shrek
Opening Night: December 14, 2008
Closing: January 3, 2010
Theater: Broadway Theatre
A new Broadway musical about a charming yet rundown outer-borough neighborhood, where the residents – both puppets and humans – deal with everyday New York challenge like getting a job, falling in love and discovering their purpose in life.
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December 15, 2008
Tis love, the fairy tales tell us, that turns dross into gold and clods into gods. So it seems appropriate that about halfway through the leaden fairy-tale-theme costume party called “Shrek the Musical,” which opened Sunday night at the Broadway Theater, it’s a love scene that gives us a startling glimpse of true happiness.
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April 22, 2014
It’s not easy being green. Take Brian d’Arcy James, the talented actor who plays the underdog ogre Shrek in a green fat suit and hamlet. He must also adopt the same Scottish accent used by Mike Myers.
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April 22, 2014
As that old Kermit the Frog standard goes, it’s not easy "Bein’ Green," but the folks at DreamWorks have done their darndest to make sure we are entertained at "Shrek the Musical," the company’s lavish stage adaptation of its hit animated movie.
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April 22, 2014
Countless films of recent decades have set out to spin a gently subversive fairy tale with a contemporary edge, but few have succeeded as wildly as "Shrek." Conjuring genuine enchantment without quaintness or treacly sentimentality, the 2001 movie enlivened its storybook traditions with rude humor, gleefully anachronistic pop-culture references and knockabout characters brimming with heart. That recipe remains largely intact in "Shrek the Musical," along with much of the irreverent charm that’s been successively diluted in two overworked screen sequels. If the storytelling is bumpy in patches and the songs don’t quite soar, the show never stints on spectacle or laughs, making it a viable contender for a slice of the Disney market on Broadway.
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If you don’t think flatulence is funny, chances are you won’t buy the theory that it also can be a means of seduction.
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