Seussical the Musical

Saturday night, Brandi, Eli and I went to a local production of Seussical.  Memphis' Playhouse on the Square produced the show.  Seussical, which premiered on Broadway in 2000, is a musical that combines many of Dr. Seuss characters into a hodgepod story that primarily focuses on Horton Hears a Who.  It was worth the ticket price to see Eli's face light up.  Brandi and I left unimpressed.  The costumes were good and several actors did a terrific job.  But the nominal sound and bad lighting took away from this production.  Lighting effects were used but the lighting basics were ignored (ie. shadows on faces).  A sound track instead of a live orchestra was used which actually gives them no excuse on the sound.  On the positive, kudos to Kim Baker who did a terrific job of Gertrude McFuzz and Pete Montgomery who played Horton the Elephant.