Seussical the Musical

I know this is a little bit late but I realized I never wrote a review about the Kennedy Play.

                This year the chosen fall theater production was Seussical the Musical. The musical was a mixture of different Dr. Seuss books with its own little twist. The play was about an elephant named Horton that finds a little world the size of a speck of dust. Since Horton has big ears, he can hear the people talk to him when no one else can. To the rest of the jungle, this makes Horton look crazy. During Horton's mission to keep this little world safe, he encounters love, hate, and challenges to overcome.

                I thought the play was very well cast, but the costuming and makeup wasn’t as great as previous years. Other than a few pitch problems, everyone sang very well. I thought they adjusted to each other's voices rather well and the songs were lovely. I saw a snippet of the play in the school's play preview and came back to watch the show the following night. Everyone I was with thought that is was great and I know the parents and babysitters appreciated that it was kid-friendly.

                During the play, a chair malfunctioned and the "bird" that fell through handled it rather well when it happened. She did try to fix it and I thought that it would have been fine if she hadn’t. I heard afterwards that she was extremely angry with the tech person that set it up. I don’t understand why though, I guess it could have been the heat of the moment but I thought she reacted a little harshly.

                Even though there were a few problems during the play, I thought it was really great overall. I could tell that the actors added their own little touches here and there which really added to the quality of the play. The boy that played the narrator - the Cat in the Hat in this case, was very funny and the perfect choice. The singers all had very beautiful voices as well. I thoroughly enjoyed going to the play and look forward to going to the next play production.