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SHREK THE MUSICAL had their best week ever, grossing $1,260,282 for the 8-performance week ending December 28 and set a single performance house record grossing $202,020 for the Saturday, December 27 matinee. SHREK THE MUSICAL opened at The Broadway Theatre on Sunday, December 14, 2008.

Jeff Marx, the Tony and Grammy winning co-creator of Avenue Q recently debuted a new Kwanzaa song titled, 'White Kwanzaa' on CNN's D.L. Hughley Breaks The News. Jeff and his team sent us at BWW TV the video so we could share it with you too!

Shrek, the Musical's official web site continues to lead the way in online innovations, now offering the ability to make your own widget.

DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. brought SHREK THE MUSICAL to the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway @ 53rd St) on Sunday, December 14, 2008. Preview performances began on Saturday, November 8, 2008. The cast album from Universal/Decca Broadway will be released March 3rd, 2009.

Eric Sciotto was the Gypsy Robe recipient for Pal Joey at Studio 54. He passed on the robe to Shrek's talented dynamo Jennifer Cody in a fun and emotion filled ceremony. The colorful Gypsy Robe, embellished with mementos from Broadway musicals, is presented to the cast member who has the most Broadway chorus credits.

The New York Times hailed AVENUE Q as 'a breakthrough musical of a very different stripe. Savvy, sassy and delicious!' and Entertainment Weekly claimed it was 'one of the funniest shows you're ever likely to see!' This critic found the show to be filled with wit and intelligence as well as being very naughty and full of excellent show tunes. In short, a total delight.

One of the most eagerly awaited musicals of the season - Shrek The Musical - opened up on Sunday, December 14th and BroadwayWorld and Broadway Beat were at Opening Night to capture all the excitement!

DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. brought SHREK THE MUSICAL to the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway @ 53rd St) last night Sunday, December 14, 2008. Preview performances began on Saturday, November 8, 2008. The big green musical celebrated in full Broadway style and BroadwayWorld's cameras were there to bring you the starry arrivals for Shrek's big opening night party!

DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. brought SHREK THE MUSICAL to the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway @ 53rd St) last night Sunday, December 14, 2008. Preview performances began on Saturday, November 8, 2008. The big green musical celebrated in full Broadway style and BroadwayWorld's cameras were there to bring you the starry arrivals for Shrek's big night!

DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. brought SHREK THE MUSICAL to the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway @ 53rd St) last night Sunday, December 14, 2008. Preview performances began on Saturday, November 8, 2008. The big green musical celebrated in full Broadway style and BroadwayWorld's cameras were there to bring you all the 'swamp filled' fun!

Jeff Marx, the Tony and Grammy winning co-creator of Avenue Q is singing a new Kwanzaa song titled 'White Kwanzaa' on CNN's D.L. Hughley Breaks The News tonight Sat 10PM & 1AM and tomorrow Sun 11PM & 2AM (EST). He will be featured during the first segment of the show

Variety reports on DreamWorks chief Jeffrey Katzenberg's pitch to Wall Street analysts this week on the company's health and included is information on the financial status of SHREK.

DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are pleased to announce that SHREK THE MUSICAL will open at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway @ 53rd St) on Sunday, December 14, 2008. Preview performances began on Saturday, November 8, 2008. SHREK THE MUSICAL debuted a fun new television commercial that they shared with BWW TV, so click below and get your 'Ogre' on!

DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are pleased to announce that SHREK THE MUSICAL will open at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway @ 53rd St) on Sunday, December 14, 2008. Preview performances began on Saturday, November 8, 2008.

SHREK THE MUSICAL will be featured on NBC's 'The Today Show' on Monday, December 8th between 8:30am and 9:00am in a behind-the-scenes piece with Meredith Vieira exploring the world of Shrek onstage with actors Brian d'Arcy James and John Tartaglia, and director Jason Moore. On Tuesday, December 9th between 8:30am and 9:00am, Sutton Foster, Marissa O'Donnell and Leah Greenhaus will perform the new song 'I Know It's Today' live on the broadcast.

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SHREK THE MUSICAL will be featured on NBC's 'The Today Show' on Monday, December 8th between 8:30am and 9:00am in a behind-the-scenes piece with Meredith Vieira exploring the world of Shrek onstage with actors Brian d'Arcy James and John Tartaglia, and director Jason Moore. On Tuesday, December 9th between 8:30am and 9:00am, Sutton Foster, Marissa O'Donnell and Leah Greenhaus will perform the new song 'I Know It's Today' live on the broadcast.

Variety reports that Jeff Marx, the Tony and Grammy winning co-creator of Avenue Q has joined forces with 'Samantha Who?'writer Marco Pennette on two new musical projects including a new series for ABC titled, 'The Romeos'.

SHREK is already breaking box office records on the Great White Way. While still in preview performances, before an official opening at the Broadway Theatre on December 14, SHREK THE MUSICAL grossed a massive $1,052,975 for the 8-performance week ending November 30, and set a single performance house record grossing $184,320 for the Saturday, November 29 matinee.

Actress Carey Anderson, best known as Sophie in MAMMA MIA, returns to the Broadway cast of AVENUE Q as the Tony Award-winning musical's beloved puppet characters Kate Monster and Lucy, beginning Monday, November 24 at 8PM at the Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street).