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Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical 🎄

This week I got a chance to catch the Vancouver Premiere and Opening Night show for Dr.Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical - at The Centre for Performing Arts. The traveling stage show adapts the 1957 Christmas classic about a Grinch and his dog that decide to terrorize the locals, and hopefully ruin their Christmas.

Joshua Woodie stars with his playfully menacing performance as The Grinch, Brian Cedric Jones plays the wide-eyed Young Max, W. Scott Stewart is the stories mature narrator in Old Max, and Cindy Lou-Who is played by both Adrian Deboer and Mélodie Rose Romano.

On a quiet, chilly Tuesday night the crowd wasn’t exactly where it needed to be in comparison to the palpable energy of the performers. The cast had a relentless nature about them as they were able to unwind the adults and children alike, bringing out the Christmas spirit that would have the crowd singing along (or in my case belting) favourites such as “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas,” by nights end.

As soon as the show ended you could see the holiday spirit was in full effect, delighted by the performance the crowd was buzzing with murmurs of smiles and hums taking the heartwarming, magic of a Christmas tale all the way home.

Whether it’s the movies, the books, or a stage play - the story of The Grinch never gets old, and this musical proves it.

Enjoy the Show! 🍿 🎥

Runtime: 1.5 hours (Including Intermission)

Dates: November 14 - 18, 2023

Venue: The Centre for Performing Arts

Where to buy: www.t icketmaster.ca

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