Although Charles Spencer of The Daily Telegraph described it as "at times a bit of a mess," he praised Holzman's script, described Kenneth Posner's lighting design as "magical" and lauded Menzel's Elphaba and Helen Dallimore's Glinda. [34], Schwartz uses the "Unlimited" theme as the second major motif running through the score. [78] The show closed on September 2, 2011. [181] Universal announced in 2016 that the film would be released in theaters on December 20, 2019, with Daldry still attached to direct, and the script to be co-written by the musical's creators, Holzman and Schwartz. Landi Oshinowo played the Dragon, with Jonathan Stewart as Pinocchio. [42], Wicked officially opened on June 10, 2003 at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco, after previews began on May 28, in a pre-Broadway tryout presented by SHN. The witch is among the other fairytale creatures being turned in to the Duloc Guards. Performances resumed on September 14, 2021 with Lindsay Pearce as Elphaba and Ginna Claire Mason as Glinda. Status Shrek The witch is among the other fairytale creatures being turned in to the Duloc Guards. Galinda, Elphaba and Students, "Something Bad" Doctor Dillamond and Elphaba, "Dancing Through Life" Fiyero, Boq, Nessarose, Elphaba and Galinda, "One Short Day" Elphaba, Glinda, Show Chorus and Citizens of the Emerald City, "Defying Gravity" Elphaba, Glinda, Guards and Ozians, "No One Mourns the Wicked" (Reprise) Ensemble, "Thank Goodness" Glinda, Madame Morrible and Ozians, "The Wicked Witch of the East" Nessarose, Elphaba and Boq, "As Long As You're Mine" Elphaba and Fiyero, "March of the Witch-Hunters" Ensemble and Boq, This page was last edited on 3 March 2023, at 20:57. 1681 Broadway (W. 53rd St.), New York, NY. 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.[10]. The ensemble cast performed "Freak Flag" at the awards. Weu0019 ve taken your abuse for the last time, Farquaad! Story Theater Company Presents Shrek The Musical JR Performing at the Ames City Auditorium - June 17-26, 2022: SHREK THE MUSICAL JR. Beauty is in the eye of the ogre in Shrek The Musical JR., based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film and subsequent Broadway musical. Just then, the Fairytale Creatures storm into the wedding and protest their banishment. Vaughn as Lord Farquaad. Elphaba returns to the Emerald City to free the monkey servants and encounters the Wizard. [111] Despite the production closing on December 18, 2016, on November 12, 2018 a Brazilian revival production of the show was announced, this time in Rio de Janeiro's entertainment center Cidade das Artes. At the time of the Wickeds 10th Anniversary on Broadway, the show announced it would return to Australia for a commemorative national tour, beginning in Melbourne on May 10, 2014. On October 28, 2019, with its 6,681st performance, it surpassed Les Misrables to become Broadway's fifth-longest running show. [4], Lindsay-Abaire and Jason Moore (director) began working on the show in 2002, with Tesori joining the team from 2004. Wicked the Musical the smash-hit musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is "the must-see . Most critics were positive about the production, and in particular praised Harman's performance, branding him "hysterically funny".[25]. The cast included d'Arcy James as Shrek, Foster as Fiona, Sieber as Farquaad and Tartaglia as Pinocchio. Composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz discovered Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West while on vacation, and saw its potential for a dramatic adaptation. [206], Entertainer John Barrowman sang a version of "The Wizard and I" (retitled "The Doctor and I") on his 2008 tour of the UK, with adapted lyrics referring to his Doctor Who and Torchwood character Jack showing affection for The Doctor. The two unlikely friends set off to find Fiona, with Shrek becoming increasingly annoyed with Donkey as time progresses ("Travel Song"). Life is but a witch hunt Mama's in the mud Mama's in distress They ridiculed my hat . Although Schwartz rarely reuses motifs or melodies from earlier works, the first Elphaba's theme came from The Survival of St. Joan, on which he worked as musical director. [14], The book, lyrics, and score for the musical were developed through a series of readings. [188] In July 2021, Schwartz stated that filming would begin in fall 2021 in Georgia, but filming was later postponed to March 2022 and again to June 2022. The tour concluded at The Lowry, Salford on February 20, 2016. A Munchkin named Boq asks Galinda to go with him, but she convinces him to take Nessarose so she can go with Fiyero. Nessa takes the Grimmerie to cast a spell to make Boq fall in love with her. Donkey shows up attempting to seal off his half of the swamp with stone boulders, which Shrek rebuffs. Nessa, Fiyero, and Galinda see her off at the train station. [121] Dennis Harvey of Variety commented positively of the "sleekly directed," "snazzily designed," and "smartly cast" production, yet still disapproved of its "mediocre" book, "trite" lyrics, and "largely generic" music[122] while Karen D'Souza of the San Jose Mercury News wrote that "Style over substance is the real theme in this Emerald City. Booted from the ball. As Farquaad proclaims himself the new King, Shrek whistles