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Show H Rhyme and Reason 'Seussical: The Musical' will teach you a Thing One or Thing Two Christi DAILY IT you go C Babbitt HERALD March, hundreds of County celebrated the 100th birthday of one of their most beloved authors: Theodore Seuss Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss. This month, the SCERA will conduct its own celebration of everything Seuss with the Utah debut of "Seussical The Musical" "Seussical" brings to life nearly every Dr.- Seuss book, with Horton the Elephant playing a lead role in the show and many other characters, from the Lorax to Thing One and Thing Two, making appearances in the ensemble. The Cat in the Hat serves as narrator. Director Mindy B. Young saw "Seussical" in New York c2y and knew she'd found the perfect show for Utah audiences. "Seussical" has an uplifting message and appeals to an members of the family , she said. "It's such a beautiful story. It's so appropriate for famines and so energetic and colorful, Young said. "Even if you don't like theater, you'll love this show. It's that fun and Seussical: The Musical Last When: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays, Sept 4, 730 p.m. Where SCERA Showhouse II, 745 S. State, Orem 10-0- ct . Tickets: $10 adults, $8 children (ages 1 1), students with ID and senior citizens (65 years or older). Tickets available at the door 45 minutes prior to the 3-- - performance or by calling or 225-256- 7T I! iliMij H m W m u FA' n 9 A preview performance will be offered for half price tonight , "Horton Hatches the Egg" serve as the production's foundation, and musk fills the entire show, with stories such as "Oh, The Thinks You Can Think!" and "Green Eggs and Ham" delivered through song. The show's set and costume designs have remained faithful to the familiar illustrations in the books, said David Whitlock,' "Seussical" artistic director and scenic and lighting designer. "The line of the set is very much something that could and have been hand-drawsplashed in front of your imagination," Whitlock said. Black lighting will provide a dream-lik- e effect in some scenes, illuminating parts of the set and costuming. "This is a piece that I think will not only entertain people but hopefully help them appreciate the need for cultural arts and the need for the community to support them and take the time to do these things," Whitlock said. "We are hopefully creating a reminder for the community to support the arts, to come and enjoy live entertainment that has a spirit about it that you cannot duplicate in a movie theater or on your home 226-ART- S. The show isn't a simple reproduction of the books one by one on stage In a fashion similar to "Into the Woods," which weaves together familiar fairy tales, "Seussical" joins various Dr. Seuss books into one plot line, with characters' decisions affecting the final outcome. "The Cat in the Hat is kind of the main guy who takes a little boy through the story, and that little boy becomes part of the ' story," Young said.- "Horton Hears a Who" and ; 7 1 TV." i:.:rrs;-:- i 71 : Shawn Mortensen as The Cat in the Hat "Seussical: The Musical" MARK A. PHILBRICK and Jordan Aden as Jo Jo in IS i CM Of i! E - p T lit A 22 at 2 . t i 5. Center Street . (801)492 0515 |