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ShrekShrek— The Musical & Believe All Ogre Again Ingeniously wacky Rock of Agesilliam Steig (1907-2003), the artist and Rob Ashford (Co-Directors) at the helm. Shrek “SHREK TRULY and altogether once crowned the “King of Car- They also turned to the top notch designer COMES ALIVE!” Publication:toons” by Newsweek, remains the Tim Hatley for sets and costumes. irresistible.” —The New York Post WBroadway in Detroit program for —Elysa Gardner, USA Today New Yorker’s longest-running contributor Shrek The Musical debuted in the sum- “Wicked”with more than 1,600 drawings and 117 cov- mer of 2008 at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre “Incredibly joyous ers to his name. He began writing and illus- and opened on Broadway in December of “ENORMOUS FUN!” Run dates: 12/7/11 thru 12/31/11 …pricelessly funny!” trating books for children at the age of sixty. that year. During its Broadway run it played —The Wall Street Journal In the 1990 picture book Shrek!, Steig over 500 performances, garnered eight Tony —Liz Smith Size: full page full bleed took familiar themes and characters from Award nominations, ranked in the top ten traditionaltrim size: 5-3/8” fairy x 8-3/8” tales and wove musicals for ticket sales in 2009, thembleed: 1/8”into a fabric of cut- and embarked on a national tour. insideting wit margin: and humor 1/4” to create In May of this year, the show a modern-day fairy tale for opened a production based in kidsFor: Nederlander and adults Detroit London, England. alike.(Fisher TheatreFrom the & others) The musical’s Tickets indomitable Pi- latest tour, com- as low as Design: Frank Bach, $29 nocchio to the ing to the Fisher lovableBach & Associates; ogre Theatre in Feb- himself,Phone 313-822-43038; Shrek! ruary, incorpo- Fisher Theatre • Feb. 28–Mar. 11, 2012 • Fisher Box Offi ce, ticketmaster.com & 800-982-2787 [email protected] each rates some crit- Groups (12+): e-mail Groups@Broadway InDetroit.com (subject line: Shrek) or call 313-871-1132 character to em- ically-acclaimed body a sense of adjustments optimism and including a new vigor that, while opening, new absent from musical arrange- classic fairy ments, and a BACK BY tales, fits nicely Luke Yellin as Pinocchio and the fairy tale creatures in “Freak Flag” new song, “For- POPULAR into the mind set from the 2011–2012 national tour. photo by Joan Marcus ever,” sung by DEMAND of a new and in- the red Dragon. volved generation. Whereas the classic fairy During its run in Costa Mesa, California tale ogre is threatening, Shrek is kind, strong in October, Shrek The Musical made Mi- and wise. cheal L. Quintos of Broadway World laugh DreamWorks Pictures brought Steig’s for most of the night. In his review, he said modern fairy tale to the screen in 2001. Ear- “this amusing, big-kid friendly live-action ly in the film’s production process, Academy cartoon musical delivers the laughs not with Award-winning director Sam Mendes felt a beguiling snark but, rather with fart battles, that the story was a perfect fit for Broadway, cheeky sight gags and a sassy attitude,” add- and he and DreamWorks’ Jeffrey Katzenberg ing that it’s “a silly, harmlessly fun show.” determined that the first step was to see how The new production’s talented cast and hi- the characters came to life on screen. larious pop culture and Broadway referenc- The movie version of Shrek had its own es—look for jabs at everything from Wicked fairy tale ending, going on to become one of and A Chorus Line to Dreamgirls and Les the most successful film series of all time, Misérables—will undoubtably bring tons even winning the first-ever Academy Award of good-humored fun to the Fisher Theatre for an Animated Feature film. Having con- stage in February and March 2012. The hit musical comedy featuring the music of JOURNEY • STYX • PAT BENATAR • POISON qured Hollywood, it was time for Shrek REO SPEEDWAGON • FOREIGNER • NIGHT RANGER • TWISTED SISTER • WHITESNAKE & many more! and his merry cohorts to take Broadway Shrek The Musical plays at the Fisher Theatre by storm. DreamWorks assembled some of February 28–March 11. Tickets are on sale now at Fisher Theatre • Feb. 21-26, 2012 • Fisher Box Offi ce, ticketmaster.com & 800-982-2787 Groups (12+): e-mail [email protected] (subject line: Rock of Ages) or call 313-871-1132 the most celebrated, talented and slightly the Fisher Theatre box office, ticketmaster.com and twisted creative types working on Broadway, 800-982-2787. 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