♪ La, la, la, la ♪

♪ La, la, la, la ♪

♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪

♪ Elmo's full of wonder ♪

♪ Wonder what he will discover ♪

♪ In Elmo's Wonderful World ♪

(laughs) Hi, welcome to "Elmo's World."

Oh, that's what Elmo is wondering about today.

(Elmo chuckles) (mystical music)

The theater!

And look, Big Bird's performing a play.

(chuckles) Good job, Big Bird!

Pray, Elmo want's to learn all about the theater.

Oh, let's ask Elmo's friend, Smarty.

Let's call her together.

- [Elmo And Kids] Oh, Smarty!

(energetic music)

- Hi, Elmo!

I just love the theater.

- Well, it's perfect, Smarty,

because Elmo wants to learn all about it.

- Well, what do we do to learn something new?

- [All] We look it up.

- Curtain up on theater.

Here we go.

A theater is a place

where stories called plays are performed.

Actors and actresses talk, sing, or dance to tell the story.

Some plays even use puppets.

Set designers are people who make the backgrounds.

Costume designers make clothes for the actors.

You can go to the theater

or create your very own theater at home.

A play can be about whatever you want it to be.

(bubble popping)

- Yehey!

Bravo, Smarty. (chuckles)

Boy, you sure do know a lot about the theater.

- Thanks, Elmo.

Well, I'm off to take some selfies with the actors.

Catch you later.

Oh, have fun, Smarty.

Buh-bye. (laughs)

Boy, a play can be about anything?

(boings)

Yehey, that gives Elmo an idea.

Oh, let's play a tale together.

Come on, come on.

(chalk scraping) (playful music)

Elmo wonders if we can put on our very own play.

Are you ready? Curtain up.

First, we have to decide where our play takes place.

On the moon, a train, or in a castle?

- [Kid 1] Castle.

- Great.

Now, we have to choose an actor to be in our play?

A robot, a cow girl, or a mouse?

- [Kid 2] Robot.

- Okay. (imitates robot beeping)

Now, we have to pick what the robot does.

Is he a chef, a basketball player or a tap dancer?

- [Kid 3] He likes to dance.

- A dancing robot? That's great!

(robot's shoes tapping) Look at him go.

- [Kids] He's dancing.

(robot's shoes tapping)

- [Elmo] Then he got tired and took a nap.

The end.

(laughs) We put on a play together.

Oh, and that makes Elmo wonder even more.

Oh, does Mr. Noodle know how to put on plays?

Oh, let's ask him. (chuckles)

Hey, Mr. Noodle!

(curtain whooshing) (curtain chattering)

Hi, there, Schmoodle. (trumpet toots)

Schmoodle, Elmo's wondering,

do you like to perform in plays?

(Schmoodle barks)

- [Elmo] You do?

Put on a play for us.

- [Kids] Yeah, show us.

- [Kid 1] It's Little Red Riding Hood.

- [Elmo] But where's the big, bad wolf?

(Schmoodle barks)

You're going to be the big, bad wolf, Schmoodle?

(playful music) (Elmo laughs)

Schmoodle, is that really a wolf costume?

- [Kid 2] That's not a big, bad wolf.

- [Elmo] That's a taco. Try again.

(Schmoodle barks) (playful music)

- [Kid 3] That's not a wolf.

- [Kid 4] That's a chicken.

- [Elmo] That's a chicken, Schmoodle. (laughs)

(Schmoodle barks) Show us a wolf.

(playful music) (Schmoodle barks)

- [Kid 5] - He's being a wolf.

(Schmoodle barks)

- [Elmo] Yeah, you're doing it, Schmoodle.

You're acting like the big, bad wolf.

Oh, take a bow.

(comical trumpeting) Bravo.

Oh, thank you for showing us about, theater, Schmoodle.

Buh-bye. (Schmoodle barks)

Thank you, Schmoodle.

(curtain whooshing)

Learning new things makes Elmo so happy,

it makes him want to dance.

Come on.

♪ Happy, happy, dance, dance ♪

♪ Happy, happy, dance, dance ♪

♪ When we learn something new ♪

♪ We do the happy dance, dance ♪

Let's see your happy dance

Yeah, cool!

See you next time!

Keep learning.

Elmo loves you.

♪ Happy, happy, dance, dance ♪

♪ Happy, happy, dance, dance ♪

♪ When we learn something new ♪

♪ We do the happy dance, dance ♪

Yeah!

(disco ball whooshing)