suesical the musical

[CourtneyM]

Posted: 5/24/03 at 10:20pm

does anyone know if suesical the musical made a cast recording before or after the tour?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/24/03 at 10:33pm

SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL has a cast recording of the Original Broadway Cast with David Shiner as The Cat In The Hat.

There is no cast recording for Cathy Rigby nor Rosie 'O Donnell. Not sure if they plan to record one for the tour, probably not.

[King Stevos]

Posted: 5/25/03 at 1:53am

Did the broadway production incorporate the flying that you see in the tour? Or did it jsut begin when rigby took over the rights?

STEVOS

[Alvin and My Sheepdog Rex]

Posted: 5/25/03 at 1:59am

I've never seen Seussical and was wondering if the character "Yertle the Turtle" is incorporated in this production? Would anyone who has seen it know?

[JakeB]

Posted: 5/25/03 at 5:16am

The cast recording is absolutely fantastic, buy it as quick as you can. Off Amazon.com -
Seussical Cast Recording

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 5/25/03 at 10:06am

In reply to Alvin, Yertle the Turtle is not in Seussical. To anyone who has seen the show on tour, not Broadway, you might want to preview the recording, because the show was drastically rewritten before the tour.

[Alvin and My Sheepdog Rex]

Posted: 5/25/03 at 10:16am

No Yertle!! Yertle the Turtle is my personal favorite Seuss character so I would have loved to have seen him included. I may have the opportunity to see the Tour, so I just wanted an idea of what I am getting myself into. I will check out the cast recording. Thanks!

[King Stevos]

Posted: 5/27/03 at 3:32pm

Can anyone answer my question?

STEVOS

[robbiej]

Posted: 5/27/03 at 3:38pm

I believe it was not in the Broadway production. My friend is one of the principals in the cast and she told me they added the flying for Ms. Rigby. Considering she is the producer, I guess she was able to make that work for her!

Do I still owe you something in the mail?? PM me to remind me. I've been a little overwhelmed lately!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 5/27/03 at 3:40pm

There was no flying per say on broadway. The only 'flying' on broadway was at the act one finale. The cat's foot gets tangled in a rope and he/she gets pulled up into the air. Rosie had a double do that. Rigby is a fanatic about flying (Which I can understand -- it is such a blast when you get used to it) and pretty much begged fred mertz -- i mean Barry weissler -- to add some, but he said no.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/27/03 at 9:00pm

Yes, the Broadway production had about 20 seconds of flying. In the tour, there is tons of it. Cathy Rigby is a master in flying. As soon as we upgrade our technology, she is able to be one step ahead and do things never attempted before, and with practice, perfectly.

And Yertle The Turtle is in SEUSSICAL, at least he was on Broadway. I think The Cat was the Judge in the tour, but on Broadway, Yertle was the judge.

"Judge Yertle The Turtle preciding over everyone rise."

[King Stevos]

Posted: 5/28/03 at 12:13am

thanks for the reply! I am glad that I was right about it being added just for Rigby.

STEVOS

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 5/28/03 at 12:26am

Stevos! The prodigal son returns.

[JakeB]

Posted: 5/28/03 at 2:35am

Are we talking flying as in 'wooo, look at me, I'm flying'? If so, the line 'Cathy Rigby is a master in flying' made me laugh.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/28/03 at 1:55pm

LOL I made a funny. :-P

Honestly though, she is an Olympic gymnast and can do amazing things in the air. She just needs to land better and needs more air space.

[musicaltheatreman]

Posted: 5/28/03 at 1:59pm

yertle the turtle is still the judge in the tour