Audrey Geisel

Could you, would you buy a hat? Not any hat, but one with the Cat? Or a tie, or a shirt or a school backpack? For two generations, parents have been snapping up enough Dr. Seuss children's books to make them top sellers. Now a handful of companies are trying to cash in on that popularity with merchandise based on fanciful Seuss characters--the Grinch, Sam-I-Am and the Cat in the Hat. There are clothes and accessories for infants, children and adults--many of whom enjoyed the Seuss books as kids.

Near the end of his life, Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel sat down with his wife, Audrey, to speak of the past and of things to come. " 'I've had a wonderful life,' " Audrey Stone Geisel recalls him saying. " 'I've done what I had to do. I lived where I wished to live. I had love. I had everything.' " 'But,' he said, 'now my work will be turned over to you. And you will have to deal with those consequences.' "And oh-ho," says the 82-year-old heiress of the Seuss world, "has that been true!"

UC San Diego announced Monday that Audrey S. Geisel, widow of Dr. Seuss author Ted Geisel, is donating more than $10 million to the campus library, an architectural landmark that was a favorite of her late husband. In keeping with her wishes, university officials would not reveal the size of the donation, except to say that it is the largest ever made to a San Diego institution, which means it exceeds the $10 million previously donated to fund a cancer clinic.

Not since Ebenezer Scrooge has anyone hated Christmas this much. He's a mean one, Mr. Grinch. And now, he's bringing all his Who-hating meanness and greenness to San Diego's Old Globe Theatre. A stage musical of the Dr. Seuss classic "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" opens tonight in Balboa Park. Just to set the record straight, the Grinch wasn't always green. When first created in 1957 by Theodor Geisel (Dr.

Audrey Geisel had one requirement for the multitude of multimedia firms vying to license her late husband's work over the past year: "That cat had to be that cat. Down to the last whisker." Wednesday, the 72-year-old widow of Theodor Geisel--known to generations of children as Dr.

Near the end of his life, Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel sat down with his wife, Audrey, to speak of the past and of things to come. " 'I've had a wonderful life,' " Audrey Stone Geisel recalls him saying. " 'I've done what I had to do. I lived where I wished to live. I had love. I had everything.' " 'But,' he said, 'now my work will be turned over to you. And you will have to deal with those consequences.' "And oh-ho," says the 82-year-old heiress of the Seuss world, "has that been true!"

Not since Ebenezer Scrooge has anyone hated Christmas this much. He's a mean one, Mr. Grinch. And now, he's bringing all his Who-hating meanness and greenness to San Diego's Old Globe Theatre. A stage musical of the Dr. Seuss classic "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" opens tonight in Balboa Park. Just to set the record straight, the Grinch wasn't always green. When first created in 1957 by Theodor Geisel (Dr.

Karon Luce cooked dinner at home Sunday evening for her husband, Gordon; several other relatives, and close pals Charles and Susan Edwards. This news, which on its face sounds somewhat less than earthshaking, gains more than a little interest from the fact that one of the relatives--albeit a quite distant one--was Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce, the author, playwright and former congresswoman who was Dwight D. Eisenhower's emissary to Italy.

Mercedes McCambridge, the actress whose nearly bottomless voice rasped out the voice of the demon in the movie "The Exorcist," is not one to mince words. She tends to express herself . . . well, forcefully. And McCambridge made one heck of a statement to the 150 guests who gathered May 7 at the James S. Copley Library to help launch the monthlong 1986 San Diego Festival of the Arts. "I do not like green eggs and ham," she growled, and there wasn't a soul present who doubted her sincerity.

The musical adaptation of Dr. Seuss' holiday tale "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" that has been a holiday staple at the Old Globe in San Diego will make its Broadway debut this fall at the Hilton Theatre. Previews of the show begin Oct. 25. Audrey Geisel, the widow of Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Geisel, will serve as an associate producer of the New York "Grinch" show. Geisel died in 1991.

Could you, would you buy a hat? Not any hat, but one with the Cat? Or a tie, or a shirt or a school backpack? For two generations, parents have been snapping up enough Dr. Seuss children's books to make them top sellers. Now a handful of companies are trying to cash in on that popularity with merchandise based on fanciful Seuss characters--the Grinch, Sam-I-Am and the Cat in the Hat. There are clothes and accessories for infants, children and adults--many of whom enjoyed the Seuss books as kids.

UC San Diego announced Monday that Audrey S. Geisel, widow of Dr. Seuss author Ted Geisel, is donating more than $10 million to the campus library, an architectural landmark that was a favorite of her late husband. In keeping with her wishes, university officials would not reveal the size of the donation, except to say that it is the largest ever made to a San Diego institution, which means it exceeds the $10 million previously donated to fund a cancer clinic.

Audrey Geisel had one requirement for the multitude of multimedia firms vying to license her late husband's work over the past year: "That cat had to be that cat. Down to the last whisker." Wednesday, the 72-year-old widow of Theodor Geisel--known to generations of children as Dr.

Karon Luce cooked dinner at home Sunday evening for her husband, Gordon; several other relatives, and close pals Charles and Susan Edwards. This news, which on its face sounds somewhat less than earthshaking, gains more than a little interest from the fact that one of the relatives--albeit a quite distant one--was Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce, the author, playwright and former congresswoman who was Dwight D. Eisenhower's emissary to Italy.

Mercedes McCambridge, the actress whose nearly bottomless voice rasped out the voice of the demon in the movie "The Exorcist," is not one to mince words. She tends to express herself . . . well, forcefully. And McCambridge made one heck of a statement to the 150 guests who gathered May 7 at the James S. Copley Library to help launch the monthlong 1986 San Diego Festival of the Arts. "I do not like green eggs and ham," she growled, and there wasn't a soul present who doubted her sincerity.

Oh, The Awards You'll Get: Audrey Geisel will be presented with a special tribute in honor of her late husband, the beloved children's book writer Dr. Seuss, at the Fourth Annual Governor's Awards for the Arts ceremony on Feb. 25 in Beverly Hills. Geisel, president of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, will accept the Governor's Special Tribute Award for Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss' real name. Some of the presenters for other governor's awards have been lined up: Steve Martin will give an award to L.A.

The late Dr. Seuss had a delicious sense of the absurd, of the odd juxtaposition of the sublime and the ridiculous, and of the infinite possibilities for pure silliness contained in ordinary language and imagery. Who else but Dr. Seuss could present green eggs and ham as a tempting treat or depict "beetles fight(ing) battles in a bottle with their paddles and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles"?