for the Dragon, who has now escaped the castle (and is the reason Shrek and Donkey got to the wedding just in time). It is designed to set the reader thinking about what it really is to be "Wicked," and whether good intentions with bad results are the same as bad intentions with bad results. The story is divided into five scenes based on the location and presents events, characters, and situations adapted from L Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and its 1939 film adaptation in new ways. It is water-based for easy removal. For the Broadway cast recording, see, Official poster of the original Broadway production, Australian productions have played at the, 1st, 2nd, & 3rd UK/Ireland National Tours (2013). [20], A newly revised scaled down version, began performances in the West End at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, on May 6, 2011. The West End production received five Laurence Olivier Award nominations[117] and later won the Audience Award for Most Popular Show at the 2010 award ceremony. The original Broadway cast recording was recorded on January 12, 2009, and was released on March 24, 2009, by Decca Broadway Records. [51] The cast included Ana Gasteyer as Elphaba, Kate Reinders as Glinda, Rondi Reed as Madame Morrible, Kristoffer Cusick as Fiyero, Telly Leung as Boq, Heidi Kettenring as Nessarose and Gene Weygandt as the Wizard. Glinda banishes the Wizard from Oz and throws Morrible into prison for murdering Nessarose and accusing Elphaba as a wicked witch. She tells Elphaba her powers might allow her to one day work with the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, something Elphaba has dreamed of her whole life ("The Wizard and I"). Both admit to being thrown out by their parents; this connection, as well as bonding over a love of disgusting bodily noises, kindles friendship. After crossing the rickety old bridge and arriving at the castle, Shrek sets off alone to rescue Fiona while Donkey encounters Dragon who initially wants to eat him, but then decides to spare him by keeping him for herself after Donkey manages to charm her ("Donkey Pot Pie"/"Forever"). Glinda pleads for the guards not to harm him as she knows he wouldn't really harm her, but they escort Fiyero to a nearby cornfield. Elphaba refuses until she receives a letter concerning Fiyero. Top 10 Movie Musicals That Became Broadway Musicals. [9] The Dragon was voiced by company members Haven Burton, Aymee Garcia and Rachel Stern, instead of a soloist. In 2017, Wicked surpassed The Phantom of the Opera as Broadway's second-highest grossing musical, trailing only The Lion King. Heartbroken, Glinda tells the Wizard and Morrible that the only way to capture Elphaba is to make her believe her sister is in trouble. 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." Glinda arrives to warn Elphaba of the danger and begs her to free Dorothy. Many changes made for the tour include a new song sung by the dragon entitled "Forever", replacing "Donkey Pot Pie". Elphaba and Glinda reunite at the spot where Nessa has just been crushed by a house with a girl named Dorothy inside. Alwayz On Stage's "Shrek The Musical Jr." is a wild and . interTrend Communications, Inc. Mar 2021 - Present2 years 1 month. By Gordon Durich. Unknown. However, his solitude is disrupted when a refugee caravan of fairytale creatures show up on his property. Fan casting suggestion made by: user_2465 The guitar players double on ukulele, mandolins, electric guitars, and acoustic guitars. Most of the original production team and cast members remained with the show. The third reed doubles on flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, and tenor sax. Wicked Witch Kathy Anzalone Fairy Godmother . Voiced by: Mike Myers (films, Shrek the Halls and Scared Shrekless ), Michael J. Gough (games and Shrek: Thriller Night) Foreign VAs. Shrek finally finds the words to express his feelings for Fiona, and he declares his love for her ("Big Bright Beautiful World (Reprise)"). An Overture and Entr'acte were added following the Seattle run, along with the song "Build a Wall" which was originally "More To The Story." ", "Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel to Host 'Wicked in Concert' PBS Special; Full Cast Announced", Mika samples Wicked's "Popular" in song about bullying and homophobia, "Glee's Chris Colfer on Owning 'Defying Gravity' and Resembling a Hummel Figurine", "MASH Wicked No Good Deed & Frozen Monster", Ayecik ve Sihirli Cceler Ryalar lkesinde, The Dreamer of Oz: The L. 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It is loosely based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, in turn based on L. Frank Baum 's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation . She gives Elphaba a book of spells, the Grimmerie, which only the magically gifted can read. ECT is excited to announce our fall production of Shrek the Musical. Musical in 2 Acts. Rapper Drake and singer Mika both sampled the musical's song in their songs "Popular" and "Popular Song" respectively. Even as a very long single movie, it required us cutting or omitting things that we wanted to include and that we think fans of the show and the story will appreciate. Nessa has taken away the Munchkins' rights so that Boq can't leave her. The production was produced by Stage Entertainment and closed on January 29, 2010, and transferred to Oberhausen[77] where previews began at the Metronom Theater am CentrO on March 5, 2010, with an opening night of March 8. [27], The London production of the show came to an end after 715 performances, on February 24, 2013. Get seats for as low as 19.50. 