seussical

[gypsy4]

Posted: 10/15/07 at 7:51pm

who all saw the cathy rigby tour of seussical i thought it
was amazing and i loved how they staged "oh the tings you can think" they had the entire cast dancing in a elavator shaped box.what are your comments on the show.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 10/15/07 at 7:59pm

I have seen all incarnations of the show (pre-Broadway tryout in Boston, Broadway with David Shiner, Rosie O'Donnell, and Cathy Rigby), 1st National Tour with Cathy Rigby, Non-Equity Tour, and other regional productions.

My absolute favorite was the 1st Nat'l Tour with Cathy Rigby. It eased several book problems, in my opinion, and the staging was GREAT! It was an unsuspected delight for me.

There were rumors that a cable TV network wanted to record and broadcast the show...but those plans never came to fruition. Such a shame.

Also a shame that MTI doesn't license the show with the edits that came with Rigby's tour. They license the Broadway version, in addition to a "Jr." version and a 90-minute condensed version for kids.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 10/15/07 at 8:02pm

CapnHook- What is your fascination with Suessical that you saw it so many times?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 10/15/07 at 8:06pm

(Let's just say I didn't see the pre-Broadway tryout live...)

Ahrens & Flaherty are one of my favorite composing teams. I first thought SEUSSICAL was going to be a boring kids show. I was dead wrong. It was wonderful...even with my narrow taste.

SEUSSICAL has become one of my favorite shows, despite its flaws. The score is FANTASTIC.

[bigbigbill]

Posted: 10/15/07 at 10:27pm

It's one of my favorites too! I just got done like two months ago doing a production. I was a Wickersham! It was, hands down, the most fun I've ever had doing a show.

Fantastic score as well.

[missyrose87]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 1:13am

oh my gosh- can i say how much i despise this show?! that said, i never saw it on broadway, only the mti versions.

[AvenueQPat]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 1:20am

I really dislike the changes that they made to the MTI version of the show, and hope that at some point MTI will offer the option to do the original Broadway Version on the Equity Touring Version.....

Updated On: 10/16/07 at 01:20 AM

[gypsy4]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 5:43pm

the mti version is the equity tour version and i have a question
how was rosie in the role.and i could have been one of the kids to get chosen by cathy rigby in the audience no one would volunteer during intermission and i raised my hand and she was coming torwards me but she snatched this girl that was looking down at the orchestra pit because act 2 was about to start.so ilost my 10 seconds of fame and universal needs to do a film version.

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 7:43pm

WTF?