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Shrek The Musical

Shrek
The Musical
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Broadway Playbill cover
Music Jeanine Tesori
Lyrics David Lindsay-Abaire
Book David Lindsay-Abaire
Basis 2001 DreamWorks film and 1990 book by William Steig
Productions 2008 Seattle tryout
2008 Broadway
2010 US Tour
2010 Israel
2011 West End
2011 Poland
2011 Madrid
2014 UK Tour
2014 Germany Tour
2015 Buenos Aires
2015 Swiss-Austrian Tour
2015 Puerto Rico
2016 Budapest
2016 Halifax
2018 UK Tour

Shrek The Musical is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 2001 DreamWorks film Shrek and William Steig's 1990 book Shrek!. After a trial run in Seattle, the original Broadway production opened in December 2008 and closed after a run of over 12 months in January 2010. It was followed by a tour of the United States which opened in 2010, and a re-vamped West End production from June 2011 to February 2013. Since its debut, the musical's rights have been available for independent theaters overseas, who have chosen to stage their own versions of the show, starting with the 2010 Israel production.

A High Definition filming of the Broadway production was released on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download on October 15, 2013, in North America and December 2 in the UK.

Lindsay-Abaire and Jason Moore (director) began working on the show in 2002, with Tesori joining the team from 2004. A reading took place on August 10, 2007, with Stephen Kramer Glickman in the role of Shrek, Celia Keenan-Bolger as Princess Fiona, Robert L. Daye, Jr. as Donkey and Christopher Sieber as Lord Farquaad.

The musical premiered in an out-of-town tryout at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle. Previews began August 14, 2008, with an opening night of September 10. The tryout ran through September 21, and played to generally favorable reviews, being cited as one of the few movie-to-stage adaptations "with heart". The principal cast included Brian d'Arcy James as Shrek, Sutton Foster as Princess Fiona, Christopher Sieber as Lord Farquaad, Chester Gregory II as Donkey,John Tartaglia as Pinocchio and Kecia Lewis-Evans as the Dragon.


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