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Shrek The Musical
Shrek the Musical is set to debut this summer in Seattle at the 5th Avenue Theatre in August 2008 and Broadway in November 2008 at The Broadway Theatre. The musical is based on the mega hit movie from DreamWorks productions. All the main characters will be back, Shrek the ever lovable Ogre, who was played by Mike Myers in the movies, will be played by Brian D'Arcy James in the musical. Princess Fiona who was voiced by Cameron Diaz in the movie will be played by Sutton Foster, and the feisty Donkey played by Eddie Murphy in the movies will be played by Chester Gregory II. The other Shrek characters like Lord Farquaad, The Dragon, and Pinocchio will accompany the others on stage. Shrek has become such a phenomenon that there is already a Shrek the 4th scheduled to come out in 2010 and Shrek 5 in 2013.
What so many love about Shrek is that it appeals to both adults and children with its simple fairy tale plot, which includes princes and princesses and good against evil. Shrek is also filled with adult jokes to keep the parents interested.
Shrek is a big ogre who loves his peaceful swamp existence. All is going along fine until Shrek rescues a donkey from the king's soldiers. From this point on nothing is ever the same, especially the quiet in Shreks life. Lord Faquaad is intent on creating the perfect kingdom and in order to do that he rids the kingdom of all the fairy tale creatures and sends them to the swamp. Lord Farquaad also chooses a Princess so that he may become King. The princess he chooses is Princess Fiona and she is being held captive and being guarded by a dragon. Lord Farquaad is looking for someone to free the Princess for him and he makes a deal with Shrek and Donkey that if they can rescue the Princess, Shrek can have the swamp back all to himself. In pure fairy tale form, Shrek of course rescues Princess Fiona. She is grateful, thinking that her true love has risked his life so save her. The Princess orders Shrek to remove his helmet so they can share a kiss. Shrek is hesitant to show himself to Fiona and when he does remove his helmet, Fiona is very surprised and refuses to go with him. Shrek then takes her by force to see Lord Farquaad.
Fiona and Shrek start to have feeling for each other but Fiona has a secret. A spell has been cast upon her and by day she appears human but by night she turns into an ogress. The spell won't be broken until she receives her true loves kiss and takes 'love's true form'. There are several misunderstandings between Shrek and Fiona and they don't get a chance to share their true feelings and explain the secrets. They are separated from each other when Lord Farquaad and knights take Fiona back to the kingdom and Shrek goes back to the swamp. Both leave angry and disappointed in each other, including Donkey who can't get Shrek to listen to him about the truth.
In the end, Donkey does gets Shrek to listen to him and Shrek wants to get to Fiona before she marries the wrong person. Donkey and Shrek make it to the wedding and convince Fiona of Farquaads intentions. When the sun goes down Farquaad sees that Fiona is an ogress and he wants nothing to do with her. Shrek shares his true feeling with Fiona and they finally have their first kiss, but instead of turning into a beautiful princess Fiona permanently changes into an ogress. Fiona is not expecting this outcome and is quite confused. Shrek tells her that she is beautiful and the two get married and live happily ever after.
The Shrek movies have grossed over $1 billion and the first Shrek movie went on to win the first ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. There is lots of excitement for the upcoming musical, be there to experience the adventure.
The musical has been a big hit on Broadway as it has consistently grossed near a million since its opening at the Broadway Theatre on November 8, 2008. The musical adaptation has been such a force that it has a US Tour production scheduled to launch in June 2010, starting at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre in Chicago.
OnlineSeats has the Broadway Shrek tickets available for an affordable price and will have the same cheap tickets available for the tour once it begins next year. Check the site for seating charts to the theater and the inventory for the selection of incredible seats. Enjoy Shrek with your kids at a price that simply cannot be beat.
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Show Biography - Shrek The Musical
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 Shrek the Musical is set to debut this summer in Seattle at the 5th Avenue Theatre in August 2008 and Broadway in November 2008 at The Broadway Theatre. The musical is based on the mega hit movie from DreamWorks productions. All the main characters will be back, Shrek the ever lovable Ogre, who was played by Mike Myers in the movies, will be played by Brian D'Arcy James in the musical. Princess Fiona who was voiced by Cameron Diaz in the movie will be played by Sutton Foster, and the feisty Donkey played by Eddie Murphy in the movies will be played by Chester Gregory II. The other Shrek characters like Lord Farquaad, The Dragon, and Pinocchio will accompany the others on stage. Shrek has become such a phenomenon that there is already a Shrek the 4th scheduled to come out in 2010 and Shrek 5 in 2013.
What so many love about Shrek is that it appeals to both adults and children with its simple fairy tale plot, which includes princes and princesses and good against evil. Shrek is also filled with adult jokes to keep the parents interested.
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