Shrek The Musical Review

Once upon a time, there was a musical about a handsomely ugly ogre who fell in love with a beautiful princess with a pretty stinky secret. With the help of a talking donkey, a fire breathing dragon, and a band of misfit fairy tale characters, the ogre will defeat the evil ruler of the land and tell all the world their story
On October 15th 2016, went and “Shrek the Musical” and Central Magnet School in Murfreesboro Tennessee It was a typical high school auditorium with blue cinder block walls and blue carpet down the aisles of standard theater seats. From the very top of the stage proscenium there was a banner that was made up of strips of fabric that were all different lengths and multiple shades of blue, brown, and of course, green. In the …show more content…
They were mostly business casual, but there were also some that were very casual.
There was a 21 piece student orchestra that played backstage upstairs. The instruments used were cello, violin, trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, flute, trombone, piccolo, some percussion instruments and a piano. They were conducted by the music director David Winton. At first I was disappointed that I did not get to see the band play, however, I do realize that it probably would have been a distraction had they been in front of the action.
Shrek the musical originally premiered on Broadway in 2008 directed by Jason Moore with book and lyrics written by David Lindsay Abaire and music written by Jeanine Tesori. (“Shrek the Musical”). The production I saw was directed by Tara Winton with cast member Matthew Connors assistant directing, the music director was David Winton and the choreographer was cast member Kailee …show more content…
After the bows, they even sang Neil Diamond’s “I’m a Believer” which I thought was a fun nod to the original movie.
The performers were in full-fledged fairy tale costumes. Shrek was painted green and was wearing a fake belly, nose, cheeks, and ears, Pinocchio’s nose grew, and The Ugly Duckling had plenty of feathers. I especially enjoyed seeing all of the wonderfully colorful characters and I thought that this show was a good example of using an ensemble well. Each person in the ensemble had an individual part as a fairy tale characters but also served other purposes in the show.
My friend Sevon Askew played the lead role Shrek, and my favorite performance was when he sang the song “Build a Wall” from the climax of the second act. There was one note in particular that when he hit it, it gave me chills on the back of my head. Although I may be little biased because I know and love Sevon’s voice and “Build a Wall” is my favorite song from the show, but I think that this is why it gave me chills, because I knew what was

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