SHREK the Musical will begin previews November 8 in advance of a December 14 opening at the Broadway Theatre. Sutton Foster and Christopher Sieber will star as Princess Fiona and Lord Farquaad, respectively. Kecia Lewis-Evans will play the Dragon. Shrek and Donkey have yet to be cast.
SHREK the Musical features a book by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori. Jason Moore directs.
I hope something takes the Broadway in the interim. It would be a shame for it to be empty for so long.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
Theatres in London are rarely left dark between productions.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
Times Sq will be very green what with Wicked, Young Frankenstein and Shrek looming over us from 10 storie high billboards!
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
I'll say it for the hell of it because I'm silly that way, but FOLLIES should totally do a limited engagement at the Broadway between productions. If WONDERFUL TOWN took 2 years or so to make the transfer, why not FOLLIES? Can't a boy dream? I'm looking forward to the show just because of Tesori, and let's be real, Sutton Foster is perfect for Fiona.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
May I just say the right here and right now, I SINCERELY hope they actually go like all out with with costume/make up of Shrek. I'm sick of this modern mentality that "ohhh, lets not make everyone look like a gorilla in tarzan, they can just be people, and the audiences imagination will be enough to carry the show." THAT'S SHAMEFUL DISNEY THEATRICALS! Considering that your first adventure onto Broadway had a title character that took like 4 hours to get into costume (initially).
But I'm not just cracking down on Disney. This goes for ALL companies.
It's about time I sit down in a theatre and don't sit there thinking "There are seriously shmucks shelling out $115.00 for this theme park show?"
And as long as we're updating our posts for casting purposes...
Shrek-Steve Blanchard Donkey-Stanley Wayne Mathis
I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Did you see his Tony nominated performance in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE?
He was HILARIOUS!
And what about his Tony nominated performance in CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG?
Also hilarious.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)