SHREK THE MUSICAL Adds 'I'm a Believer' to the Broadway Production

[Rob]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 2:26pm

SHREK THE MUSICAL Adds 'I'm a Believer' to the Broadway Production

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 2:27pm

Wow. They ARE desperate!

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 2:28pm

So I assume this will be in the finale after the bows and actually won't replace anything.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 2:28pm

And the point of adding the song is.....? It's been running for a year. It's not like once people hear it's in the show they'll run to get tickets...so weird.

Posted: 9/30/09 at 2:31pm

It's already the exit music. Don't see why it's added to the show.

[Parks]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 2:35pm

...k

[BwayBuff2]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 2:45pm

Ugh...

[James885]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 2:52pm

I love how the article says "due to popular demand". I can't believe there were that many people clamoring to have I'm a Believer inserted into the show. They're probably just adding it in cause it was featured in the movie.

Updated On: 9/30/09 at 02:52 PM

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 2:56pm

LOL

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 2:59pm

I'm going on Friday and I will let you guys know how it was and where they put it in the end.

[emo_geek]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 3:44pm

I was a little sad it wouldn't be in the show when I saw it...I guess...I didn't put too much thought into it.

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 3:47pm

Will they add Rufus Wainwright's version of Hallelujah at some point too?

[Rudy2]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 5:17pm

Closing announcement will happen........now?

[legally_popular]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 5:24pm

Wow, what are they thinking? That people will run to see it now and anyone who was disappointed the song wasn't in the show will go back?

[emo_geek]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 5:27pm

Maybe they just are worried tour audiences will be upset...and decided to add it into broadway too while at it.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 5:30pm

For the love god, please let this just be a curtain call song!!

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 5:34pm

Ah yes...THAT'S what this show has been missing!

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 6:07pm

Can they add a rendition of the "Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party" as well?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTanFzwZJNM

[Kad]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 6:27pm

They can probably find a way to shoehorn in "Holding Out for a Hero", right? That was the best part of Shrek 2.

[darquegk]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 6:59pm

The film's use of "I'm A Believer" is the best example recently of what I call "Sister Act Syndrome-" when a film that isn't a musical turns into a musical, but only briefly.

I was surprised from the start that they didn't put it in as a curtain call song, not surprised when it became exit music, and now it's in the show proper. I don't mind it much- it doesn't detract from the rest of the score. I wish Sister Act: The Musical would get this inspiration and put the actually-famous musical numbers into the score for its stage version.

(And no, Hallelujah was a song to underscore, not a full-blown musical number like I'm A Believer was.)

[BDrischBDemented]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 8:23pm

Actually, John Cale's rendition of "Hallelujah" was used in the movie. Rufus's was on the soundtrack for some reason.

Personally, I'm waiting for "All Star" to replace "Big Bright Beautiful World".

[fairygodmother]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 8:24pm

That's not going to happen - Alan Menken said he would only write the score for Sister Act if it was a fully original score by him. Plus Motown were keeping hold of the rights for themselves too. But trust me, they've not just forgotten that people like the original songs - they've gone in a whole new direction.

[winston89]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 8:32pm

Fairygodmother beat me to it. As far as Sister Act is concerned, it wasn't so much that the creative team refused to use any of the songs featured in the movie. It was more of the fact that they A decided to go in a new direction and from what I understand, that decision was made in part because Motown didn't let them have the rights to the songs that they used in the movie.

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 8:36pm

Which is funny - exploiting a franchise by not using what made it successful in the first place. Not to say the score for the musical doesn't work, but business wise it seems extremely risky and pointless.

[delucad15]

Posted: 9/30/09 at 8:38pm

yeah I'm interested to see where it exactly is put and how the arrangement is