The 5,000 Fingers of Doctor T

• Reading (2004)
  New York, NY

Based on the 1953 film of the same name by Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)

Bart Collins grudgingly takes piano lessons from Dr. Terwilliker. The youth fantasizes that the evil Dr. T enlists 500 children to play the concerto he's written on the world's biggest piano. Dr. T enrolls them in a huge music institute, and a boy tries to defeat his evil plan. In a subplot, the boy's mom is a single parent, and Dr. T. tries to romance her. But it's the friendly plumber from next door who's the hero who ends up with the mother and the boy.

The musical has been on the radar since its announcement in 2000. Simon Callow was set to direct and Quinny Sacks was to choreograph. Jim Dale was attached to star. Nothing ever came of this production.