August sure was a busy month! We wrapped it up by seeing Shrek the Musical. Seattle is the first city in the world to see the show, and our input will affect any changes before it opens on Broadway. It was a good show, but not totally there yet. The scenes that they dropped in from the movie were ok, but fell flat to us. Where the show really shined was with it's original material and cast.
My favorite song was when Princess Fiona was waiting in her castle and singing about how this will be the day that her handsome prince comes for her. There are three Fiona's that rotate through the number to show the passage of time and the frustration of waiting.
My second favorite is when Shrek and Fiona are bonding and trying to one up one another on how awful their childhoods are. Their unifing characteristic is that they both feel abandoned by their parents.
Strong moments were anythign with Lord Farquad - the creativity of the costuming was fabulous. I felt bad for the actors knees, since he was running around on them all night!
But they really need to figure out the dragon and how to work it (it was part giant puppet part lady and part back up singers in spiky dresses). The singer's voice was amazing, so I hope they figure it out soon.
Donkey needs to just forget that Eddie Murphy ever existed and just create a new role for himself (and get a better costume). When he got away from the movie moments, he was wonderful but when he was trying to channel Eddie Murphy it just fell flat.
All in all, we enjoyed it much more than we thought we would and will be picking up the cast soundtrack when it comes out in January.
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