|
|
Professional Motion Picture Production and Distribution NEWS
Shrek the Musical (R) to Play Final Performance on Broadway on Sunday, January 3, 2010
By Staff
posted Oct 26, 2009, 08:45 |
|
Tour Launches in Chicago, July 2010
(New York, NY) SHREK THE MUSICAL�, the Tony Award�-winning production, will
play its final performance on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway)
on Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. following 441 performances and 37
previews. SHREK THE MUSICAL� will launch a national tour at Chicago's Cadillac
Palace Theatre for a limited engagement, July 13 - September 5, 2010.
SHREK THE MUSICAL� features a book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize� winner, David
Lindsay-Abaire, music by Olivier Award-winner Jeanine Tesori, and is directed
by Tony Award� nominee Jason Moore. Following a pre-Broadway engagement at the
5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, SHREK THE MUSICAL� opened at the Broadway Theatre
on Sunday, December 14, 2008. SHREK THE MUSICAL� holds the house record for
weekly gross sales at the Broadway Theatre taking $1,260,282 for the week ending
December 28, 2008.
Bill Damaschke, President of DreamWorks Theatricals, said, "Bringing SHREK THE
MUSICAL� to Broadway has been a joyous and thrilling adventure, and we couldn't
be more proud of our first Broadway show. We now look forward to taking the
production to audiences on tour in the US and beyond."
SHREK THE MUSICAL� is an entirely new musical based on the story and characters
from William Steig's book Shrek!, as well as the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek,
the first chapter of the Shrek movie series. The musical is produced by DreamWorks
Theatricals (Bill Damaschke, President) and Neal Street Productions, Ltd (principals
Sam Mendes and Caro Newling).
SHREK THE MUSICAL� received eight 2009 Tony Award� nominations including Best
Musical, winning Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tim Hatley). The show also
received three Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Brian d'Arcy
James), Outstanding Set & Costume Design of a Musical (Tim Hatley); and four
Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Brian d'Arcy
James), Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Sutton Foster), Outstanding Set &
Costume Design (Tim Hatley).
SHREK THE MUSICAL� tells the story of a swamp-dwelling ogre who goes on a life-changing
adventure to reclaim the deed to his land. Joined by a wise-cracking donkey,
this unlikely hero fights a fearsome dragon, rescues a feisty princess and learns
that real friendship and true love aren't only found in fairy tales.
DreamWorks Animation (Nasdaq: DWA)
CHASE is the official card of SHREK THE MUSICAL�.
For more information, visit www.shrekthemusical.com.
TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets for SHREK THE MUSICAL� are available by calling Telecharge.com at (212)
239-6200, (800) 432-7250 outside the NY metro area, online at Telecharge.com,
or in person at The Broadway Theatre box office (1681 Broadway @ 53rd St). Group
sales are available by contacting Telecharge Group Sales at 212-239-6262, or
800-432-7780.
Tickets on Tuesdays through Thursdays range in price from $41.50 to $121.50,
and tickets on Fridays through Sundays range in price from $51.50 to $126.50.
All tickets include a $1.50 facility fee.
Resources:
DreamWorks Theatricals
Shrek the Musical: www.shrekthemusical.com
|
|
|