Shrek the Musical

Reviews

• Review by David Rooney
  from Variety
  December 15, 2008

  ‘‘Countless films of recent decades have set out to spin a gently subversive fairy tale with a contemporary edge, but few have succeeded as wildly as Shrek. Conjuring genuine enchantment without quaintness or treacly sentimentality, the 2001 movie enlivened its storybook traditions with rude humor, gleefully anachronistic pop-culture references and knockabout characters brimming with heart. That recipe remains largely intact in Shrek the Musical.’’

• Review by Elysa Gardner
  from USA Today
  December 15, 2008

  ‘‘The most ingeniously wacky, transcendently tasteless Broadway musical since The Producers. Altogether irresistible!’’

• Review by Joe Dziemianowicz
  from The New York Daily News
  December 15, 2008

  ‘‘Every fairy tale needs a fab far, far away, and the lavish sets and costumes by Tim Hatley take you there in suitably cartoonish, Technicolor style.’’

• Review by Linda Winer
  from Newsday
  December 15, 2008

  ‘‘Shrek the Musical is sweet, big and extremely lovable.’’