Shrek the Musical

by Jeanine Tesori (Composer)

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). Features 18 piano/vocal selections from this Broadway hit that won both Tony and Drama Desk awards. Includes a plot synopsis, four pages of sensational color photos, and these tunes: The Ballad of Farquaad * Big Bright Beautiful World * Build a Wall * Don't Let Me Go * Donkey Pot Pie * Finale (This Is Our Story) * Freak Flag * I Know It's Today * I Think I Got You Beat * Make a Move * More to the Story * Morning Person * Story of My Life * This Is How a Dream Comes True * Travel Song * What's Up, Duloc? * When Words Fail * Who I'd Be.

Genres: Plays, Theatre, Fantasy

188 pages, Sheet music

First published September 1, 2009

Reviews

[Maryanne Winterbottom · Rating 5 out of 5]

This show is AMAZING. I have done the jr version of it twice and it is so fun. The music is great and the lines are very funny and a lot of them are from the movie. The first time i did it it was for middle school and that was defo interesting lol. The second time was for community theater and the vibes of that cast were immaculate. i still miss it :(
(i stg if i do this show a third time and i don't get fiona i wont know what to do with myself)

[Georgia · Rating 4 out of 5]

So good, so funny and very fun to perform!

[Rue · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am doing Shrek Jr. right now and the music is great, and a lot of the best lines from the movie are kept in both Shrek: The musical and the Jr. version. The music in this show is awesome: Each song is unique and special in it's own way, making each song one of a kind. The songs are easy to learn and fun to perform!

I love this show! :D

Break legs to all who perform this amazing musical!

[Jessica López-Barkl · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will be directing this musical this summer for PLAY Conservatory in Albuquerque, NM. I am super excited because I really liked the musical. I hadn't really heard much about it, and I was a bit dubious because it seems as though Disney, Dreamworks, and Mel Brooks, keep regurgitating their film successes into musicals. Anyway, I liked it. I liked the films, especially the first two, and I really like the musical. I am excited to play with non-traditional musical heroes and heroines. There is puppetry in the show; which is an added bonus. I liked the music. I like the humor. I love all of the post-modern elements that the film has and then there are even more in the musical. The toilet humor is amazing for a girl who was raised in Redneck Northern Idaho, and this is definitely a musical I would love to teach the K-12 population that PLAY Conservatory caters to. Anyway, super excited, and feel extremely blessed to have been asked.

[Paul Warner · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got to read the entire hilarious and heartwarming script and songbook to Shrek the Musical at the "read-through" with the amazingly talented cast of the Journey Theater production. This is an awesome story and stage play that people of all ages will greatly enjoy in the first 2 weeks of August 2014. And I get to be that towering colossus macho manly specimen of villainous glory--Lord Farquaad! WOOOOO!!! :)

[Leigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole) has writing credits for book and lyrics...I'm a little biased regarding that. Immediately I knew I would love it solely because of him.

The musical does a pretty fair job of capturing the essential scenes of the movie we all know so well. Certain scenes are word for word from the movie, others take a cue from the movie and develop on their own.

[Allie Levine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read through this with the cast yesterday. I'm so excited for it.

[Beki Rush · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super cheesy, but really fun!