The lorax musical5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Natural world, and the sinister darkness of its industrial decay, in Max Webster'sĬharlie Fink's songs provide a few big show-stopping moments, including Melanie Laīarrie's comic vocal gymnastics as the leader of a law firm styled more like Destiny's Child, and a simultaneously exciting and heartbreaking rock number as the Rob Howell's designs capture both the bright surreal energy of Seuss' colourful Worried about what'll happen when the Once-ler starts chopping them down. ![]() Lorax (voiced by Simon Lipkin,) a woodland creature responsible for the trees and ![]() He buildsĪ thneed factory and a town supported by its economy, ignoring the warnings of the Knitting it into a shapeless thing he calls a thneed, itīecomes a must-have accessory despite nobody being quite sure what it is. He stumbles upon a forest of colourful Truffula trees, that produce an incredibly In thisĮxpanded version of the environmental fable, the Once-ler (Simon Paisley Day) is aĭreamer who travels the world hoping and failing to invent something amazing, until Stories, as he brings a musical version of The Lorax to the Old Vic. Though, has succeeded in giving new life to one of the writer's most heartfelt Seuss would make him seem a natural fitįor stage adaptation, but his books are so short that expanding his stories to makeĪ full-length show can't be easy without losing a lot of their charm. The colourful worlds and wacky rhymes of Dr. ![]()
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