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 ...

Production Photos Check Out Photos From Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas The family-friendly musical, based on the 1977 television special, features a mix of costumed characters and ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The puppet cast of Jim Henson's popular 1977 Christmas special, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas. (Photo: Sony Home Pictures ...

Starring Vivian Bayubay McLaughlin as Mrs. Alice "Ma" Otter (From Disney's Out of the Box and Sesame English). This production will feature puppets designed and created by the Jim Henson Company.

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Last year around this time, I was settling into the post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas ritual of watching all of my favorite holiday specials and movies. As someone who cut the cord years ago, there’s ...

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, ...

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Emmet Otter is not the most famous Muppet in Jim Henson’s universe of characters. But Hollywood will still embrace the occasional second act, and the leader of the Frogtown Hollow Jubilee Jug Band in ...

OFC Creations is presenting the regional premiere, and pilot production, of Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, now through December 7, 2025, as part of the “Broadway in Brighton” series.