everything. But at the end of
the day, it’s all about this
moment, this Christmas day.
People’s hearts grow bigger
that day. We’re all grinches,
you know.”
While Andrew Keenan-Bolger
(a.k.a. Young Max) is slip-
ping into his costume (his
dog-shaped under armor re-
quires several components),
Christina Day (a.k.a. Phyllis
Who) pops by to show off her
pink-streaked “rocker chick”
hair. For the actors, this
is just one of many ways that
they bond and share in the
fun of a national tour that
is not without challenges —
most notable of which include
intense hours and lack of
free time. Day and Keenan-
Bolger are looking forward to
the show’s opening so they
can finally play to a live
audience and so that they can
at last explore Baltimore,
which they have seen nothing
of in their first week here.
The same thing will undoubt-
edly transpire in Boston.
Taking the show on the road
also means having to simplify
production and make efficient
use of each and every per-
son on staff. Take musical
supervisor/conductor Joshua
Rosenblum, for example, a
veteran of Broadway. His 14-
piece orchestra has been
cut down to 10 for the road,
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