Stage Review

Music Review: 'Seussical' (2000 - 2001)

Feb 16, 2001
EW's GRADE
B-

Details Opening Date: Nov 30, 2000; Writer: Lynn Ahrens; Director: Rob Marshall

As a show, Seussical can push too hard, and its story gets jumbled. But the score (by two of the theater's best, Ragtime's Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens) contains moments as magical as Broadway's heard in years. ''Here on Who,'' with its jaunty theatricality; the Beach Boys-esque ''It's Possible'' (featuring Anthony Blair Hall's sunlit voice); and the irresistibly vaudevillian ''How Lucky You Are'' are sheer delights. A-

Originally posted Feb 16, 2001 Published in issue #582 Feb 16, 2001 Order article reprints
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