"Seussical is 85 minutes of sweetness, humor and energetic high spirits-New York Times
A dandy time for kids and grown-ups alike- The Star-Ledger
SEUSSICAL Comes to Thousand Oaks
Theatreworks USA's production of Seussical, a musical based on the works of Dr.Seuss, will be performed at the Fred Kavli Theatre, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks on Friday, Oct. 19 @ 7 p.m. Presented by Performances To Grow On, tickets are $18 for children and $24 for adults and are available at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Box Office, online at
www.ptgo.org or by phoning 805-646-8907. Dr. Seuss's beloved classic characters find themselves intertwined in an incredible crazy-quilt adventure, in which the power of imagination and the most miraculous "think" ever save the day!This colorful and pulsating musical comedy includes favorites like the Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, the Jungle of Nool, Whoville, McElligot's Pool, Amayzing Mayzie and Gertrude McFuzz. The 80 minute musical has played to standing ovations across the country.
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"Oh, the thinks you can think" when Dr. Seuss's best-loved stories collide and cavort in an unforgettable musical caper! Adapted from the Broadway version, Seussical is written by Broadway veterans Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once on This Island, the film Anastasia). Theatreworks USA's production features 12 actors and enhanced production values and is Theatreworks' biggest show ever. Target is the national tour sponsor of this production. The Cat in the Hat is the host and emcee (and all-around mischief-maker) in this romp through the Seuss classics. * * * * * * *
Theatreworks USA has a distinguished history of not only providing young audiences with their first taste of the performing arts, but also giving young actors, writers, directors, and designers an early opportunity to work in this field. A list of Theatreworks USA alumni reads like a veritable "who's who" of theatre: four-time Tony-winning director Jerry Zaks, Robert Jess Roth
(Beauty and the Beast), Michael Mayer (Thoroughly Modern Millie); writers Marta Kauffman and David Crane (TV's "Friends"), Lynn Ahrens and Steven Flaherty ( Ragtime, Once on This Island), Jason Robert Brown ( Parade), Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin ( Legally Blonde), Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx ( Avenue Q); and Tony-winning actors John Lloyd Young, Roger Bart, Chuck Cooper, and John Glover. Esteemed performers F. Murray Abraham, Henry Winkler, and Judy Kuhn also got their start with Theatreworks, and other actors have gone on to originate lead roles in such Broadway shows as Avenue Q, Hairspray, Young Frankenstein, Rent, Wicked, Jersey Boys, and many others. The actors, director, and designers of Seussical may also go on to similar success in musical theatre. Theatreworks USA is America's largest and most prolific professional not-for-profit theatre for young and family audiences. Since 1961, Theatreworks USA has enlightened, entertained, and instructed over 68 million people in 49 states and Canada, now performing for about four million people annually. It is the only children's theatre to receive both a Drama Desk and a Lucille Lortel Award. In addition, Theatreworks USA was the recipient of a 2001 Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, and in May 2000, The Actors Fund of American bestowed its Medal of Honor upon its founders, Jay Harnick and Charles Hull.
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