SEUSSICAL B'way 2000

[@crisfranco4717]

Kevin Chamberlin is so wonderful in this musical. Thanks for posting!

[@untitleduntitled4740]

I feel bad kinda. He’s such a major theater actor but the shows he stars in hardly get any respect.

[@jscho8674]

I saw this production on my very first trip to NYC! I dragged my patient husband to 8 musicals in 5 days. The man is a saint. Lol

[@raesummer3159]

What all shows did yall see? Sorry I really love broadway and I'm curious

[@jscho8674]

@@raesummer3159 Hiya! It has been a while but I will try to name them all. Rent, Les Miz, Lion King, Phantom, Jane Eyre, Seussical, Flower drum song, and Urinetown. Ha! Remembered them all! It was an amazing trip. My husband is a trooper! Lol

[@raesummer3159]

@@jscho8674 awwwww that sounds fun! i cant wait to get back to Broadway and see more shows

[@jscho8674]

@@raesummer3159 Same here! It has been forever since I've seen a show! I am dying to get back to New York, once everything opens up again. :)

[@inlovewithJLT]

Janine LaManna does NOT get the credit she deserves for what she did for this role and this show.

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

Agreed. She was delightful here.

[@certifiedspacebisexual]

being gertrude was hard!

[@XJIcequeen]

@@auroraspiderwoman5886 That's so true. She made me want to be Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical

[@sofiawuzheer]

FACTS

[@randomness928]

From what I’ve been told, the main flaw of this production was how overblown it was. This show was written for a more intimate space, but when it was brought to broadway, they felt obligated to make a big production out of it, when all that ended up happening was the actors were stuck swimming in this unnecessarily large space and trying to fill the emptiness. Same thing happened with the revival of you’re a good man charlie brown.

[@cameronsitton501]

They definitely should have designed it to feel more homemade and intimate- lean into the Seussian aesthetic, y'know?

[@raedroid1703]

I just done seussical today with my musical theatre camp and we had such a wonderful time performing! I was sour kangaroo and everyone did an amazing job and after we did our bows, we threw a mini party cheering and happy that we did it! I miss performing it already!

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

Glad you had a good time with "Seussical."

[@puppygirl3281]

I’m currently doing Seussical as well for a theater camp but the junior version. I got a Jungle Citizen, Fish, and Courtroom attendant. I had to dance in a lot of songs but I’m enjoying it.

[@representationmetaphorique]

My choir director in college played in this orchestra and he said it was one of the hardest shows he ever did

[@cloudz_lemarais]

The soundtrack to this musical was my childhood. When I got older I ended up playing Horton with my local stage company.

[@giocarrilo3259]

this is the first musical that I was obsessed with at a very young age after finding the cast album at my local library. It’ll always have a special place in my heart ✨

[@RariettyC]

It's so bizarre to see how much less imaginative this whole thing looks than any regional or school production I've seen. If this had a similarly cohesive visual direction to the Spongebob musical (e.g. making everything look handmade, immersing the adult audience into a child's imagination) I feel like critics would have been nicer to it.

[@tiamystic]

This needs a revival

[@ClownDuck]

I would love a return to this musical with the original cast and a better production. The Spongebob Musical is a wonderful reference point on how they could’ve gone about this.

[@ClownDuck]

@Jonathan Pal oh no i completely agree. I don’t think they should use trash at all, I just mean that the amount of creativity seen in the Spongebob Musical should be seen as inspiration for props and set design. They have two different messages with the story- but the set design is creative and toony, which I believe that with more whimsy could inspire the set design for a hypothetical revival of Seussical

[@chapben9917]

@@JDPal9Michelle was recently in Wicked on broadway as Morrible. She left the show a few weeks ago when they did a big cast change.

[@XJIcequeen]

Yeah. It's so bizarre

[@duckyduckhorsey]

I auditioned recently and got Gertrude! I’m so exited :)

[@BeanBag343]

Nice! I got Yertle the Turtle 🐢

[@AlexElerick]

You’ve gotta love a choreographed curtain call!

[@superadam64]

That’s what we did at my school when we did Seussical a few years back!

[@isaiahsanders9418]

🎶Oh The Thinks You Can Think 🎶Oh The Thinks You Can Think 🎶If You’re Willing To Try 🎶Think Invisible Ink 🎶Or A Gink With A Stink 🎶Or A Stair To The Sky 🎶If You Open Your Mind 🎶Oh The Thinks You Can Think 🎶Lining Up To Get Loose 🎶Oh The Thinks You Can Think 🎶When You Think About Seuss

[@marshallturner6085]

I just performed as Horton at my Highschool last week. This is such an awesome show!!

[@adagraces]

tonight was our last performance of seussical at my school and im getting so emotional watching these clips because this show was one of my favorite shows to do ever. i know it gets shit on a lot cause of its short lived broadway run and the costumes, but this show can be so much more than it was originally meant. its a beautiful show and brought me close to so many people :"))

[@carllipsey1497]

I did this show back in my freshman year of high school, good times. What role did you play?

