Great time!
by Rawight_rdh on 3/28/24Peoria Civic Center - PeoriaThis was a great show! Great music and characters and actors ! So glad I was able to see this!
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SHREK THE MUSICAL, based on the Oscar®-winning DreamWorks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story of everyone’s favorite ogre to life on stage. Featuring a terrific score of 19 all-new songs, big laughs, great dancing and breathtaking scenery, 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. SHREK THE MUSICAL is part romance, part twisted fairy tale and all irreverent fun for everyone!
This was a great show! Great music and characters and actors ! So glad I was able to see this!
This is a watered-down version of the story you know and love. While most of the highlights were present, Farquaad stood up to his full height, Donkey wore a track suit and look like a kid on the corner . . . Frankly, I've seen better productions in community theater.
Took a completely different path from the original broadway version, and then got rid of awesome moments like the Fiona tap dancing scenes and the song "Build a Wall". Also seemed like a lazy production by making the "story tellers"look like stage hands and gave them half-baked costumes, as well as getting rid of the castings for the young Fionas and the parents. The local productions I have seen that stayed true to the original have been better than this production, unfortunately. Some of the characters stayed great though- Donkey, Pinocchio, Gingy, and the Wolf stood out.
It started out a little "iffy"but quickly won us over with the smart writing and dialog. I love that it had such a positive message!
My mom (80 y.o) and I went for an afternoon showing and it was great. I didn’t expect it to be as good as it was. The sets and effects are not anything special, but the story and music were lively and funny. I would definitely go again.
From the moment the cast came on stage, we knew it was going to be a great show. The performance definitely exceeded our expectations! We loved it!! Thank you!
We sat up front,third row and the music and dancing in the production was fantastic.Everyone in the cast was great.We laughed at many of the lines and truly enjoyed all of the songs.Shrek,the King,the Princes and all their buddies had our attention from start to finish.
My friend and I are in our 60s and thoroughly enjoyed this show. We won the tickets in a promotion but I still recommend this show for family fun. The plot pretty much follows the original movie but the actors, costumes and music make this musical so enjoyable. We laughed a lot during the whole show. My only complaint is that there was only one person working at the souvenir stand which made for a very long line. We saw the show in Peoria, IL.
It was like reliving my childhood experience watching Shrek all over again
The show was fun but different from the streaming Broadway show. It had fewer songs and the sets were not as elaborate. But the music and theme were great with good actors and script. I liked it a lot but was hoping for more. The theater was part of the letdown with concrete floors and high school looking interiors. Overall, I would recommend seeing Shrek the musical but lower expectations going in.