4.8. He knocks on the floor; Elphaba steps out from a trap door, apparently having faked her death, and they embrace. Her father showered all of his affection on her younger sister Nessarose, who uses a wheelchair, and gives Nessa a pair of jeweled shoes. [12][13] Rob Ashford is the co-director, as the Broadway creative team revised changes. [31] A cast change for the tour took place July 8, 2015, with ensemble member Bront Barb taking over the role of Princess Fiona from Brookes. The full cast was announced in November 2017 [32] with The X Factor star Amelia Lily and Call the Midwife actress Laura Main sharing the role of Princess Fiona, alongside Samuel Holmes as Lord Farquaad, Stefan Harri as Shrek and Marcus Ayton as Donkey. Caught between love and her desire to break the curse, Fiona tries to escape the event. [108] The first Spanish-language production opened in Mexico City, Mexico on October 17, 2013, following previews from October 10. By seats sold on Broadway, it ranks tenth of all time. Unknown Kurt Gardner's theatre reviews also appear at BlogCritics.org. Shrek, finally beginning to come out of his caustic, protective shell, tries to find the words to explain his feelings to Fiona ("When Words Fail"). And of course obviously it's also disguised in that it's completely different rhythmically. 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". Madame Morrible appears as the Wizard's new "press secretary." The original Broadway orchestration included an additional trumpet, an additional trombone/tuba, two more violinists, one more cellist, and two more reed players, and an additional acoustic bass player. It then tours the UK and Ireland before flying into its final location at the Manchester Palace Theatre in Manchester on 3 December 2024 and concluding on 12 January 2025. [Wicked Witch] Life is but a witch hunt. Shrek the Musical (2013) - Jennifer Simard as Wicked Witch - IMDb Shrek the Musical (2013) Jennifer Simard: Wicked Witch It looks like we don't have any photos or quotes yet. Morrible recognizes Elphaba's potential and decides to teach her sorcery. [2] A typical performance of the show takes about two hours and 30 minutes, including an intermission.[3]. Shrek the Musical She was seen as a fairy tale creature banished to Shrek 's swamp. Be the first to contribute! [134], Since its opening in 2003, the original Broadway production of Wicked has broken the house record at the Gershwin Theatre twenty times. For much of the time, they succeed, thanks to the talent and ingratiating appeal of the show's four principal performers. [30] A full company announcement was made in February 2014, with Chisnall to be joined by Legally Blonde star Faye Brookes as Princess Fiona, Gerard Carey as Lord Farquaad, Idriss Kargbo as Donkey, Candace Furbert as Dragon and Will Haswell as Pinocchio. Holzman observed in an interview with Playbill that: "It was [Maguire's] brilliant idea to take this hated figure and tell things from her point of view, and to have the two witches be roommates in college, but the way in which their friendship developsand really the whole plotis different onstage. It's a "big bright beautiful world" for everyone's favorite ogre in Shrek The Musical JR., based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. BABY BEAR Well no more! Talia comes to the Broadway company straight from the Munchkinland National Tour of Wicked, where she played Elphaba since 2019.Broadway: Be More Chill.Off-Broadway: Be More Chill.Regional: Shrek (Fiona), Little Women (Jo), The Secret Garden . Just right. Even though she initially accepts his offer, when she discovers Dr. Dillamond who has lost the power of speech, Elphaba angrily accuses the Wizard, before he calls the guards to arrest her. There have been various international productions which are all non-replica's of the Broadway or West End staging. Stephanie J. Participants get a first-hand account of what it is like to be a part of the massive production that Wicked is. This was then performed in all subsequent productions, replacing "Donkey Pot Pie.". Donkey and Shrek remain awake, with Donkey asking Shrek who he would be, if he did not have to be an ogre anymore. "[42], In October 2009, Jeffrey Katzenberg said that a performance of the Broadway production had been recorded for a potential DVD release. [110], In November 2015, the company "Time For Fun," a leading company in the entertainment market in Latin America, announced the adaptation of the musical in Brazil, that debuted in March 2016 at the Renault Theatre in So Paulo. It is the most ingeniously wacky, transcendently tasteless Broadway musical since The Producers, and more family-friendly than that gag-fest." A press conference to celebrate their engagement is hijacked by the crowd's panicked rumors about Elphaba; one saying that she can be melted by water. The show will run Friday, November 19, 2021 and . [48] A DVD, Blu-ray, and digital download was also released on that day. [159][160] On June 