[@adagraces]

@@carllipsey1497 i was a who!

[@DarkMatches]

Nice to finally see this from the close-up camera, instead of the wide shot press reels that have been circulating for ages!

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

Thank you for this comment. "Seussical" was indeed shot with two cameras, and I chose to post footage from the "tight"/close-up camera, even if you lose the wider picture.

[@ericjohnson4230]

Ah this poor show. It has such great music and a story with so much heart! But the costume design and direction lead it straight into the dumpster.

[@Mama_Pills]

David Shiner is delightful. He got too much hate for his performance.

[@gregorykeithmorris3970]

Agreed, he's the way I envisioned The Cat in Ted's book.

[@MichaelSar12IsBack]

I agree. He's no Allan Sherman, but the folks who don't like him have to admit he's at least better as the Cat than Mike Myers!

[@haii_kaii]

who’s here on the 20th anniversary?!?!!??! ok but seriously such a fun and lovable show

[@cutypie12]

This was the first Broadway show I saw! It started my love of theatre

[@danieltice3428]

such a fun show. i was able to sit in the box seats when rigby was the cat in the hat...so much fun.

[@noahalexander23]

David Shiner was my inspiration when I played the Cat in the Hat in Seussical!!

[@ANNEMARGARET0319]

This was the first play my daughter was in, when she was 7 🥰

[@uraveragealexandra518]

just watching this gives me back memories to back in february when i did this show. it was incredibly fun and literally the best. i was bird girl 1

[@danieltice3428]

oh the memories! that cast 💙

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

Yes, approaching 20th anniversary.

[@ringoldkids3712]

Thank you so much. This was my favorite when I was little

[@mikewolf5367]

They need to bring this back to Broadway.

[@italschwartz5335]

Agreed

[@djcobb6413]

This was my first ever musical I did I did the Jr one and was a wickershom but still this musical is soooooooo good also I LOVE the costumes

[@elizabethrieke2101]

Yesterday was my first rehearsal for Seussical! We're preforming it for my highschool and I play Jojo!

[@brainyaboutscience478]

I love Seussical!

[@ana-jz3zu]

aww my school did seussical last year🥺it was my favorite show ever:) i got a callback for jojo, but got young kangaroo but it’s probably one of my favorite roles

[@alexakuwata5923]

I love this musical

[@zdavitt3562]

this musical is so underrated

[@Vulpes_Ailurus]

I think if they released this after some of the terrible movie adaptations it probably would have been more well received. Seeing how bad things can be really makes you appreciate the good things.

[@Dragonrider1227]

To this day I still think this could make a really good animated movie

[@Vulpes_Ailurus]

@@Dragonrider1227 no doubt. Also I think if they released this between The Cat in the Hat and the Horton movie, this would have been seen as the love letter to Seuss it was and Horton would have been seen as just another mediocre adaptation.

[@cookie3549]

The actor of Cat in The Hat has so much energy

[@madebymissy_]

I hope this cast knows about the good that they did for generations of theater kids everywhere. Seussical is a childhood staple.

[@HAMF9666]

I wish Broadway brings back seussical.

[@bethesmithtoylady]

Hello I was young kangaroo in Seussical the musical obviously not the Broadway one but I know Little Theatre and it was a really fun experience and I really hope I get to do more Theatre when I’m older in my dream is to go on Broadway someday

[@user-JQL837UOV]

DAVID SHINER WAS PURRRRFECT!!!!!!!!

[@davidgrisgraber8864]

I was too young to see this on broadway. My grandmother took me to a local production and it is my favorite musical. I listen to the soundtrack all the time and just had the thought to find original footage on KZbin. Did they forget to produce the show? Lol looks like people off the streets auditioning. Where is the goofy who clothes and funny looking trees and furniture in whoville? I’m so glad my first impression of this was the wonderful group at the Warner in Torrington CT

[@bangoholesnout_]

I did the Seussical for my middleschool musical. I was the mayor!

[@Starman3434-xz5ns]

i love this because Kevin Chamberlin was in a show i love called jessie. they really should bring this show back to b'way

[@mikolenoel8310]

If this musical gets a revival, I would like to see some of the costumes look better. First, I think some of the costumes are fine the way they are like Cat in the Hat, Maisie LaBird, Jojo, the bird girls and the Wickershams. The costumes I think need to be fixed are General Shmitz: He’s a general, not a mailman! The mayor, the mayor’s wife and the whos: the costumes are not bad, the colours of the costumes are, why is their main colour scheme beige, white and yellow? Give the costumes more colour! Horton: GIVE. HIM. EARS! Gertrude McFuzz: the hair and dress needs fixing. And finally, the sour kangaroo: ..................................................................................................………………………………................................................................................................................................................................................... YOU CALL THAT A KANGAROO!!!!????!?!?!?!

