Mayzie v. Kangaroo: Seussical the Musical (2025)

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#0Mayzie v. Kangaroo: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/20/05 at 1:07am

Question:
Bigger role: Mayzie or Sour Kangaroo?

Thanks for all your help,
~kangaroo

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Updated On: 5/20/05 at 01:07 AM

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#1re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/20/05 at 1:52am

I'm auditioning for the same show and from what I gather Sour Kangaroo is definitly a bigger role, but you really have to have a big powerful voice and a big attitude too play the part.

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#2re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/20/05 at 10:23am

I would have said Mayzie, but she disappears halfway through Act 2.

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#3re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/20/05 at 10:29am

I guess it would depend on what you mean by "bigger"--more actual time on stage vs. more songs, etc. In the production I saw last month at OCU, it seemed like Mayzie had the bigger part, although the Sour Kangaroo is on stage a lot at the beginning and the end of the show (anytime the citizens of the Jungle of Nool are on).

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#4re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/20/05 at 11:05am

Anyone know the curtain call?

THanks for your help so far, by the way

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#5re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/20/05 at 11:33am

"Sour Kangaroo" is an audience favorite, since typically the actor that plays this role belts all her songs. There is even a section where she belts on and on - and the six times I have seen professional productions of the show, the audience goes nuts over it. She also has the "R-E-S-P-E-C-K" belt which audiences adore.

"Sour Kangaroo" I would say has the same amount of stage time as "Mayzie." They are both diva-types. Mayzie sings less, I believe, but has more scenes.

#6re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/20/05 at 11:39am

the curtain call is Green Eggs and Ham.. I would have to go back and look at my script but I believe SK is on stage a lot more. She has little blips and solos. Mayzie has her own songs. Both are good parts though..

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#7re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/20/05 at 12:00pm

Both are very good parts. I'd be happy with either one.

*contains/is a solo

Songs Sour Kangaroo Sings In:

Oh, The Thinks You Can Think!
Biggest Blame Fool*
Chasing The Whos*
Horton Sits On The Egg
Egg, Nest, and Tree*
The People Versus Horton The Elephant*
Finale*

Songs Mayzie Sing In:

Oh, The Thinks You Can Think!
Biggest Blame Fool*
Amazing Mayzie*
How Lucky You Are [Mayzie's Reprise]*
Horton Sits On The Egg
Egg, Nest, And Tree
Mayzie In Palm Beach*
The People Versus Horton The Elpephant*
Finale

So there you have it. Even though Mayzie is in more songs, Sour Kangaroo seems to sing more.

Again, both are great parts and you will be happy with both.

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#8re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/20/05 at 12:22pm

I believe Mayzie's a bigger part. While Sour Kangaroo has more stage time, she doesn't do nearly as much. However, both are good parts.

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#9re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/20/05 at 7:12pm

For those who have done the musical:
How did the bowing take place? When I saw it, out of all the girls... I remember the Sour Kangaroo the most, but I'm not sure if Mayzie was the bigger role becuase the bowing was really strange.

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#10re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/20/05 at 7:19pm

I was Sour Kangaroo in our production just a few months ago. I had lots of stage time in the beginning of the show, came in right at the middle for 2 songs, then lots of time at the end of the show..Its definately a character the audience remembers.
Mayzie however, has complete songs to herself basically. I think Mayzie has a bigger part than the Kangaroo singing wise, but both are equally impacting. I bowed BEFORE Mayzie though, so Mayzie is considered bigger seeing as she does more things w/ Horton and Gertrude. I did get a puppet too when I was SK :)

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#11re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/21/05 at 1:09am

they're both great parts and you can belt and be sassy on both... I love Sour Kangaroos songs and its just a fun, diva, in your face part... But Mayzie is a bigger part, and is more significant... she changes the most in the show, from the self centered bird to the sensitive bit with Horton when she realizes she cant take care of the egg and she "finally did something right"... Mayzie is a big meanie and the kids wont like you lol... but she causes much conflict in the show, Gertrude's tail, Horton's Egg, etc. A fun supporting part that requires great singing and acting.. She cames out before Gertrude for the curtain call... The kangaroo is a really fun part, but all of her songs are basically the same and she doesnt act all that much.. just a lot of sass.

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#12re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/22/05 at 12:28am

Thanks everyone!

Just out of curiousity: Is Mayzie in the finale scene? It doesn't say that she is...

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#13re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/22/05 at 12:03pm

nope, not in the court scene.. but she's in the curtain call and comes out right before Gertrude, which is a few after the Kangaroo. I'd go with Mayzie if you wanna act a lot and twist the audiences emotions... they're going to hate you because you're mean to horton, love you because you're so outrageous, feel bad for you during the sad bit before solla sollew... if you want to just have fun and just belt the crap out of songs, go for the Kangaroo.. very sassy and just fun part, they'll remember your voice... but it's not really significant.

