Big Bird in China

A 75 Minute Musical Adventure

Big Bird and his Sesame Street companion, Barkley, the big, fluffy dog, travel across China in search of the legendary Feng Huang, the Phoenix Bird. Along the way they visit with Chinese schoolchildren, watch a Tai Ji demonstration, learn some Chinese words and songs, and meet the mischievous Monkey King.

Fantasy Adventure TV Movie Comedy

Caroll Spinney

(Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice))

Brian Muehl

(Barkley (voice))

Lianzi Ouyang

(Xiao Foo (as Lien-Tze Quyang))

Frank Oz

(Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice))

Jerry Nelson

(Two-Headed Monster (voice))

Richard Hunt

(Two-Headed Monster (voice))

Martin P. Robinson

(Telly Monster (voice))

Jim Henson

(Ernie (voice))

Cheryl Blaylock

(Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Cheryl Blalock))

Edward G. Christie

(Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Ed Christie))

Arabella Hong

(The Shopkeeper)

Ziu Ping Hua

(The Storyteller)

Quan She-Zhen

(Monkey King)

Liu Xio-Shen

(Monkey King)

Xu Tien-Ed

(Monkey King)

Fu-Hai Lu

(Monkey King)

Chi-Lian Wu

(Monkey King)

Li Jiang

(Monkey King)

Yi-Ping Chou

(Monkey King)

Zhang Xin-Tien

(Monkey King)

Wang Kwan-Wei

(Lion Dog)

Bao Yi-Ting

(Lion Dog)

Lu Ja-Lin

(The Dancing Phoenix)

Katherine Lakoski

(The Singing Phoenix (voice))