Miss Piggy plays the Wicked Witch of the West in "The Muppets Wizard of Oz," which is set for a May ... Kermit plays the Scarecrow, Fozzie Bear is the Cowardly Lion and Gonzo takes on the role ...

Dorothy meets the Wizard, who promises to make her a superstar -- if she and her wacky new friends, the Scarecrow (Kermit), the Tin Thing (Gonzo), and the Cowardly Lion (Fozzie), can defeat Oz's ...

There’s a lot to love about Fozzie Bear, the “Wocka Wocka”-ing, endlessly optimistic underdog of the Muppets crew. Much of that has to do with director Frank Oz, who spent 24 years as Fozzie ...

The One Show had the pleasure of welcoming The Muppets ... Oz is very much alive, but long ago turned over voicing Fozzie to fellow Muppeteer Eric Jacobson, who's been playing the bear for ...

“We haven’t done this in a long time,” says another, somewhat anxious voice, recognizable to some as Fozzie Bear’s ... Frank Oz, the most famous living Muppets performer — known best ...

Kermit the Frog, Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear step in as the scarecrow, tin man, and cowardly lion, respectively. There are other differences with The Muppets' Wizard of Oz as well. Rather than red ...

The “Kill Bill” and “Pulp Fiction” director will make a cameo appearance in a new ABC-TV movie featuring the Muppets and based on the classic tale “The Wizard of Oz,” ABC announced ...

I’d been told that Jim and Frank Oz would perform the pieces, so I wrote them for their characters. Jim would perform Kermit and Rowlf the Dog, Frank would perform Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy and a ...

Check it out below! Wicked fans might be interested to see an alternate prequel to the classic story of The Wizard of Oz. Like the beloved stage musical, this version incorporates the early years ...