SEUSSICAL, THE MUSICAL

PERFORMANCE NOW THEATRE COMPANY

September 8- September 24

 

Goofy and Silly and Way Too Much Fun

This Seussical Musical’s Really well done.

The set is a kid’s book with colorful pages

The seats inexpensive won’t take all your wages.

The chroma key brush strokes by this lighting man

Are vibrant paint splashes right out of the can.

The costumes are eye-popping playground apparel

And miracles happen whenever there’s peril.

Cartoonish and festive, this show is a winner.

It turns your small smile to a really wide-grinner.

 

     Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens based the book for this musical upon the works of Dr. Seuss. Flaherty composed the joyously upbeat music and Ahrens penned the lyrics. 

     The show is co-directed by Victoria Holloway and Kelly Van Oosbree, who also choreographs! These two artists pull out all the stops while allowing this outstanding cast to unleash all the lustrous fun with real panache.  

     Fresh from his outstanding work in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” Chris Boeckx oversees the proceedings as The Cat in the Hat. Boeckx even brings a smile to our faces during the entr’acte. ( No spoilers!)

      Josh Harris is adorable as Horton, the elephant!

     Sarah Atkinson’s JoJo is a total delight!

     Brekken Baker dazzles us as Mayzie, the profligate Mom who thinks parenthood is 'for the birds.' Or maybe not!!!

     Marlowe Award winner Nancy Evans Begley belts gorgeously as Sour Kangaroo!

     Sarah Forman is outstanding as Gertrude McFuzz! 

     Music Director Heather Iris Holt succeeds brilliantly with this fantasia of ear-pleasing music and mind-boggling verse.

      If you ever had the ecstatic pleasure of riding your bike with your grade school buddies following a bandwagon with calliope when the circus came to town, you’ll start to get the energy. It’s a whirlwind of childlike fantasy come to life and the perfect antidote to the evening news. It will leave you smiling from ear to ear!

     “Seussical, the Musical,” is the kind of show in which renowned costume designer Nicole Harrison must have been up to her armpits in sequins and feathers creating  the eye-popping costumes. 

     Vance McKenzie’s lighting is sensational!

     The show is a mash-up of Dr. Seuss favorites including “Horton Hears a Who,” “Gertrude McFuzz,” and “Horton Hatches the Egg.”  It reminds us all to be our true selves regardless of what ‘thinks’ others may think of us.

     Run to see this show!   You won’t believe “HOW LUCKY YOU ARE!”

 

 

For tickets call 303-987-7845 or go online at www.performancenow.org