SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 6:37pm
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.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117980709.html?categoryid=15&cs=1
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#2re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 6:42pmLewis-Evans. That's BRILLIANT.
#2re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 6:42pmI still can't believe this is happening. Oy.
#3re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 6:43pmI'm with you Em, but any chance to see Sieber on stage I'll take!
BroadwayBoobs: I'll give all of you who weren't there a hint of who took the pictures ...it rhymes with shameless
SOMMS: I knew it was Tink!
#4re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 6:46pmI 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.
#5re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 6:46pm
Broadway-The Theme Park
Sad.
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'!'
perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#6re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 6:48pmI agree with you wonderfulwizard... such a big house dark for 8 months is a sad thing.
#7re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 6:48pmTheatres 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'!'
#8re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 6:49pm
Going from Purple to Green. 
"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.
#9re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 6:53pm
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'!'
Updated On: 2/11/08 at 06:53 PM
#10re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 6:55pmLiza, come do a concert from March to October at the Broadway!!! You know you want to!
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
#11re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 6:56pm
From BroadwaySecrets:
"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.
#12re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 7:26pmI had a feeling this would be opening around my birthday--guess I was right.
#13re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 8:33pmAnything to get Jeanine Tesori back on broadway.
#14re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 8:44pmThis is pissing me off.
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#15re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 8:48pmI guess we all just need to accept that they will make a musical out of anything and EVERYTHING! I hate it too.
Gypsy - Betty Buckley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUN5XoB5vFs&feature=youtu.be
#16re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 8:49pm
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"
NYC_or_Bust
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/8/05
#17re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 8:53pm
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
Updated On: 2/11/08 at 08:53 PM
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#18re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 8:53pm
I love Abaire and Tesori. I am excited about this show.
Although, I wish it was Millie instead. 
GIMMEE GIMMEE. I want it.
I like the idea of Bruce Vilanch as Shrek.
Donkey: Marc Kudisch!
Updated On: 2/11/08 at 08:53 PM
#19re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 9:11pmOoh, anything to get Marc Kudisch back on stage!
"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)
-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)
#20re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 9:27pm
I don't know that Kudisch has quite enough soul (or the proper vocal range, for that matter) to play Donkey.
I love him, he's one of my faves, but he'd be better as Shrek.
But, alas, he's doing 9 to 5 in L.A. and then transferring to Broadway, so we'll have him on the 'way in 08-09.
#21re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 9:40pmI wonder if, like in the movie, Sutton will have to bury herself under a pound of green makeup and/or prosthetics towards the end.
"Y'all have a GRAND day now"
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#22re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 9:48pm
I'm pretty sure DONKEY will be an African American.
And when I think "comedy" Kudish is not on the list, as talented as he is.
popular_elphie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
#23re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 9:51pmEven though I detest this idea and Shrek in general, Kecia Lewis-Evans is an inspired choice. I love it!
#24re: SHREK the Musical to open 12/14 at the Broadway Theatre
Posted: 2/11/08 at 9:58pm
Are you KIDDING, CPD?
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)
-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)
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