Shrek the Musical
| Shrek | |
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| The Musical | |
Broadway Playbill cover
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| 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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