Re mber Cindy Lou Who, the little girl from Whoville who caught the Grinch stealing her gifts, food and Christmas tree? Well, she’s middle aged now, unhappily married to the Grinch, has a disgruntled daughter, Patty, who inherited her father’s green skin color and has quite a story to tell. You can catch up on all of Cindy Lou’s past history this December simply by sitting through a performance of “Who’s Holiday!,” now playing at the Greer Cabaret Theater in Downtown Pittsburgh. Like Dr. Seuss, the author of the book, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” playwright, Matthew Lombardo wrote his narrative in verse. Everything rhymes. Or does it? There are a few episodes where the rhyming word in a particular stanza would be one your mother would wash your mouth out with soap if you uttered it. That being so, Lombardo replaces it with s...
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