The curious Miami Heat case of Cookie Monster vs. the Grouch continues to play out years after the fact, with Pat Riley cast in the role of Oscar and LeBron James as Cookie Monster.

In first-look photos shared with PEOPLE, beloved muppets like Elmo, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch and more take over Theatre Row, where they will play a limited engagement through Nov. 27.

The good news is, 2017 just started — and just like Cookie Monster can take a break from cookies on occasion, we’re sure that this famous Grouch will start becoming a bit more kind — and ...

The sister trio — touring with Taylor Swift this summer — explains that A is for Alana, D is for Danielle and E is for Este, of course ...

"That's akin to Oscar the Grouch being nice and clean." (Co-workers gave me strange looks. ... "Even Cookie Monster is learning to control his cookie cravings," Frist told me by e-mail.

He'll be playing Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster in the production of "Elmo's Super Heroes" June 19-20 in Savannah. The show itself is a fairly straight-forward tale of Elmo, ...

But at least this time, he has some moral support from Oscar the Grouch. Yes, ... That’s because he, Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and the gang all perform on the show too.