Shrek the Musical UK Tour 2011

Shrek the Musical is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 1990 book Shrek by William Steig as well as the 2001 DreamWorks film of the same name. A retooled version of the musical is scheduled to begin in UK from may 2011. The cast is set to feature Nigel Lindsay as Shrek, Amanda Holden as Princess Fiona, Nigel Harman as Lord Farquaad, and Richard Blackwood as Donkey.

Shrek the Musical will be commenced on May 6, 2011 in Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Shrek the Musical Tickets are on sale now. Shrek the Musical Tickets are available at Sold Out Ticket Market against nominal rates.

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Shrek The Musical Tickets for Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London
Date: From May 6, 2011 To November 30, 2011

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Shrek the Musical - West End, London

A retooled version of Shrek the Musical is scheduled to begin performances at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, in London's West End, on May 6, 2011, with an official opening night set for June 14. Headlining the production are Nigel Lindsay as Shrek, Richard Blackwood as Donkey, Nigel Harman as Lord Farquaad, and Amanda Holden as Princess Fiona. Rob Ashford recently stated that he would be bringing back such Broadway fairytale creatures as Humpty Dumpty and the White Rabbit, as they are more recognisable in the UK. Playbill announced the full cast details on Feb. 22, 2011, although the secondary roles of Pinocchio, Dragon and Gingy are yet to be confirmed. Samantha Allison, Chorlène Biron-Monnier, Lauren Dawes, Madeleine Hill, Emilia Jones and Sophie Wythe will share the roles of Young Shrek and Young Fiona.

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Shrek the Musical Awards and Nominations

Following is the list of awards and nominations for Shrek the Musical.

Tony Awards

Wins

* Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tim Hatley)

Nominations

* Best Musical
* Best Book of a Musical (David Lindsay-Abaire)
* Best Original Score (Jeanine Tesori)
* Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Brian d'Arcy James)
* Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Sutton Foster)
* Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Christopher Sieber)
* Best Orchestrations (Danny Troob and John Clancy)

Drama Desk Awards

Wins

* Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Brian d'Arcy James)
* Outstanding Set Design (Tim Hatley)
* Outstanding Costume Design (Tim Hatley)

Nominations

* Outstanding Musical
* Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Daniel Breaker)
* Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Sutton Foster)
* Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Christopher Seiber)
* Outstanding Director of a Musical (Jason Moore)
* Outstanding Music (Jeanine Tesori)
* Outstanding Lyrics (David Lindsay-Abaire)
* Outstanding Book of a Musical (David Lindsay-Abaire)
* Outstanding Orchestrations (Danny Troob)

Outer Critics Circle Awards

Wins

* Best Actor in a Musical (Brian d'Arcy James)
* Best Actress in a Musical (Sutton Foster)
* Outstanding Set Design (Tim Hatley)
* Outstanding Costume Design (Tim Hatley)

Nominations

* Best Musical
* Best Score
* Best Director of a Musical (Jason Moore)
* Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Christopher Seiber)
* Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Daniel Breaker)
* Outstanding Choreographer (Josh Prince)

Drama League Award

Nominations

* Distinguished Production of a Musical
* Distinguished Performance (Sutton Foster)
* Distinguished Performance (Christopher Seiber)

Grammy Awards

Nominations

* Best Musical Show Album

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Shrek the Musical - Reception

Shrek the Musical received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Ben Brantley wrote in The New York Times: "'Shrek,' for the record, is not bad.... As the title character, a misanthropic green ogre who learns to love, the talented Mr. James is... encumbered with padding and prosthetics.... As the evil, psychologically maimed Lord Farquaad, the very droll Christopher Sieber is required to walk on his knees, with tiny fake legs dangling before him — an initially funny sight gag that soon drags". He praises Sutton Foster as "an inspired, take-charge musical comedian.... Ms. Foster manages both to make fun of and exult in classical musical-comedy moves while creating a real, full character at the same time."

