The run closed May 20, 2001
- Opened
- 2000
- Closed
- May 20, 2001
- Performances
- 198
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- —
Of the 395 productions we hold that opened in the 2000s and record a performance count, this is the 92nd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it31 named
Eric Devine
Sharon Wilkins
Stuart Zagnit
Jennifer Cody
Natascia A Diaz
David Engel
Justin Greer
Catrice Joseph
Darren Lee
Monique L Midgette
Devin Richards
Aaron Carter
Michael J Farina
18 of these 31 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 13 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Characters10 roles recorded
Cathy Rigby The Cat in the Hat
Anthony Blair Hall Andrew Keenan-Bolger† The Boy/Jojo
Eric Leviton Horton the Elephant
Garret Long Gertrude McFuzz
Gaelen Gilliland Mayzie La Bird
Don Stitt The Mayor of Whoville
Alice Playten Mrs. Mayor
Stuart Marland General Genghis Khan Schmitz
Natasha Yvette Williams Sour Kangaroo
- The Once-ler
Only 512 of 13,459 productions carry role names, and these came out of a wiki table — the names arrived with the table's own cell markup on them and have been stripped back. They are not linked to person records because the identifiers in that table do not resolve to ours.
Creative team
- Director
- Frank Galati
- Choreographer
- Kathleen Marshall
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Recordings 2 held for the work
None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against Seussical, and nothing in the record says which production any of them documents. Closing that join is the point of this catalogue and it is not closed yet.
Around this production
Seussical, sometimes Seussical the Musical, is a musical with lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty, and a story co-written by both. It is based on the works of Dr. Seuss, with most of its plot drawing from Horton Hears a Who!, Gertrude McFuzz, and Horton Hatches the Egg. The title is a portmanteau of "Seuss" and "musical". Despite a negative critical reception and significant financial losses during its initial Broadway run in 2000, Seussical has since had a revival in popularity, with two US national tours, a West End production, and numerous adaptations for schools and regional theaters.
“ed until you’ve seen Rosie O’Donnell impersonating the Cat in the Hat. She loved the [2000 musical] Seussical and took over the role for a month. I pictured her as more of a puppy.”—harmonica virtuoso LARRY ADLER
Speaker not recorded. Broadway Babylon Boze Hadleigh, p. 355- Seussical (11/30/2000; 198 performances) was meant to be the hit of its season. But what started as an excellent workshop deteriorated through the casting and rehearsal process. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 456
- Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s Seussical, based on the characters and stories of Dr. Seuss, should have been terrific. A History of the American Musical Theatre No Business Like Nathaniel Hurwitz Tay, p. 280
- THE BiccEsT Fiop: Seussical © There is life after Broadway. Broadway Musicals the Biggest Hit and the Biggest Flop of Filichia Peter New Yor, p. 11
- At the end of the show, the applause is long and loud. Of course it often is in community theater, but who would have expected it from the show that was the biggest flop of the 2000-2001 season? Broadway Musicals the Biggest Hit and the Biggest Flop of Filichia Peter New Yor, p. 249
- Not long ago she had no fewer than three shows running on Broadway at once Follies, Kiss Me , Kate, and Seussical. Broadway the Golden Years Jerome Robbins and the Great Long Robert Emmet New Yor, p. 293
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- Which of the 2 recordings of Seussical document this run, if any.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.