[@aphoticphoton]

I was thinking how in the live action movies or even at universal Orlando the actors have unique nose pieces....How come this wasn’t a thing on stage here? I mean phantom and beauty and the beast were on for a bit at this point

[@MichaelSar12IsBack]

Apparently the original costume designer had more book-accurate costumes, but the show's producers didn't want that. However, I feel that they went too far in the opposite direction with the costumes we got. I think they could've found a good balance between not being mascot-like but still looking more like the characters than this. The Sour Kangaroo in particular looks awful.

[@recy895]

im very disappointed that the Lorax is not in this

[@bellab6950]

Bertram before the Ross kids were born

[@bananabolt9098]

Bro, I didn't know that there was Dr. Seuss Musical this is so cool

[@isaiahsanders9418]

Cat:🎶How Ya Doing? Hello 🎶I’ll Be Running The Show 🎶I’m Your Host And MC 🎶I’ll Pop Up Here And There 🎶Take A Tip From The Cat 🎶And Hold On To Your Hat

[@AlexMcGillvrey]

NBC should do a live TV production of this musical.

[@kennleygibbs7738]

Shrek the Musical with Ben Crawford

[@DoubleDReviews]

Check out a YOUNG Casey Nicholaw at 17:54

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

Yes---he was also a Horton understudy.

[@angelaboven]

why did my dance teacher send me this

[@vicentehizon6202]

Who else thought that David Shiner should’ve played the Cat in the film adaptation?

[@isaiahsanders9418]

Cat:After All Of Those Years Being Stuck On Page Did You Imagine You’d See Me On Stage? Now I’m Here! There’s No Telling What May Ensue No There’s No Telling What

[@kaybear1359]

But I'll give you a clue!

[@Dragonrider1227]

Please tell me there’s more of this

[@thehlion1939]

Where do you find these clips? They’re great!

[@Teladian2]

I really wish they would release these to the public. Not everyone can make it ti broadway and as a performer it woukd be great to have the entire thing for referwnce

[@Michaelarmayo]

This electric guitar slaps

[@thomaslatimer571]

This is amazing thank you is there anyway I can see the Broadway version of the military!

[@untitleduntitled4740]

YES! THANK U!!!!!

[@mayadg16]

Aww Ann Harada❤️

[@BrewingKoffree]

I acutely was in a suesical the musical wasn't Broadway but it was something

[@andrewvesci2612]

I’m convinced David Shiner only knows 1 piece of choreo

[@elora5042]

I love this show so much but even my elementary production has better costuming and set than this.

[@cellgames45]

is there any way to get the full show?

[@austinbutler6946]

I was so hoping to see “monkey around” and “biggest blame fool :( do you know where I can find the full show at?

[@armoniajoachim4128]

Seussical clips are extremely rare, there is a video of Biggest Blame Fool with Rosie O'Donnell on KZbin

[@carloslav17]

Do you have a full version

[@dylanmcfarland8356]

I'm guessing this was the original production that flopped, but was soon reworked and rewritten slightly to send it straight to the top. I have the soundtrack of this version on CD and have just bought the second version's soundtrack. There is a difference that can be seen, but both share the same problem: none of them have a part in them for our own Daisy-Head, Mayzie McGrew.

[@oliviaszymanski1]

10:00

[@XJIcequeen]

17:44 that curtain call looks so much fuh

[@Arlo20]

My college is doing Seussical next year and I would love to be Cat in the hat,Gertrude ,Mayzie or Jojo Specifically the cat,Jojo or Gertrude) I will come back to this comment in the future when casting is confirmed!

[@bangoholesnout_]

this is Bango Aproved

[@scootscoot3874]

IS THAT BERTRAM FROM JESSIE???

[@samfrancomb2057]

Yes. Yes it is😁

[@ainsleyisbell]

AW YOUNGER KEVIN CHAMBERLAIN

[@jambers__3395]

I’ve seen tons of clips for this musical so many to where it almost seems that the whole show was recorded. Is there a full length to this production?

[@DasmusicMusicalsonYouTube]

Love this!! Thanks for sharing. ? Do you happen to have a video of Susan Egan or Deborah Gibson in Be our Guest? Would really appreciate it :) thanks again!

[@anhw3303]

Saw this production. I actually enjoyed it a lot. Also when Rosie O’Donnell as Cat in the Hat. I like her but she is not suitable to be in any singing role. Plus a kid Aaron Carter before he turned into a pathetic case.

[@ZeaisBandit]

"I do not like green eggs and ham!" 19:29

[@averygerosa5265]

Why does the cat remind me of pee wee Herman

[@molly-cw9tj]

I miss being Gertrude! my crush gender swapped the role and played Horton

[@TuckerificMTMG]

I don’t hear anything I don’t like it

[@raqueldain9223]

the music is incredible but idk the costuming feels weak especially for horton and the choreo is not really special