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Dr. Seuss On Stage
Jewish director helms Grinch musical
— and it's not just about Christmas.
"This show is true to the spirit of writ-
er Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss), and it really
looks and sounds like one of his books:'
says August, 42, who recently directed
here's something stronger than
and executive-produced the award-
winning short family film How to Get to
holiday in the Broadway record-
breaking How the Grinch Stole
Candybar. "The language and the music
Christmas! The Musical, according to
are sort of quirky and cute with the tone
director Matt August.
that Geisel sets."
He believes the touring
Tunes include "You're
a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
production — based on
the Dr. Seuss children's
and "Welcome Christmas,"
book and being staged
written by Geisel and
Dec. 18-30 at the Detroit
Albert Hague for a 1966
Opera House — has a lot
animated TV version,
more to do with commu-
plus additional music and
nity, a recurring sensibility
book written for the new
in his own life.
musical by Mel Marvin
"The Grinch is not about
and Timothy Mason.
religion:' says August in a
This production is very
different from much of
phone interview from the
road. "There's an inherent
August's earlier work in
Matt August
spirituality, but that's a spir-
directing Shakespearean
ituality that comes out of community,
and "left-wing" plays. He was co-founder
not theology.
of the Fairbanks Shakespeare Company
"The Grinch is essentially about a man and has been an associate director on
who decides he does not want to be part
four Broadway productions.
of a community. Through interacting
As a child, I grew up with a mild case
with a very innocent, very pure member
of dyslexia, which I still have recalls
of that community, he realizes that he is
August, raised outside Philadelphia.
part of it, and that brings joy to his life.
"That pushed me into more creative
"That's the message of Christmas, and
endeavors. I learned music very early
that's the message of The Grinch. You
and became a trumpet player.
have to be a part of the world you live in."
"I was the kid who needed more atten-
The play, narrated by Max the Dog,
tion, and for my senior year, I took an
follows the scheming Grinch trying to
acting class. I got encouragement from
steal Christmas away from the cheerful
the teacher and took more acting classes
Whos.
in college:'
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Contributing Writer
the day they leave their too-large
empty nest for smaller senior-living
quarters, the audience is treated to
a montage of highlights (and low-
lights) of the couple's married life,
punctuated by more than a dozen
well-performed songs and lively
dance numbers.
In a two-character show, especially
a musical, it is essential that both
Ronelle Grier
actors are strong performers, and
Contributing Writer
White and Buchalter easily exceed
this requirement.
Do! I Do!, the 1966 musical by Tom
White has a lovely singing voice,
Jones (book and lyrics) and Ha
Harvey
and her acting is also excellent as she
Schmidt (music), based on the 1951
makes the transition from innocent
Jan de Hartog Tony Award-
bride to sadder-but-wiser
winning play The Fourposter, is
wife and mother. As
a two-character show depicting REVIEW Michael, a chauvinistic
the marriage of Agnes (Stacy
novelist whose pompos-
White) and Michael (Fred Buchalter) Snow ity increases in proportion to his
over the course of 50 years.
success, Buchalter also manages to
In between the couple's awkward-but-
display his character's vulnerable
romantic wedding night in 1895 and
side. Mary Bremer's skillful direction
I Do! I Do!
Say "I do!" to a
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warming musical.
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