Shrek the Musical

Shrek
the Musical
Broadway Playbill cover
MusicJeanine Tesori
LyricsDavid Lindsay-Abaire
BookDavid Lindsay-Abaire
BasisDreamWorks Animation's Shrek
by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S. H. Schulman
and Shrek!
by William Steig
PremiereDecember 14, 2008 (2008-12-14): Broadway Theatre (53rd Street), New York City
Productions2008 Seattle
2008 Broadway
2010 US tour
2011 West End
2014 UK tour
2023 UK Tour

Shrek the Musical is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 2001 DreamWorks Animation film Shrek, along with elements of its sequels: Shrek 2, Shrek Forever After and William Steig's 1990 book Shrek!. After a trial run in Seattle, the original Broadway production opened in December 2008 and closed after a run of over 12 months in January 2010. It was followed by a tour of the United States which opened in 2010, and a re-vamped West End production from June 2011 to February 2013.

A high definition filming of the Broadway production, shot by RadicalMedia, was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital download on October 15, 2013, in North America and December 2, 2013, in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3] The digital version of the film was made available on Netflix beginning in December 2013.[4]

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