Crazy stuff seems to happen on a Friday 13th and today is no exception, I stumbled across this gem and thought to myself - only in America.
Get ready ladies and gentlemen - The Shrek Musical is coming to Broadway this November.
Yep that’s right, the green ogre and his loveable donkey will not only be dazzling audiences with their witty dialogue but also with catchy songs and choreographed dance moves. I don’t quite know what to make of it, if the costumes are anything like “Finding Nemo on Ice” it’ll be absolutely ridiculous. I kind of think these stories are best left to film because I don’t think a stage version could do it justice, I mean the underlying adult humour would just come across as cheesy. It’ll be like a Butlins stage show - a bit of nudge nudge wink wink action going on.

What’s worse is the strapline, it reads “Bringing Ugly Back”, this just conjures up images of Shrek doing his own version of Justin Timerlake’s “Sexy Back” - it actually made me shudder, I really REALLY hope that does not happen. That being said the cast does look quite impressive and I can’t see them signing up for something that could potentially ruin their careers. Who knows, they could actually pull this off and it could be as popular as The Little Mermaid Musical.

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With Oscar winning Sam Mendes and Avenue Q director Jason Moore heading the production, it will hopefully steer away from Butlins and head into something incredible. It’s also being backed by film studio Dreamworks who hopes to “ape the success enjoyed by Disney with its musical versions of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King”.

Shrek’s story is loved by both young and old, and unlike Disney, it challenges the fairy-tale genre and creates something unique and interesting to watch. Hopefully Mendes and Moore will do the same for musicals and create something which has never been seen before - we say roll on Shrek The Musical we welcome your uniqueness!

At the moment there isn’t a lot information about it, but you know Show and Stay, as soon as we hear more - we’ll let you know first.

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