Posted: 4/16/11 at 8:25pm
Updated On: 4/16/11 at 08:25 PM
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Posted: 2/25/24 at 11:51pm
The repeated “we wanted to go back to the simpler traditions of storytelling” spiel when this is clearly an attempt to produce the show as cheaply as possible (I mean it non-Equity for chrissake) is kind of nauseating. And Shrek with green skin but no prosthetics makes him look like an obese Elphaba. Pass.
Posted: 2/26/24 at 12:19am
Oh lord is this embarassing... you shouldn't be competing with community theatre productions snd yet here we are. stagehands holding set pieces on the stage.
Posted: 2/26/24 at 1:47am
Those production photos are embarrassing. This will be a hard pass for me
Posted: 2/26/24 at 4:37am
It’s kind of amazing how big of a deal it is still here in the UK.
Posted: 2/26/24 at 7:38am
The Distinctive Baritone said: "The repeated “we wanted to go back to the simpler traditions of storytelling” spiel when this is clearly an attempt to produce the show as cheaply as possible (I mean it non-Equity for chrissake) is kind of nauseating. And Shrek with green skin but no prosthetics makes him look like an obese Elphaba. Pass."
What I love is somehow this "****ty costumes from people telling Shrek's story" is somehow getting "back to the heart" of Shrek's story.
Hunchback of Notre Dame did the "storytelling in a story" gimmick and although I hate the narrative choice, they didn't put people in lazy costumes or have random stage hands/cast holding up horrible looking props.
Posted: 2/26/24 at 7:45am
It’s very clearly a cash grab at the expense of audiences, the crew, and the actors. I mean this has Dreamwork behind it. This is really sad.
Posted: 2/26/24 at 10:18am
It seems like Tesori and Lindsay-Abaire have wanted to revisit the material for a while (and for good reason - the current version has a transphobic slur in the lyric for "Story Of My Life"). I really wish they had done so in a production that didn't look like it cost five dollars. Even in the other mentioned example of Hunchback, while it's an actor-driven, storyteller theatre presentation, there's still money put into the costumes and set. There's minimalist, and then there's cheap.
Posted: 2/26/24 at 10:50am
Wow, it genuinely does look like a high school production. Yikes.
Posted: 2/26/24 at 12:03pm
Alex Kulak2 said: "It seems like Tesori and Lindsay-Abaire have wanted to revisit the material for a while (and for good reason - the current versionhas a transphobic slur in the lyric for "Story Of My Life")"
That slur has been out of the licensed version of the show for at least 4 years. When I directed the show in 2020, the line was "They said I was a fashion mess because I wore a granny dress." So I presume there are other things they're wanting to fix.
Posted: 2/26/24 at 1:05pm
They’ve never set the opening prologue in stone. They rewrote it so many times; when the show went into licensing, the first few years you’d never get the same prologue twice.
For a while they’d settled on “Shrek and Fiona telling dueling versions of their origin stories.” But I don’t know if that’s still the one.
Posted: 2/26/24 at 1:11pm
darquegk said: "For a while they’d settled on “Shrek and Fiona telling dueling versions of their origin stories.” But I don’t know if that’s still the one."
The version I saw this past December had this opening, so I'm guessing so.
Posted: 2/26/24 at 1:12pm
Posted: 2/26/24 at 1:51pm
The Rural Juror said: "Alex Kulak2 said: "It seems like Tesori and Lindsay-Abaire have wanted to revisit the material for a while (and for good reason - the current versionhas a transphobic slur in the lyric for "Story Of My Life")"
That slur has been out of the licensed version of the show for at least 4years. When I directed the show in 2020, the line was "They said I was a fashion mess because I wore a granny dress."So I presume there are other things they're wantingto fix.
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Did you direct the full version of the show or the Jr. Version? The Jr. Version has that line changed, but every copy of the full version's libretto that I've been able to find has the original line (unless the PDFs I found are from a pre-2020 version of the script.
Updated On: 2/26/24 at 01:51 PM
Posted: 2/26/24 at 1:54pm
As of 2019, they sent the libretto with the original line, but had a little paper printout like an "at this performance" stating that the line had been revised.
Posted: 2/26/24 at 1:55pm
Alex Kulak2 said: "Did you direct the full version of the show or the Jr. Version? The Jr. Version has that line changed, but every copy of the full version's libretto that I've been able to find has the original line (unless the PDFs I found are from a pre-2020 version of the script."
It was the full version. PDFs online must be pre-that version.
Posted: 2/26/24 at 2:12pm
I also hate how this is being advertised as “The Broadway Tour.” First, if a tour is non-Equity, it is automatically not a “Broadway” show (and maybe it’s a great production, but Broadway is union by definition). Second, this production never appeared on Broadway, so this is doubly false advertising.
Posted: 2/26/24 at 2:19pm
Surprised no one has mentioned that they've done away with the Farquaad "actors on their knees" bit. Based on one of the pictures, he's in full costume and not played as a little person. Just another example of laziness in this production.
Posted: 2/26/24 at 2:28pm
Posted: 2/26/24 at 5:38pm
Yeah I'm pretty sure the Farquaad change is an attempt to not offend people a la the new Snow White movie. The actor playing him is 5'7" so I guess he's now a little bit short instead of really short? < eye roll >
Posted: 2/26/24 at 5:49pm
The Distinctive Baritone said: "Yeah I'm pretty sure the Farquaad change is an attempt to not offend people a la the new Snow White movie. The actor playing him is 5'7" so I guess he's now a little bit short instead ofreallyshort? < eye roll >"
Does this mean that The Ballad of Farquaad is cut? And is this also the case of the current licensed version?
