So I love me some theater- and let's be honest- most people couldn't give a crap- but it's sort of a shitty life working in the theater since you are usually underpaid and except for some crazy gay men, no one really cares about you- so I'm going to make an effort to include theater news and gossip and shit on this page for all you theater geeks.
Enjoy:
From Playbill.com:
"Shrek The Musical, based on the William Steig book and the DreamWorks film, will arrive on Broadway in November 2008 following an out-of-town tryout.
Shrek will make its world premiere at The 5th Avenue Theatre. The musical will play the Seattle venue August 14-Sept. 21. The production will then head to Broadway for a November debut at a theatre to be announced.
The musical features book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori. Avenue Q's Jason Moore will direct. The creative team will also include set and costume designer Tim Hatley, lighting designer Hugh Vanstone, choreographer Josh Prince and music director Tim Weil."
Now- I have some mixed feelings about how this is all supposed to work on stage- and my gut tells me much like The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Legally Blonde, High Fidelity, The Wedding Singer, and whatever other movie to musicals were created- this will suck and be a complete waste of money.
I hope I'm wrong since Jeanine Tesori is amazing and my FAVORITE composer in theater today (seriously- check out the score for Caroline, or Change- sick!!).
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