23, 2008, the producers reported that over 1.4 million people had seen the London production since its opening, and grosses had topped 50million;[161] The same reports stated that the show has consistently been one of the two highest-grossing shows in the West End. Everyone's favorite upside-down fairytale comes to Honesdale High School Performing Arts Center when Wayne Highlands Middle School presents the Broadway production of "Shrek the Musical, Jr." a live song-and-dance-filled stage adaptation musical of the Oscar-winning DreamWorks animated film. By changing the instruments that carry the motif in each instance, Schwartz enables the same melody to convey different moods. Chenoweth made a pre-curtain speech before the grand reopening of the show. Lead complex broadcast, digital, social, and experiential production for Toyota's . The trio begin their journey back to Duloc, but Fiona becomes apprehensive as the sun begins to set. [33], Wicked's international tour opened on July 13, 2016 at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford, England. Widget Area 2. It was recorded during a live performance of the national tour in Chicago, and features Carrie Compere (Dragon) and Alan Mingo Jr. (Donkey). Elphaba works another spell to save his life, transforming him into a Tin Man. "[34] Schwartz further obscured the motif's origin by setting it in a minor key in most instances. Book by David Lindsay-Abaire based upon Shrek!, by William Steig, and the DreamWorks' 2001 film of the same name; Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire; Music by Jeanne Tesori. [100] The final performance took place on January 11, 2011. A two-part film adaptation, directed by Jon M. Chu starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Ariana Grande as Glinda and Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero is currently in the works. ", The score of Wicked is heavily thematic, bearing in some senses more resemblance to a film score than a traditional musical score. The tour provides a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into putting on the show every day. Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda (later Glinda the Good Witch), whose relationship struggles through their opposing personalities and viewpoints, same love-interest, reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's fall from grace after becoming an animal activist. [28] The production was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Todd Buonopane was originally cast in the role of Lord Farquaad, but was replaced by Vaughn before opening. SHREK THE MUSICAL JR- CAST LIST *Please note: ensemble may be several parts including Duloc Performers, Rats, Knights, Guards, Fairy Tale Characters . They need to add something to the story or the characters. I know we divided the critics. [28], Its professional Brazilian production premiered at November 2012 at Teatro Joo Caetano in Rio de Janeiro. Los Angeles, CA ( The Hollywood Times) 8/14/22 - Where do you possibly begin to put into words a rave about a weird - in a good way- show about a big green ogre and a princess captive in a tower? Shrek: The Musical - OPEN AUDITIONS September 12, 2021 @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Recurring Event (See all) website builder Audition Dates: Tuesday, September 7 @ 6:30pm Thursday, September 9 @ 6:30pm Sunday, September 12 @ 2:00pm Tech Week & Performance Dates (mandatory): Tech Week - Sunday, November 28-Thursday, December 2, call times TBA Nessa thinks Boq will love her now, but he sees this as proof that she no longer needs him and wants to tell Glinda of his love for her before she marries Fiyero. Principal casting changes included Joel Grey as the Wizard, William Youmans as Doctor Dillamond and Christopher Fitzgerald as Boq. [170] Several other productions have also reached the 1,000th performance milestone, including the first North American touring company on August 15, 2007,[171] the Chicago company on November 14, 2007,[151] the West End company on February 14, 2009,[172] the Australian company on May 7, 2011[173] and the second North American touring company on August 4, 2011. [106][107], A Dutch-language production began previews at the Circustheater in The Hague, The Netherlands on October 26, 2011 and was produced by Joop van den Ende Theaterproducties/Stage Entertainment. The villager who turns her in is rewarded twenty silver pieces by the Captain of the Guard. Elphaba is asked to perform a levitation spell on the Wizard's monkey servant, Chistery, but it makes Chistery very painfully sprout wings. Then Farquaad arrives to claim Fiona and tells Shrek he has cleared the swamp of the Fairytale Creatures, and now belongs to Shrek again. It was created by Sean McCourtan original Broadway production cast member who played the Witch's Fatherand Anthony Galde, who was a long-running swing in the Broadway company from 2004 to 2012. It will be a different creature from the puppet/soul trio on Broadway [but] I think we've finally gotten it right". Original London cast members included the return of Menzel as Elphaba,[68] Helen Dallimore as Glinda, Miriam Margolyes as Madame Morrible, Adam Garcia as Fiyero, Martin Ball as Doctor Dillamond, James Gillan as Boq, Katie Rowley Jones as Nessarose and Nigel Planer as the Wizard.