Whether or not you like green eggs and ham, Performance Riverside is cooking up a treat for the child in everyone with Seussical The Musical. This fanciful extravaganza filled with toe-tapping tunes, wild characters, poignancy, and laughter is directed and choreographed by Roger Castellano, and musically directed by Scott T. Smith.

Seussical The Musical is performed on November 9, 10, 16, and 17 at 8pm, and   November 10, 11, 17, and 18 at 2pm, at Landis Performing Arts Center on the Riverside City College Campus. Tickets are $42, $36, $29, and $24. For more information, call the Landis Performing Arts Center Box Office at (951) 222-8100. For online ticketing, and more information about Performance Riverside’s 2007-2008 Broadway season, visit www.performanceriverside.com.

Based on the books of beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss, Seussical is a montage of Seuss’ most whimsical and wonderful characters, brought to the stage by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the award-winning creators of Broadway hits Ragtime, Once on this Island, and My Favorite Year. The Cat in the Hat, an outside observer, acts as the narrator who and leaps into the action to create fun, as heroic Horton the Elephant endeavors to protect the people of Who-ville, who live on a tiny speck of dust. Characters and settings from seventeen Seuss masterpieces are woven into the action, including Green Eggs and Ham, Yertle the Turtle, The Lorax, Horton Hatches the Egg, The Sneetches, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Roger Castellano brings Performance Riverside his vast experience in all entertainment media forms: from television and theme park, to industrials and special events throughout the U.S., Asia, and Central America. Director/Choreographer credits include Oliver!, La Cage Aux Folles, A Little Night Music (all receiving the L.A. Drama-Logue Award), Me and My Girl (L.A. Times Critic’s Pick), The Will Rogers Follies (Music Theatre of Wichita), A Chorus Line (Arizona’s AriZoni Theatre Award). Roger has also created original shows, parades, and industrials for companies like Sesame Street Live, Sanrio Inc., and the Walt Disney Company. Acting highlights include Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere), A Chorus Line (Zach), Once Upon a Mattress (Jester), My One and Only (Billy) opposite Susan Egan (Drama-Logue Award), Anything Goes (Billy), Into the Woods (the Baker), On the Town (Ozzy), and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Bud Frump). Roger received a BA in Theatre from California State University, Fullerton.