STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Looking for ideas for a family fun day in Manhattan? Consider partying with a Fraggle.
There are plenty of ways to spend a Saturday in Manhattan — but how often do you get to party with a Fraggle? For parents who grew up singing “Dance your cares away,” and kids discovering the Fraggles for the first time, a colorful underground adventure is popping up just a ferry ride away.
Tickets are now on sale for “Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock LIVE,” bringing the colorful underground world of Gobo, Red, Mokey, Wembley and Boober to the stage at the New Victory Theater on West 42nd Street in Manhattan.
The interactive musical runs May 30 through June 21 and is recommended for ages 4 and up — that sweet spot where kids are old enough to follow a story and young enough to believe a Doozer might wander down the aisle.
Tickets start at just $30 and are available at NewVictory.org.
Red Fraggle, left, and Gobo Fraggle arrive at Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock 30th Anniversary at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
For those unfamiliar, a Fraggle is a small, furry, music-loving creature from the children’s television series “Fraggle Rock” created by Jim Henson in 1983.
Fraggles live in a colorful underground world called Fraggle Rock, where they spend their days singing, exploring, inventing, celebrating and occasionally getting into gentle trouble.
They’re curious, optimistic and deeply community-oriented — and each one has a distinct personality. At its heart, “Fraggle Rock” has always celebrated cooperation, empathy and difference, through song and puppetry.
For many adults, Fraggles are nostalgic of childhood days gone by. For kids today, they’re still funny, colorful characters who sing and solve problems together — which might explain why they’re still around more than 40 years later.
For spring 2026 at the New Victory Theater, audiences follow Fraggles on a quest to find the lost Celebration Stone — an ancient treasure said to unite everyone for the ultimate party.
The creatures are brought to life by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, the legendary workshop behind the Muppets and decades of family entertainment magic.
But the fun doesn’t end when the curtain falls.
The New Victory turns the outing into a full experience, offering 45 minutes of free pre-show activities and 20 minutes post-show in the lobby, where kids can try hands-on, theater-inspired fun tied to the show’s themes.
For grown-up fans who grew up on Fraggle Rock in the ’80s, two special “Grown-Up Nights” — June 12 and June 17 — will feature themed cocktails and pre-show activities, proving the Fraggles have never really left us.
In this Dec. 22, 2009 photograph, Fraggle Rock characters minstrel Cantus, right and friend Gobo, beacon adults and children to their display at the “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World” exhibit at the Mississippi Museum of Art, in Jackson, Miss. ASSOCIATED PRESS
For Staten Island parents weighing weekend plans, it’s an easy adventure: hop on the ferry, take the subway uptown and spend an afternoon in a world where silliness, kindness and joy rule the day.
Tickets are available at NewVictory.org, by phone at 646-223-3010, or at the box office at 209 W. 42nd St.