I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

#1

I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:12am

I'm just saying.

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#2

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:47am

YES!!!


RIGHT NOW!!

I WILL FILM ONE!!

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#3

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 5:03am

And I want to take part. lol

#4

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 5:33am

Seussical is definately my number one Broadway Guilty Pleasure. Then again, screw that, it is just a pleasure period. Ahrens and Flaherty are two of my favorite composers period and I'd see anything they'd write.

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re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 8:48am

Ahrens and Flaherty could write anything they like, and I'd be there to applaud it. The musical might be a "guilty pleasure" for some, but I don't think the score has anything to be guilty about. It's a first-class triumph. I've seen it a number of times - on Broadway, the tour and a non-equity tour. I was never disappointed even once. I'll vote for a TV version :0 . . . .

#6

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 9:15am

I love Seussical. The music is so clever.

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#7

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 9:18am

Maybe an animated film using stars for the voices, but allowing it to actually look like the original Seuss drawings.

While it may work on stage, movie audiences won't accept a Horton that's just a chubby guy in a grey suit. They want an elephant.

And let's face it - the Grinch and Cat in the Hat movies were just creepy to look at.

#8

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:37am

I was mocking the Oklahoma TV thread...I'm not really serious...

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#9

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:40am

I think there should be a TV movie about people who come up with dumb ideas for TV movies.

#10

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:41am

T'ain't a bad idea, if it was animated. Could work!

Go ahead and mock some more.

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#11

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:55am

Hasn't the world suffered enough? That show was the country's worst natural disaster until Hurricane Katrina came along.

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#12

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 12:07pm

Jon, the Grinch movie was wonderful!

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#13

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 12:32pm

I saw a tour production and was high up and far back and I didn't enjoy it and it was boring. Then I sat up close at a student production and I had fun and it was entertaining and I enjoyed the music. I want the CD now...I think I'm gonna check out the Virgin Megastore today now that I think of it.

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#14

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 12:35pm

"Ahrens and Flaherty are two of my favorite composers"

FYI - only one of those composes, the other writes the lyrics

Updated On: 10/2/05 at 12:35 PM

#15

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 12:39pm

Bwah. Trust me to say something as stupid as that when I type a message at Jeebus knows what hour of the night.

#16

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 12:53pm

I saw it on broadway and sort of enjoyed it. then I saw it on tour with Kathy Rigby and it was ten times better. American theatre magazine has a really interesting story and interview with Lynn Ahrens this month about the evolution of theatre.

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#17

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 2:57pm

There are a lot of musicals that should get made into tv-movies. i'd put Seussical about #27 on the list.

#18

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 3:59pm

I'm glad Seussical was off broadway quickly. Otherwise, my theater group couldn't have done that musical. Which was the funnest show I have done.

Yay for Seussical.

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#19

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:04pm

I recently saw a scaled down, shorter regional version in Seattle, and it was quite good.

#20

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:44pm

I'm one of the few serious supporters of Seussical. If there was going to be a movie, here's who I would like to see:

The Cat in the Hat - Martin Short
Horton the Elephant - Jack Black
Gertrude McFuzz - Jamie-Lynn Sigler
JoJo - Sy Adamowsky
Mayzie LaBird - Ana Gasteyer
Sour Kangaroo - Sara Ramirez
General Schmitz - Will Ferrell
Mr. Mayor - Eugene Levy
Mrs. Mayor - Debra Jo Rupp

#21

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:54pm

If they made a Seussical movie, Dakota Fanning would so be JoJo.

#22

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/3/05 at 8:09am

If they made a Seussical movie, Dakota Fanning should be run over by a steam roller.

#23

re: I think there should be a TV movie of Seussical!

Posted: 10/3/05 at 9:01am

Thank you URBAN!!! So right... why is it that Dakota Fanning gets cast in ANYTHING?!?!?

I'm intern directing Seussical for a kids theater... we're having a great time. i know they would Love to see a movie verison of it... LOL. Our version has 70 kids in it! GREAT FUN!! Interested nobody added Jim Carey to thier cast list... he did really great with the Grinch.

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