Shrek tour changes
Shrek tour changes
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
Shrek tour changes#1
Posted: 7/7/11 at 2:20am
so I just saw the Shrek tour here in San Diego and I enjoyed it for the most part...
I was reading that stuff was changed for the tour and characters removed...
has anyone seen the broadway and the tour and can say what was better or i guess more polished?? i know the mirror was taken out... what was the mirror's part in the show?
Shrek tour changes#2
Posted: 7/7/11 at 2:47amI saw both. I found both productions to be enjoyable, but I couldn't help but I feel I was at a lengthened theme park show. I was really mad they took out the mirror. It was an awesome effect. I am in the minority here, but I thought Sutton Foster was way better than Haven Burton as Fiona.
Shrek tour changes#2
Posted: 7/7/11 at 2:49amI hated the show with a profound passion. I *loathed* it. Even I thought the way the mirror was done was pretty cool. Perhaps it was too expensive or cumbersome to mount when the venue is non-permanent.
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Shrek tour changes#3
Posted: 7/7/11 at 2:50amyeah i agree... there were times when i sat there thinking... am i at a theme park??? what was the mirror part like?
Shrek tour changes#4
Posted: 7/7/11 at 2:53amIt was a giant mirror with a screen built. They had sensors on Pinochio's face backstage (Tartaglia also did the voice of the mirror), and whenever he would move his face, the mask on the screen would move. It looked exactly like the movie. It was really cool and I'm sad they took it out.
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Shrek tour changes#5
Posted: 7/7/11 at 3:18amaah... i just saw vid on youtube! so i know that I KNOW IT'S TODAY was moved later into the show and the mirror scene led into it... so was the gingerbread man scene the replacement for it? as in the dialogue was changed? sorry for all the questions...
Shrek tour changes#6
Posted: 7/7/11 at 3:41amI don't remember exactly, but the mirror was the lead in to I Know It's Today. It wasn't moved. The mirror gave an intro to all the princesses, and when it got to Fionna and the part about her being in a tower since she was seven, the mirror voice over faded out as Fionna's tower rotated into place. I don't remember how it was different on tour. I do remember being pit out that the mirror was gone though!
Shrek tour changes#7
Posted: 7/7/11 at 11:24am
eatlasagna- why do the specifics matter?
no offense. i'm not judging your questions, i'm just wondering why you care exactly what was different. the broadway show closed, you already missed the boat on seeing that one.
just a question... not trying to be snarky.
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Shrek tour changes#8
Posted: 7/7/11 at 11:40amwell you are snarky.. but whatever this is BWW... did you really need to ask? what does me knowing do to you? you can either choose to answer or not... it's not like i had bad grammar or am spouting off nonsense or misinformation.... I just like knowing differences to shows that creative teams make during a shows evolution... this stuff intrigues me... if you don't like it... move along
Shrek tour changes#9
Posted: 7/7/11 at 11:46am
i was just asking buddy, not being an a$$hole.
"I just like knowing differences to shows that creative teams make during a shows evolution... this stuff intrigues me."
that was your answer. the rest was unnecessary.
next time take a breath before you jump down someone throat.
Shrek tour changes#10
Posted: 7/7/11 at 1:35pmLightguy, in EatLasagna's defense, whenever someone tells me "no offense" the first thing I do is take offense. :)
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Shrek tour changes#11
Posted: 7/7/11 at 1:59pmYes, clearly the only reason for the question from lightguy was to be snarky. And clearly when someone starts with "no offense" what they mean is "I'm now being offensive".
Shrek tour changes#12
Posted: 7/7/11 at 2:07pm
BWW has gone downhill in respect lately.
If you don't like the question, don't answer it. I would like to know the changes in depth too, because I am interested in changes in a piece. That is what this thread is about, the specifics of Shrek's tour changes.
Shrek tour changes#13
Posted: 7/7/11 at 2:23pmAt what point in the show's genesis did Magic Mirror go from being an onstage character in a mirrored suit to being a face-mapping CGI projection? Was it at the same time that Tartaglia's role was cut down greatly with several of his characters cut, or was it after that?
Shrek tour changes#14
Posted: 7/7/11 at 2:30pm
I remember that at the middle of the Seattle run, the musical had both, the face would talk then the screen's middle panel would lift and a game show host would enter. The rest of the show was the John as the mirror on the screen after that.
By the time it got to broadway, it was 100% screen. I wasn't aware that there was an onstage character in a mirror costume. I want to see that, it sounds interesting.
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Shrek tour changes#15
Posted: 7/7/11 at 2:39pmWhy is it OK to be curious as to exactly what changed in the Shrek tour and verboten to wonder why Eatlasagna ONLY asks questions about that one damn show?
Shrek tour changes#16
Posted: 7/7/11 at 2:54pm
make a thread about Eatlasagna's damn obsession then it would be better. this one is more about shrek than being as*es about his fair questions.
But, as I have added another off topic post to this thread, I apologize to the OP and would love to get back onto the changes. sorry.
Updated On: 7/7/11 at 02:54 PM
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