JUNE 11, 2008
IT'S A BIG BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL...
DAY FOR AN ON SALE!
SHREK THE MUSICAL GOES ON SALE IN SEATTLE
THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 13 AT 9:30 AM
SEATTLE - DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions Ltd. are pleased to announce that tickets for the Pre-Broadway engagement of SHREK THE MUSICAL at The 5th Avenue Theatre will go on sale this Friday, June 13 at 9:30 a.m.
The 5th Avenue Theatre invites you to come to the swamp early Friday morning - the first 100 people in line at the theater box office will receive their very own Shrek ears. The 5th Avenue will serve green tea and green Top Pot Doughnuts from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Don't miss this first public opportunity to get tickets to see the most beloved swamp-dwelling ogre of all time as he makes his theatrical debut this summer in Seattle before heading to Broadway. SHREK THE MUSICAL will play The 5th Avenue Theatre August 14 - September 21, and is the exclusive engagement prior to the Broadway debut in December. Tickets are also available by calling 206-625-1900 (toll free 888-5TH-4TIX), or online at www.5thavenue.org.
MAY 29, 2008
BROADWAY TICKETS ON SALE MAY 31ST
FULL CASTING ANNOUNCED
Tickets for the Broadway premiere of SHREK THE MUSICAL will go on sale this Saturday, May 31 at 8:00am. Tickets will be available from May 31 by calling Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200, (800) 432-7250 outside the NY metro area, or online at Telecharge.com.
Full casting has been confirmed for SHREK THE MUSICAL, which opens at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway @ 53rd St) in New York City on Sunday, December 14, 2008. Preview performances begin on November 8, 2008.
SHREK THE MUSICAL will star Tony Award® nominee Brian d'Arcy James as Shrek, Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as Princess Fiona, Tony Award nominee Christopher Sieber as Lord Farquaad, Chester Gregory II as Donkey, Tony Award nominee John Tartaglia as Pinocchio and Kecia Lewis-Evans as The Dragon.
Joining these actors will be Haven Burton (Legally Blonde, Rent), Jennifer Cody (Urinetown, The Pajama Game), Ben Crawford (Les Miserables), Bobby Daye (The Color Purple, The Lion King), Ryan Duncan (Altar Boyz), Sarah Jane Everman (The Apple Tree, Wicked), Aymee Garcia (Avenue Q), Leah Greenhaus, Justin Greer (The Producers), Lisa Ho (A Chorus Line), Chris Hoch (Spamalot, Die Mommie Die!), Danette Holden (Jackie Mason's Laughing Room Only), Jacob Ming-Trent (Epic Theatre Center's Widowers' Houses), Carolyn Ockert-Haythe (The Pajama Game, Wonderful Town), Marissa O'Donnell (Annie in 30th Anniversary tour of Annie), Denny Paschall (Chicago, Beauty and the Beast), Greg Reuter (Spamalot), Adam Riegler (York Theatre Company's I and Albert), Noah Rivera (Wicked), Heather Jane Rolff (Wanda's World), Jennifer Simard (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Rachel Stern (High Fidelity, Tarzan), Dennis Stowe (The Apple Tree, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), David F.M. Vaughn (Doctor Doolittle National Tour) and Keaton Whittaker.
May 2, 2008
SHREK THE MUSICAL
WELCOMES PUGET SOUND NATIVE
KEATON WHITTAKER
TO THE SEATTLE CAST AS YOUNG FIONA
DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are pleased to announce that Puget Sound native Keaton Whittaker has joined the cast of SHREK THE MUSICAL for the Seattle engagement. Eleven-year-old Whittaker will be playing the role of Young Fiona at certain performances of the world premiere at The 5th Avenue Theatre.
Whittaker lives in Bothell, WA with her family and attends King’s Elementary School in Shoreline. She played the role of ‘Susan’ in The 5th Avenue Theatre’s production of White Christmas and appeared in the children’s ensemble of Whistle Down the Wind. She also starred as ‘Scout’ in Intiman Theatre’s production of To Kill a Mockingbird and appeared as ‘the Narrator’ in Village Theatre’s Kidstage production of Aladdin.
May 1, 2008
SHREK THE MUSICAL’S
DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE
WINS 18TH ANNUAL KLEBAN AWARD
FOR MOST PROMISING MUSICAL THEATER LYRICIST
On behalf of the Edward Kleban Foundation, New Dramatists has announced that Pulitzer Prize® winner David Lindsay-Abaire has received the 18th Annual Kleban Award for most promising musical theater lyricist. He will be presented with the award at a private reception on Wednesday, June 4, 2008.
