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...Seuss, the Pulitzer prize-winning author of children's books, died Tuesday night after a long illness...
...Christmas. His Three Christmas One-Acts analyze the holiday season from three widely divergent perspectives--one uses the figure of Santa Claus to attack the selling of scientific knowledge, another examines the theme of generational rebirth through a sequence of Christmas dinners, and the third employs a Dr. Seuss story to stress that Christmas spirit is more important than gift-getting...
Bial finds the right blend of moralizing and merriment in the last one-act, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by Dr. Seuss. Here the various citizen Whos take turns telling the tale, and both Bial and the cast skillfully intersperse the traditional storyline about the primacy of Christmas cheer with some inspired character choices. Lithgow expertly mimics the accent and demeanor of Jimmy Stewart, and Rainey's Robin [Leach] Who provides a humorous urbanity. Kanter's [Nazi] Doktor Who is splendidly drawn. "Und he whipped him und beat him," she exclaims, practically drooling in her excitement over the Grinch...
...PLACES YOU'LL GO! by Dr. Seuss (Random House; $12.95). Eighty-six- year-old Dr. Seuss continues to rhyme with reason in book No. 43, an illustrated philosophy lesson about bouncing back that contains the sage advice, "Be sure when you step./ Step with care and great tact/ and remember that Life's/ a Great Balancing...
Case in point, Seuss himself...