Shrek: The Musical

I thunk shrek is love shrek is life. I cant wait til shrek 5.

It's nice when the producers of these musical gems see fit to do a nicely cinematic rendition of such lays. After watching "Phantom" at the Royal Albert Hall and then this one as a presentation on Netflix, I'm hoping that more will be saved for always. This is not the world's greatest musical, but it is full of life, wonderful characters, and a nice edge to it. It has two or three very good songs and lots of topical material. The two leads in particular capture the Disney original and are able to poke fun at themselves. If there is a downside, it does go on a bit long and the fairy tale characters aren't used quite as much as they could be. I remember seeing Prince Farquhar on the Tony Awards and was amazed at his dexterity, playing the entire part on his knees. I would imagine that most of the theater goers already know the plot but the magic still gets us from the get go.

Great musical for kids and adults (the inskde jokes are fantastic), the costumes, set design and absolutely love the songs, thet really stuck in my head for days. I have seen this couple of times and now found in Netflix again and its really fun, cheerful musical to cheer you up. It is sending great message of not fitting in and being different. Also great to notice small details they put in you don't notice on first watch.

Oh my, I haven't laughed so much in a long time. These actors did a fantastic job. Old lord Farquaard is so annoying. He reminds me so much of Lockhart from Harry Potter. I'm going to pull a Hermione and say: What. An. Idiot!!!!! Good inside jokes about dear old Farquaard. I haven't know there was a musical out of Shrek. But its great. The guy playing Donkey is just as good as Eddie Murphy.

Already cult animated film by DreamWorks company and, in my opinion, one of the best cartoons of all time, "Shrek", has been adapted into a Broadway musical. I do not need to comment on the story itself, because it is almost the same as in the original, with the addition of pretty good music and dance numbers. While the cartoon from 2001 was designed as a witty and amusing parody of the Disney Princesses, the musical version also parodies some famous musicals. The acting is good, some of the performers really have great voices, and the atmosphere of the entire show is casual and cheerful. Even if you are not a fan of musicals, if you liked the cartoon you'll probably enjoy this adaptation too. It made my day.

8/10