Variety noted that the production had a reported budget of $24 million. Any "theme-park cutesiness is offset by the mischievous humor in David Lindsay-Abaire's book and lyrics. The production's real achievement, however, is that the busy visuals and gargantuan set-pieces never overwhelm the personalities of the actors or their characters. The ensemble is talented and the four leads, in particular, couldn't be better."

The Associated Press said that "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. For much of the time, they succeed, thanks to the talent and ingratiating appeal of the show's four principal performers. The show's massive sets and colorful costumes (both courtesy of Tim Hatley) are so visually eye-catching that they often distract from what's going on with the story and score. Composer Jeanine Tesori has written attractive, eclectic, pop-flavored melodies that range from a jaunty Travel Song to a gutsy duet called I Got You Beat for Shrek and Fiona that revels in rude noises." The review also noted that Lindsay-Abaire's lyrics are often fun and quite witty.

USA Today gave the show three and ½ out of four stars, writing: "Shrek, which draws from William Steig's book about a lovable ogre and the DreamWorks animated movie that it inspired, is nonetheless a triumph of comic imagination with a heart as big and warm as Santa's. It is the most ingeniously wacky, transcendently tasteless Broadway musical since The Producers, and more family-friendly than that gag-fest." The review also noted, however, that "Like other musical adaptations of hit films, Shrek... leans heavily on winking satire. There are the usual nods to more fully realized shows, from Gypsy to A Chorus Line, and Jeanine Tesori's blandly ingratiating score doesn't feature any songs you're likely to be humming 20 years from now."

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Shrek the Musical - Recordings

The original Broadway cast recording of Shrek the Musical was recorded on January 12, 2009 and was released on March 24, 2009 by Decca Broadway Records. "Donkey Pot Pie" (which is included on the recording) was later replaced by "Forever" for the show's national tour. The soundtrack debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top Cast Albums chart and #88 on the Billboard 200. "I'm a Believer" is also not featured on the recording as it was only added to the score on October 2, 2009. Instead it was released as part of a Highlighted Cast Recording, released on November 17, 2009, and is also available to download via iTunes, in the same way the song "More to the Story" is, as it was cut from the final Broadway production. On December 4, 2009, when the Grammy Award nominees were announced, the cast recording was nominated for Best Musical Show Album. 'Forever' became avaliable on iTunes from March 8, 2011.

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Shrek The Musical - Casts

The original casts from all major international productions of Shrek the Musical:

Character	Seattle	Broadway	North American Tour	West End, London
Shrek	Brian d'Arcy James	Brian d'Arcy James	Eric Petersen	Nigel Lindsay
Princess Fiona	Sutton Foster	Sutton Foster	Haven Burton	Amanda Holden
Donkey	Chester Gregory	Daniel Breaker	Alan Mingo, Jr.	Richard Blackwood
Lord Farquaad	Christopher Sieber	Christopher Sieber	David F.M. Vaughn	Nigel Harman
Pinocchio	John Tartaglia	John Tartaglia	Blakely Slaybaugh	TBA
Gingy	Haven Burton	Haven Burton	Aymee Garcia	TBA
The Dragon	Kecia Lewis-Evans	Haven Burton Aymee Garcia Rachel Stern	Carrie Compere	TBA

Cast Replacements

Broadway

• Shrek – Ben Crawford
• Pinocchio - Robb Sapp

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Shrek the Musical - North American Tour

The first national tour of Shrek the Musical in North America began previews at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago, on July 13, 2010, with opening night on July 25. Rob Ashford was assigned as co-director, as the Broadway creative team revised changes. The production marked the debut of an all-new Dragon. On the subject, set designer Tim Hatley stated "The biggest change the dragon. It will be a different creature from the puppet/soul trio on Broadway I think we've finally gotten it right". The tour also features a new opening, new songs and improved illusions, from those on Broadway.