The Kleban Foundation was established in 1988 under the will of Edward L. Kleban, best known as the Tony® and Pulitzer Prize® award winner for the musical A Chorus Line. The will made a provision for two annual Awards, each in the amount of $100,000 payable over two years, to be given to the most promising librettist and lyricist in American Musical Theater.
April 21, 2008
ADDITIONAL CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR SHREK THE MUSICAL
DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are pleased to announce additional casting for SHREK THE MUSICAL.
As previously announced, SHREK THE MUSICAL will star Tony Award® nominee Brian d'Arcy James as Shrek, Tony Award® winner Sutton Foster as Princess Fiona, Tony Award® nominee Christopher Sieber as Lord Farquaad, Chester Gregory II as Donkey, Tony Award® nominee John Tartaglia as Pinocchio and Kecia Lewis-Evans as The Dragon.
Joining these actors onstage will be Haven Burton (Legally Blonde,Rent), Jennifer Cody (Urinetown, The Pajama Game), Bobby Daye (TheColor Purple, The Lion King), Ryan Duncan (Altar Boyz), Sarah JaneEverman (The Apple Tree, Wicked), Aymee Garcia (Avenue Q), JustinGreer (The Producers), Lisa Ho (A Chorus Line), Chris Hoch (Spamalot,Die Mommie Die!), Danette Holden (Jackie Mason's Laughing Room Only), Jacob Ming-Trent (Epic Theatre Center’s Widowers' Houses), CarolynOckert-Haythe (The Pajama Game, Wonderful Town), Marissa O’Donnell(Annie in 30th Anniversary tour of Annie), Denny Paschall (Chicago,Beauty and the Beast), Greg Reuter (Spamalot), Noah Rivera (Wicked),Heather Jane Rolff (Wanda’s World), Jennifer Simard (The 25th AnnualPutnam County Spelling Bee), Rachel Stern (High Fidelity, Tarzan),Dennis Stowe (The Apple Tree, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), David F.M. Vaughn (Doctor Doolittle National Tour).
Full casting will be announced soon.
SHREK THE MUSICAL will open at the Broadway Theatre on Sunday, December 14, 2008. Preview performances begin on November 8, 2008.
ONCE upon a time in a land not so far, far away a new musical began its journey to Broadway.
DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. have announced that SHREK THE MUSICAL will play an exclusive world premiere engagement at The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, August 14th to September 21st.
SHREK THE MUSICAL is an entirely new musical based on the story and characters from William Steig’s book Shrek!, as well as the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek, the first chapter of the Shrek movie series.
SHREK THE MUSICAL features a book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize® winner, David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole), music by Jeanine Tesori (Olivier Award-winner for Caroline, or Change and three-time Tony Award® nominee), and is directed by Jason Moore, who staged the Tony Award®-winning Best Musical, Avenue Q.
SHREK THE MUSICAL is DreamWorks Animation’s first venture in legitimate theater. The production was initiated by Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chief Executive Officer of DreamWorks Animation, and Sam Mendes, who has a long-term relationship with DreamWorks. Mendes, a big fan of the first Shrek film, suggested the idea of creating a musical to DreamWorks’ Jeffrey Katzenberg around the time the second film was in production. The musical is being produced by DreamWorks Theatricals (Bill Damaschke, President) and Neal Street Productions, Ltd (principals Sam Mendes and Caro Newling).
Other members of the SHREK THE MUSICAL creative team include Tony Award®-winning set and costume designer, Tim Hatley (Monty Python’s Spamalot, Private Lives, among others) and three-time Olivier Award-winning lighting designer, Hugh Vanstone, whose Broadway credits include Monty Python’s Spamalot, Bombay Dreams, The Blue Room and Art.
The choreography is by newcomer Josh Prince, and Tim Weil (Rent) is serving as music director.
SHREK THE MUSICAL is based on a popular 1990 book by William Steig. The characters of Shrek, Donkey and Fiona, and the other inhabitants of “Far, Far Away,” have been featured in three major animated films and a popular television special to date. The first Shrek feature film hit theaters in the summer of 2001, and went on to win the first-ever Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature. The 2004 sequel, Shrek 2, remains the third highest grossing movie of all time and highest grossing animated film of all time. The latest chapter of the Shrek story, Shrek the Third, is the 2nd highest grossing film of 2007. Shrek the Halls, the recent ABC television special, was one of the most watched TV programs of 2007.