Shrek the Musical

[SMiller]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 2:01am

Does anyone have any info on this show or has it been bagged?

SM

[bronxboundexpress]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 2:01am

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! We're all doomed!!!!

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 2:30am

i could actually see it working- with a beast to prince-esque transformation as in shrek 2

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 2:51am

I remember there being ideas of a shrek musical awhile ago. I dont think it would work IMO.

[thetheatregirlinside]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 3:33am

OK the movie was cute...but a musical!! What has this world come too???

[TheGirlinTheFrock]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 4:10am

Movies were cute. I got a good laugh out of them. Yet i have a feeling that depend on how it is done it would end up being on the list of one of our more popular threads "Worst Musical Ever"

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 9:40am

Isn't Sam Mendes in some way involved? I think his new production company Scamp might be behind it or I might have dreamt it.

[xluckystar2107x]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 12:24pm

doomed is right what is b-way coming to??????

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 12:42pm

This is old news. They talked about this when the first movie came out.

I think this got dumped after the DVD came out. But they just decided to do Shrek 3 and a "Puss In Boots" movie spin-off, so anything could happen with the Shrek franchise now.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 1:38pm

Id much rather see a tap dancing ogre than a tap dancing web slinger in a skin tight red costume.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 1:41pm

I'd much rather see a tap-dancing green ogre than a flying green woman singing a 3rd-rate Schwartz tune.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 1:42pm

LOL. Im with you there StickToPriest

[Plum]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 3:01pm

Funny how no one screams about Wicked capitalizing on its Wizard of Oz connections, but protests heartily whenever any other movie-to-musical adaptation is proposed.

[thegoodseed]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 3:59pm

I heard about this awhile ago... It was in my sister's "National Geographic for Kids" magazine. I think that the movie was great, but I can't see it as a musical.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 4:03pm

Plum- Wicked wasnt a direct copy of WIZARD OF OZ. It was a prequel. It was really nothing close to the Wizard of Oz. Just an idea stemmed from it. Shrek will be the same exact plot line as the movie with music thrown in. They cant be compared.


Just a thought: If Donkey starts singing about parfaits and Shrek sings about onions, Im outta there.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 4:05pm

But who doesn't love a good parfait?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 4:09pm

Yes, and Wizard Of Oz was a movie musical. I'd LOVE Moulin Rouge on Broadway, though it may be hard to top the movie.

I think a Spider-Man musical or a Batman musical would work out great. Shrek can work too, but I don't like the storyline of the film. It's gonna be INTO THE WOODS GONE WRONG.

[oz_duzt]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 4:23pm

moulin rouge on broadway?. i've tried that before. ugh.

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 11:43pm

That thread a few weeks ago pointed out that there have been some really bad ideas for musicals that worked out very well. Dont judge something before you have seen it.

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:49am

Meat Loaf should play Shrek. I believe they were searching for songwriters... Not really sure if it's over yet. But I'll find out though