? That at least makes this sound a *little* more promising? 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 1:42pm

Jordan Catalano said: "So I’m guessing Disney is producing this and putting money into it? That at least makes this sound a *little* more promising?"

Joe Quenqua is one of the lead producers, he is a former Disney communications executive. 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 1:45pm

I’m sort of surprised to see the borderline negative reaction on here. Yeah, the title is bad, but I love the Muppets enough to be excited about this, and Kevin Zak serving as script consultant (aka writer) makes me even more hopeful. Ginger Twinsies is a riot, and his script doctoring on Death Becomes Her is arguably what got it to the state it’s in.

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 1:45pm

Lol