THEATER REVIEW New York Times| 'DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL'
Green Menace Is Back, Just in Time for Holidays
By NEIL GENZLINGER
Patrick Page, it appears, is out of stamps. When you’re reprising a seasonal role, and half of your audience hasn’t yet celebrated a 10th birthday, you’re supposed to be mailing it in, as they say. But Mr. Page, in his second year as the title crab face in “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical” at the St. James Theater on Broadway, is delivering an extraordinary performance.
The young ’uns in the crowd might not appreciate just how good it is, but their accompanying adults certainly will. It’s lucky for them that Mr. Page has brought his A game, because this adaptation, unlike, say, a Pixar movie, doesn’t stuff itself with quick grown-up jokes and references.
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