Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
#1Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 7:38am
Jennifer Cody, currently seen Off-Broadway in JUNIE B. JONES, will be in the cast of SHREK.
From Playbill:
Question:. And how about Shrek? When will you start working on that show?
Cody: We start rehearsals June 5, I think. We did the eight-week workshop.
Question: How's the score to Shrek?
Cody: It's great. Well, there's so many good things about Shrek in that, one, there's a lot of money involved, [which allows] the opportunity to do things right. We did an eight-week workshop where, for three weeks, we never got up from our chairs. We just talked about the characters and talked about how they spoke and how they sang. You never get that opportunity anymore. . . . We have a full 20-piece orchestra. I love it because every character has a different voice. There are some that sing soulfully and some that sing rock and some that sing musical theatre. I think it's a very unique score. I think everyone will have their opinions about whether that works or doesn't work, but [composer] Jeanine Tesori is a brilliant woman. And, David Lindsay-Abaire is doing the lyrics for the first time. He's never done lyrics before, and he's such a smart, witty man. They're really smart lyrics.
Question: Who are you playing in the musical?
Cody: As of the workshop, I was the Asthmatic Elf. What they did was they hired 13 of us, and we all got to sit around and develop characters based on fairytale creatures and make our own stories. They've woven these stories in so that no one is one-dimensional. Everybody has a relationship to both Shrek and the princess, so it's not like the movie, where it's just about them. It's actually about a whole world of freaks, basically.
Question: Have you seen any of the costume designs or set designs?
Cody: I've seen the sets. It's amazing. Again, because they have money, Dreamworks — I guess they just go to these talented people and say, "Show us what it's going to look like!" They do these crazy mockups of animated screen things on the computer. The set is so much like a movie in that the trees actually grow leaves throughout the show. It's truly spectacular! If it looks like it did on the computer, it's going to be like nothing anyone's ever seen.
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SueleenGay
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#2re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 9:20amLots of money does not guarantee things are going to be done "right".
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thevolleyballer
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#2re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 10:04am
One of the most underrated actresses on Broadway, and by far one of the most entertaining. A little part of me was hoping we would be thrown a curveball and she would be cast as the Gingerbread Man.
Updated On: 4/18/08 at 10:04 AM
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#3re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 10:12amThat girl works. A true gypsy.
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#4re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 10:33amYay! I'm so happy for her!
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#5re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 10:56amI assume she'll also be one of Sutton Foster's understudies.
perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#6re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:18amCody as Fiona would have been beyond brilliant casting... that woman is hysterical.
TheatreDiva90016
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#7re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:35amI f'ing LOVE her!
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#8re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:37am
Nothing to do with the Shrek talk, but this:
My parents always said — because I used to dance around a lot and take off my clothes — "Well, she's either gonna be onstage or in a cage. Let's hope that the stage thing works out."
was hilarious, I literally lol'd and I am even more in love with her than I was after seeing her in Seth's 101 earlier this week.
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#9re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:42am
Aw, I love Jen! She's so petite and amazing! 
I can't wait to see her in Shrek.
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Updated On: 4/18/08 at 11:42 AM
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#10re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:52amJust don't hire her to direct a regional production of a show shE was in on Broadway...
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#11re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 12:05pm
Ba-Dump-Bump...
Her direction was fine, it was just those a-holes that wanted to sue.
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#12re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 4:14pmI love her! She's one of my biggest inspirations and I suppose now I'll have to see Shrek.
~Sara~
#13re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 4:25pmOh goodie! I love her and am sad that I can't see her in Junie B. Jones but I will go to Seattle to see Shrek! Asthmatic Elf, what a cast.
LittlexFallxOfxRain
Featured Actor Joined: 2/25/08
#15re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 10:05pmShe's great, and deserves more credit than she gets. The show sounds awesome, I can't wait!
#16re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/18/08 at 10:11pmWOOHOO! Two Fosters in one show!
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#17re: Cody Joins Cast Of SHREK
Posted: 4/19/08 at 12:37am
The show has a brilliant cast.
Cody. Simard. Tags. Gregory. Duncan. Tesori. Abaire.
7 reasons I'M EXCITED. 
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