Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!: The Musical

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Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!

Music	Mel Marvin
Lyrics	Timothy Mason
Book	Timothy Mason
Based upon	How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Productions	2006 Broadway

Dr Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! is a limited-run Broadway musical adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book How The Grinch Stole Christmas and is heavily inspired by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1966 television special adaptation of the same name. The musical debuted on November 8, 2006 at the Hilton Theatre for the Christmas season and closed on January 7, 2007. This musical is notable for being the first Broadway musical that offers 12 performances a week.^[1]

1 Cast
2 Musical numbers
3 Response
4 See Also
5 References

[edit] Cast

The Grinch - Patrick Page
Old Max - John Cullum
Young Max - Rusty Ross
Cindy Lou-Who - Nicole Bocchi + Caroline London

[edit] Musical numbers

Who Likes Christmas?
I Hate Christmas Eve
WhatchamaWho
Welcome, Christmas
I Hate Christmas Eve (Reprise)
Once in a Year
One of a Kind
Now's the Time
You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Santa for a Day
You're a Mean One, Mr Grinch (Reprise)
Who Like Christmas? (Reprise)
One of a Kind (Reprise)
Welcome, Christmas (Reprise)
Finale
Who Likes Christmas?

[edit] Response

In the first week of December 2006, the musical topped the Broadway Box Office grosses, putting an end to Wicked's top-grossing streak that had lasted 100 weeks.^[2]