Seussical - Musical May 1, 2010

TheatreworksUSAs production of SEUSSICAL, adapted from the hit Broadway musical based on the works of Dr. Seuss, comes to the Garde Arts Center on Saturday, May 1 at 2:00 pm. The Garde will host pre-show family activities in the lobby for one hour before the performance.With music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, book by Ahrens and Flaherty (Ragtime, Once on This Island, My Favorite Year), SEUSSICAL is Theatreworks biggest show ever. The Cat in the Hat is the host and emcee in this unforgettable 90-minute musical romp through the SEUSSICAL classics. When the sweet, good-natured elephant Horton hears a small cry for help coming from a speck of dust, he promises to rescue and guard it. On that small speck of dust lives JoJo, an imaginative young Who. Meanwhile, the one-feathered bird, Miss Gertrude McFuzz, desperately wants Horton to notice her. At the same time, the amazingly lazy Maysie La Bird connives, cajoles and convinces Horton to sit on her egg while she goes off on a spree.Will the planet of Who survive? Will Horton pay attention to Gertrude? Will Maysie ever return for her egg? Dr. Seuss's beloved classic characters find themselves intertwined in an incredible crazyquilt adventure, in which the power of imagination and the most miraculous "think" ever save the day!