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#50Shrek tour
Posted: 4/16/11 at 8:25pm
The new song is up on the UK website if anyone is interested. I'm not sure when it went up so I apologize if this is old news.
http://www.shrekthemusical.co.uk/music-video/music/
Updated On: 4/16/11 at 08:25 PM
dexter3
Featured Actor Joined: 9/13/08
#51Shrek tour
Posted: 4/18/11 at 12:14amWow, I really love the new song "Forever". Does anyone have an mp3? Or is it available anywhere? Private Message me!
#52Shrek tour
Posted: 4/18/11 at 12:58amI had never seen Shrek and the storytelling in the musical was a little clunky. My friend had to explain to me what the deal was with Fiona as in the tour it was hard to tell what was actually going on when she turned into an ogre.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
allthatjazz4
Swing Joined: 9/1/21
#54Shrek tour
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.
#55Shrek tour
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.
QueenTwinnied
Broadway Star Joined: 6/16/17
#56Shrek tour
Posted: 2/26/24 at 1:47am
Those production photos are embarrassing. This will be a hard pass for me
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#58Shrek tour
Posted: 2/26/24 at 4:37am
It’s kind of amazing how big of a deal it is still here in the UK.
lucynewlife
Chorus Member Joined: 4/13/21
#59Shrek tour
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.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#60Shrek tour
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.
Alex Kulak2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/16
#61Shrek tour
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.
#62Shrek tour
Posted: 2/26/24 at 10:50am
Wow, it genuinely does look like a high school production. Yikes.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
The Rural Juror
Understudy Joined: 6/2/15
#63Shrek tour
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.
#64Shrek tour
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.
The Rural Juror
Understudy Joined: 6/2/15
#65Shrek tour
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.
#66Shrek tour
Posted: 2/26/24 at 1:12pmI think it would look better if they gave Shrek just the ears and an orange wig as a nod to the original illustrations. There’s no point in painting him green if they’re going for a minimalist look. It looks bad. Seussical and SpongeBob didn’t do make up like that and there’s a reason why. Ethan Slater would have looked ridiculous if they put him in yellow SpongeBob make up.
Alex Kulak2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/16
#67Shrek tour
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.
#68Shrek tour
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.
The Rural Juror
Understudy Joined: 6/2/15
#69Shrek tour
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.
#70Shrek tour
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.
Bryce 2
Chorus Member Joined: 11/6/18
#71Shrek tour
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.
#72Shrek tour
Posted: 2/26/24 at 2:28pmIt’s not laziness. The UK tour did that as well. They cut all the short jokes.
#73Shrek tour
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 >
Bryce 2
Chorus Member Joined: 11/6/18
#74Shrek tour
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?
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