Oh, the Thinks I Can Think: 'Seussical' for Young Audiences is No Small Delight -- Chicago Theater Review

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Seussical
Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences
Lincolnshire, IL
Thru December 21
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In the company of kin

via modern chariot

a ways did I go

to the theater Marriott

Where merrily, quite cheerily

would I enjoy such a musical

as the pretty and witty 

kiddy Seussical

Shortened for shorties

to just an hour's duration

in brief I thinks it 

a delightful creation

Culled from Seuss 

by Ahrens and Flaherty

the once Broadway tuner

benefits greatly from sparity

Having liked it before

the gleeful songs were
none too surprising

But one could call this
a case
of judicious downsizing

There's no beating

George Keating

as the Cat in the Hat

And as Hoo-hearing Horton

Michael Aaron Lindner

is clearly all that

Landree Fleming delights

as Gertrude McFuzz

while recurring
Marriott favorites

merit plenty of buzz

But proving a person's a person
no matter how small
little Sage Harper's JoJo
well may be the most
joyous of all

...amid a show
quite kiddily engaging
even for those of us
hoo have done
a good bit more aging

Rachel Rockwell's direction
is as crisp as can be
with colorful costumes and dancing
and scenery to see

So I thinks
for a merely and fairly
seventeen dollars
one should bring the kids
for musical thrills

and hoots and hollers

Or just yourself
if not mirthfully
adverse
for no one is alone
in the Dr. Seuss
universe

Hopefully you won't have
to drive through the snow
but once you get there
oh, the places you'll go

And let me just note
that by no children unruly

was I ever vexed 

yet chagrined by a mom
who could not turn off
her constant need to text

(Please teach your kids to love theater, politely.)