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#14re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/22/05 at 1:31pm

I jsut saw the show at a nearing high school and I would say Mayzies a bigger part because she has mroe solos and such...the sour kangaroo is in more numbers but alot of times they are with the chorus and she has some solo lines. I personally think that the parts are kind of equal and whom ever is a better performer would be considered the "bigger" role.

but if your planning on auditioning you should just audition for the part that's right for you..not the "bigger" role. Because if the part is great for you you will def. shine and make yourself nknown.

oh, by the way I'm auditioning for a production of suessical this coming saturday. I'm auditioning for Gertrute McFuzz!! hehe!!

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#15re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/22/05 at 3:00pm

i love how everyones doing seussical this year! I was Horton with one cast and General Schmitz in the other. This show is not as easy as it looks, but it's very fun..

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#16re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/22/05 at 3:02pm

Both are incredible parts. Even the smallest parts in Seussical are great parts! Thats why seussical is such a good school show (in elementary, high school, and college). With that in mind, Mayzie is a bigger part only becuase she's more important to the plot. The Sour Kangaroo almost becomes a secondary narrator (to the cat in the hat) after biggest blame fool, and doesnt help move the plot along until the final scene. She does have some amazing solos. Mayzie is the bigger acting part just becuase without Mayzie the plot wouldnt advance. And cathyhyatt, I'm trying out for seussical this coming saturday too (most likely nopt the same one, since everyone and their mother is doing seussical), and I'm going for horton! Haha...

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#17re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/22/05 at 3:59pm

j/w...in the professional production did they have Vlad Vladicoff actually fly in the scene where he steals the speck?

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#18re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/22/05 at 6:34pm

I think I'm going to go for Mayzie and Gertrude. I really like both of the roles, and they are different from each other. I decided Mayzie becuase her character and personality is VERY different from mine. I don't go around saying how awesome I am at this and that... so Mayzie gives me a challenge.
Gertrude is such a great acting character and she has a hopelessness to her that I think would require me to become more animated onstage. I am very animated when I'm not onstage, so I'm trying to work on that.

Thanks for all your help,
kangaroo...

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#19re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/22/05 at 7:23pm

kangaroo--wheres the production you're auditioning for? I'm auditioning for one in connecticut. pm me. i was j/wing

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#20re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/31/05 at 11:33pm

I absolutely love this show, by the way. My former high school did it (with my younger sister playing Mayzie LaBird). I thought it was adorable, and I'm not sure why it was trashed on Broadway. The score is wonderful, with so many catchy and deeply meaningful songs.

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PS - Between Mayzie and Sour Kangaroo, I've always thought Mayzie to be the bigger role (and not because my sibling played her).

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#21re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 5/31/05 at 11:47pm

I definitely agree that Mayzie is the bigger character, but apparently my choir director was looking through and comparing the OBC recording to the script that he has and he says that it is different.

Anyway, I think that if Seussical the Musical was a limited run to only opening in the summers it would have done much better. It's a great musical, and it's harder to sing than everyone expects it to be. I just think that if the show was only open in the summer it would have done great because it would be the perfect oppurtunity to take kids to NYC and have them experience a broadway show.

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#22re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 6/1/05 at 2:38am

Regardless of who had the bigger part, I think we can agree Mayzie was more integral to the central plot (and ended up being a more rounded character as well).

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#23re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 6/2/05 at 2:33pm

Alright... I'm playing Mayzie LaBird in the Seussical production right now that my school is doing, and that question has been bothering me for quite some time! ;_; I'm really sad because I bow before the Sour Kangeroo, but I have 4 solo songs, and the Sour Kangeroo has 4 main songs, but they're not solo songs. And, I think Mayzie has to do a lot more with the plot. I've worked so hard in the play, and it stinks how I have to take my bow before her. Also, in my production, the whole Chorus sings during "Chasing the Who's", so it's not like it's her song anymore, it's more of a Chorus song, so now the S.K. only has 3 main songs.

Also, to answer a few questions, after "Mayzie in Palm Beach" and "Amayzing Horton", I'm gone for all of Act II. ;_; lol I'm not in "People Versus Horton the Elephant", but I come on stage right before "Oh the Think You Can Think Reprise". I just think Mayzie's a bigger part because the story seems to revolve around her more than it does the S.K. Also, if you look at the Broadway list, the main characters are Cat in the Hat, Horton, Gertrude, THEN Mayzie, then JoJo, and the S.K. is somewhere further down. ;_; Someone please tell me why the S.K. has a bigger curtain call then me.

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#24re: Seussical the Musical

Posted: 6/2/05 at 2:50pm

I'd consider "Biggest Blame Fool" to be the Kangroo's signature number. However, it is true that Mayzie is a bigger and more significant role.

As long as your director doesn't put Jojo after The Cat and Horton, I'm cool.