Cody, Everman, Greer, Hoch, O'Donnell, Simard and More Join SHREK Cast

From Playbill:

"Additional casting has been announced for Shrek the Musical, which will bound its way into the Broadway Theatre Nov. 8.

As previously reported, Brian d'Arcy James, the singing actor who was recently seen in the Off-Broadway musical Next to Normal, will play the title role of the green ogre in the new musical with Cry-Baby's Chester Gregory II as Donkey, Avenue Q Tony nominee John Tartaglia as Pinocchio, Sutton Foster (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Young Frankenstein) as princess Fiona, Christopher Sieber (Monty Python's Spamalot) as Lord Farquaad and Kecia Lewis-Evans (The Drowsy Chaperone) as the dragon.

They will be joined onstage by Haven Burton (Legally Blonde, Rent), Jennifer Cody (Urinetown, The Pajama Game), Bobby Daye (The Color Purple, The Lion King), Ryan Duncan (Altar Boyz), Sarah Jane Everman (The Apple Tree, Wicked), Aymee Garcia (Avenue Q), Justin Greer (The Producers), Lisa Ho (A Chorus Line), Chris Hoch (Spamalot, Die Mommie Die!), Danette Holden (Jackie Mason's Laughing Room Only), Jacob Ming-Trent (Epic Theatre Center's Widowers' Houses), Carolyn Ockert-Haythe (The Pajama Game, Wonderful Town), Marissa O’Donnell (Annie in 30th Anniversary tour of Annie), Denny Paschall (Chicago, Beauty and the Beast), Greg Reuter (Spamalot), Noah Rivera (Wicked), Heather Jane Rolff (Wanda’s World), Jennifer Simard (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Rachel Stern (High Fidelity, Tarzan), Dennis Stowe (The Apple Tree, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and David F.M. Vaughn (Doctor Doolittle National Tour).

The musical based on the DreamWorks Animation film will officially open Dec. 14, making family audiences happy for the holidays. The New York life of the show begins after an August tryout in Seattle..."

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/116990.html

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Updated On: 4/21/08 at 04:17 PM

Yeah Rachel Stern! I hope she'll be covering someone.

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Wow, this is an AMAZING cast. Let's hope the material is just as good.

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Jacob Trent...OH MY GOD. I did "Miss Saigon" with him 2 years ago. I was a pit singer, but he was John. Every night, we all cired during "Bui Doi". It was beautiful. I hope he's covering Chester or someone. Such a talented performer.

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I remember someone telling me that Ben Crawford was in this. Sad not to see his name on the list - he's such an amazing performer and incredible singer.

I'm really glad that Jennifer Simard is working. She deserves to be a huge star. She's one of the funniest actresses around.

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Yeah, she is; I ran into one of her friends while in NY (he was a waiter at Bubba Gump when we went with my school) and he said, "Yeah, my friend Haven is playing the Ginger Bread man in Shrek..." and I was like "Oh my god, seriously?" Haha. I freaked because I knew who he was talking about.

I can't find the link, but in a recent Playbill.com interview, Jen Cody talks about the Shrek process and how she is playing the Anesthetic (sp?) Elf!

I so cannot wait to see Ben go on as Shrek!

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I always thought she would play the Queen.

I suppose she can play the part of the Queen and understudy that of a lead. I doubt the Queen would be too huge of a part, anyway.

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Shrek, of course.

TooDarnHot, that photo made me want to crawl in a hole and die.

pli, I thought I heard somewhere (could be wrong) that they were going to combine the three somewhat?
I'm probably wrong but I could've sworn I heard something to that affect!

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Anyone know when tickets will be available for Shrek?