Seussical the Musical Tickets

Seussical The Musical
Seussical The Musical is a musical based on the books of Dr. Seuss that debuted on Broadway in 2000.

Plot
Horton Hears a Who! Centering on Horton the elephant's endeavors to protect the people of Who-Ville, who lives on a tiny speck of dust. It also features characters and scenarios from many other Seuss books. The Cat in the Hat, an outside observer, acts as narrator and devil's advocate throughout the show. The original cast included David Shiner, Kevin Chamberlin, Janine La Manna, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Michelle Pawk and Sharon Wilkins.

Synopsis
Act I
The story begins with a bare stage, save for an odd red-and-white striped hat. A small boy discovers it and imagines what it could belong to, finally conjuring up the Cat in the Hat. The Cat creates the Seussian world around him and the boy, and he acts as the narrator for the remainder of the musical. At the Cat's encouragement, the boy thinks up the Jungle of Nool, where Horton the Elephant is bathing.

Horton hears a strange noise coming from a speck of dust, and decides there must be someone on it. He rescues the speck and places it on a clover and decides to guard it. Lead by the at-first-villain Sour Kangaroo, the other animals in the jungle mock him mercilessly, except for Gertude McFuzz, who admires his compassion. Horton soon discovers the dust speck is in fact a planet covered with microscopic people called Whos. They introduce themselves and their community and explain their dilemma. In addition to being unable to control where their dust speck flies, they are on the brink of war and all of their beautiful Truffula Trees have been cut down. Horton's resolve to guard the dust speck is strengthened.

Act II
Horton is transported to New York City and auctioned off to a man from the circus. After going on the road and 'sitting on the egg for 51 weeks, Horton meets up with Mayzie again, and tries to give the egg back to her. She selfishly insists that he keep it as a rather dubious gift, wishes him a sarcastic good luck when it hatches, and leaves. Horton sorrowfully remembers how no matter how hard he tried; he couldn't save the Whos, or poor Jojo. Realizing that the egg also is alone without its mother, declares that he'll do better than try, and protect the little egg with everything he has. Then he sings the egg a lullaby. At the same time, Jojo, the Mayor, and the Mayor's Wife, lost in the clover field.

The Battle of Butter finally commences. Jojo rebels against General Schmitz and abandons the army vanishing in an explosion. The General assumes that Jojo died in the explosion, and delivers the sad news to his family. The Cat reveals to the audience that Jojo did, in fact, survive, but Jojo quickly discovers that he's lost. After being confronted by the Cat and the Hunches, Jojo finds his way home by the power of his Thinks.

Theatre for Young Audiences Version
Music Theatre International also offers a one-act version of the show. The Theatre for Young Audience version was conceived and first produced in 2004 by The Coterie Theatre, a Kansas City based theatre company. This version includes the following significant changes:The cast size has been reduced to 12 actors.

Since How to Raise A Child no longer segues into The Military, it has been inserted into the scene preceding It's Possible. The song How Lucky You Are and many of its reprises are gone. The song A Day for the Cat in the Hat has been cut and replaced with a reprise of Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! Several Seuss-inspired sequences that had little bearing on the actual plot, like the Grinch's Christmas pageant and the Circus McGurkus parade, have been cut.