The Cat in the Hat at the Prospector Theater

The hat. The bow tie. The part where he will not leave.

Dr. Seuss's most famous houseguest finally gets his own animated feature, and it is not a retelling of the book. Bill Hader voices the Cat, Alessandro Carloni and Erica Rivinoja direct, and the whole thing runs on mischief, magic and mayhem in roughly that order. Kids who know the rhymes by heart will still be surprised by where this one goes. It runs an hour and 54 minutes.

Showtimes. Friday through Sunday at 1:30, 4:15 and 6:45pm. Monday and Tuesday at 4:15 and 6:45pm. Wednesday, November 11 is Open Caption Day, with captions on screen and audio description at 1, 4 and 6:45pm. Thursday, November 12 at 1:15pm. More dates are usually added each week. Times can change, so check the showtimes page before you go.

Good to know. Rated PG for action, some peril, mild language and rude humor. Tickets are $15 for adults and $13 for kids 11 and under. The theater suggests arriving 30 minutes early to grab concessions and good seats.

Every ticket does some good. The Prospector is a nonprofit theater built to employ adults with disabilities, who the theater calls Prospects. They greet you and seat you before every show. Closed caption devices and descriptive audio headsets are available at every first-run show.

Make a night of it. The Heads Up Café inside the theater pours coffee, beer and wine, and the ceiling is covered in pennies hand-placed heads up by the Prospects. Downtown Ridgefield's Main Street restaurants are a short walk away.