There's a lot of Shrek to go around this year, and writer Dave Lavender previews Huntington's addition to the lineup in this story for the Herald-Dispatch.
You can read it at this link - and here's an excerpt:
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The Huntington Area Regional Theatre (HART in the Park) and the Choose Joy Players are diving into the joke- and music-filled swamp-set adventure of "Shrek the Musical."
Presented in conjunction with the Greater Huntington Park & Recreation District, "Shrek the Musical" will begin its four-weekend run this weekend with shows Friday through Sunday, June 15-17, June 22-24, June 29-30 and July 1, and July 6-8, at the Ritter Park Amphitheater. HART in the Park will also be presenting a children's pre-show, "Disney's The Lion King Kids." Gates will open at 7 p.m. The pre-show starts at 7:30 p.m., and "Shrek the Musical" starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, $12 for children/seniors and $10 for groups of 10 or more. Tickets can be purchased at the GHPRD Office in Heritage Station, online at ghprd.ticketspice.com/harts-shrek-the-musical or at the gate the night of the show.
Based on the 2001 Dreamworks animated film, "Shrek the Musical," which had a 2008-10 run on Broadway, tells the story of everyone's favorite green ogre, Shrek (Michael Bare), whose home in the swamp has been overrun with every fairytale character you can name after the tiny but evil Lord Farquaad (played by Owen Reynolds) has banished "freaks" from his kingdom. As they travel to the kingdom to protest, they rescue the lovable, persistent and hilarious Donkey (Ean Bills), and their misfit band of fairytale creatures all go on an adventure that has them rescuing the mysterious Princess Fiona (Rebecca Robinson) and by the end taking Shrek on an inner journey in which he discovers no man is an island, even an ogre.
Levi Kelley, the assistant director to Tommy and Mary Smirl, said theater-goers better come ready to laugh at both the dialogue and the fresh batch of two dozen modern songs that help propel the well-known story.
"It is very different from what we are used to doing, 'Shrek' itself is sort of a parody of Disney and of musical theater, there is certain nods to classic musicals in here like 'A Chorus Line' and 'Gypsy,'" Kelley said. "It's a lot of fun. Tommy (Smirl) and I have said this. We think it is the perfect show to follow up 'Beauty and The Beast' because the humor in it is so, so funny. It is a real good feel-good time."
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