Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock LIVE comes to Wilmington, Delaware

Well, Fraggle Rock has been captivating generations of audiences for over 40 years. And this week, the furry musical friends are taking to the stage in Wilmington. Our Alicia Viterelli has a first look at Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock, Back to the Rock Live. The first ever live touring show based on the beloved franchise, and it's also the brainchild of a Burlington County native. It's 20 songs. It's jam-packed with, you know, funny moments and adventure and action. John Tartaglia is a Fraggle Rock super fan. Strawberries. They're so soft and they're so sweet. And the career puppeteer is also the writer and director of Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock, Back to the Rock live. If you know the series, it's like, oh, it's a brand new episode adventure that we're going on in person. And if you don't know the series, it's kind of a wonderful introduction to the worlds of Frag Rock. The acclaimed actor, director, writer, and puppet guru grew up in Maple Shade, and he grew up on Fraggle Rock. It's very surreal to like get to pass this thing on that like, you know, inform so much of my childhood. The Tony nominated Tartaglia is famous for his roles in Avenue Q and Shrek the Musical on Broadway. And he recently won an Emmy for the Apple TV Plus series that this Fraggle Rock stage show is based on. And the one thing that has never been done is a live show version of the Fraggles. And I come from theater and and I'm the biggest Fraggle Rock fan in the world. And I was like, wait, like, how has this never been done before? [Applause] So, he took the puppets on tour. This is your whole heart. This is your passion project. Yeah. Yeah. I keep saying this is what like seven-year-old me would have wanted to go see. So, you know, when we were creating the live show, I kept thinking I was like, "Okay, if I was seven years old again and sitting in the theater and I got a chance to see the Fraggles, what would I want to see?" And that's that's really the heart of it. Fraggle Rock, Back to the Rock Alive, is on stage for one performance only at the Playhouse on Rodney Square this Sunday, April 27th. Alicia Vitarelli, Channel 6 Action News.