Changes made for the tour include a new song sung by the dragon entitled "Forever" (replacing "Donkey Pot Pie" from Broadway). The dragon is also being voiced (off-stage) by a single vocalist, with four puppeteers controlling the movements. Sets and props were re-designed to fit the tour, and some lyrics were re-written. The number of banished fairytale creatures decreased, resulting in the loss of the Fairy Godmother, White Rabbit, and the Gnome. Humpty Dumpty was also cut, and replaced by Tweedledum. The Magic Mirror was also scrapped, and instead King Harold comes to Farquaad and asks him to marry Fiona.

The original cast featured Eric Petersen as Shrek, Haven Burton as Princess Fiona, David F.M. Vaughn as Lord Farquaad and Aymee Garcia as Gingy; who all understudied their roles on Broadway; with Alan Mingo, Jr. as Donkey, Blakely Slaybaugh as Pinocchio, Carrie Compere as the Dragon, and Scarlett Diaz and Madison Mullahey sharing the roles of Young Shrek and Young Fiona.

The role of Lord Farquaad was initially played by Todd Buonopane, however, on the Friday night before opening, Vaughn was offered the full-time role and no official announcement of Buonopane's unexplained departure was made.

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Shrek the Musical - Broadway

After many extensive changes were made, Shrek the Musical began previews on Broadway at The Broadway Theatre on November 8, 2008, with the official opening on December 14. The production reunited James as Shrek, Foster as Fiona, Sieber as Farquaad, Burton as Gingy, and Tartaglia as Pinocchio and the Magic Mirror; using motion sensers at each performance to capture the facial expressions and reactions of the Mirror. Daniel Breaker took over the role of Donkey, as the creative team thought Chester Gregory did not fit the part. The creative team decided that the Dragon should be voiced by members of the ensemble (Haven Burton, Aymee Garcia, Rachel Stern), instead of a soloist, hencefourth Kecia Lewis-Evans, who played Dragon in Seattle, was offered a part in the show's ensemble but declined. Reigler and O'Donnell returned as Young Shrek and Teen Fiona respectivly; however Keaton Whittaker did not return for the Broadway run, and instead, Young Fiona was shared between Greenhaus and Rachel Rescheff.

Other changes the creative team made to improve on the show included the deletion of four songs: "The Line-Up", "I Could Get Used to This", "More to the Story" and "I Smell a Happy Ending". "Story of My Life", "Don't Let Me Go", "When Words Fail", and "This Is Our Story" were added in their respected places. "Freak Flag" and "Donkey Pot Pie" were shortened, and "Let Her In" became "Make a Move". "Who I'd Be" changed from being a solo for Shrek, to a trio with Fiona and Donkey joining him towards the end. During Seattle previews, a brief reprise of "Who I'd Be" was sung after Shrek overhears Fiona's misleading comment about being with a hideous beast, which led into "Build a Wall". This was cut and "Build a Wall" was placed after "Morning Person (reprise)".

The song "I'm a Believer", which was originally played as the audience left the theatre, was added to the score on October 2, 2009, and sung by the entire company at the end of the performance. The Broadway production of Shrek the Musical closed January 3, 2010, after 441 performances and 37 previews. Cast replacements included Ben Crawford as Shrek and Robb Sapp as Pinocchio.

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Shrek the Musical - Seattle

Shrek 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, Kecia Lewis-Evans as the Dragon, Haven Burton as Gingy, Adam Reigler as Young Shrek, Marissa O'Donnell as Teen Fiona, and Leah Greenhaus and Keaton Whittaker alternating as Young Fiona.

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Shrek the Musical - Reading

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

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Shrek the Musical

Shrek the Musical is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 1990 book Shrek! by William Steig as well as the 2001 DreamWorks film of the same name. After a tryout in Seattle, the original Broadway production opened in December 2008 and, after a run of over 12 months, closed in January 2010. The first North American tour began in July 2010, with a West End production due to open in June 2011.

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