SHREK To Play The Ohio Theatre, Columbus Jan 10-15

DreamWorks Theatricals and NETworks Presentations, LLC. are pleased to announce that Shrek the Musical with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, will play the Ohio Theatre for one week only, January 10-15.

An entirely new musical which opened on Broadway in December 2009, Shrek the Musical is based on the story and characters from William Steig’s book Shrek!, as well as the Dreamworks Animation film Shrek, the first chapter of the Shrek movie series.

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.

The role of everyone’s favorite swamp-dwelling ogre, Shrek, will be played by Lukas Poost. Columbus’ own Liz Shivener will return home to play the feisty Princess Fiona. André Jordan is Shrek’s lovably annoying best friend Donkey, and Merritt David Janes plays the vertically challenged villain Lord Farquaad.

Rounding out the cast of misfit fairy tale characters, the peoples of Duloc, and Far, Far Away are Willie Dee, Annie Fitch, Susan Leilani Gearou, Kelly Teal Goyette, Alexa Kerner, Rachel Khutorsky, Schuyler Midgett, Lyonel Reneau, Adam Steiner, Erin Sullivan, Chase Todd, Sarah Tranchina, Nadia Vynnytsky, Ryan Everett Wood, Chris Woods, Luke Yellin, Ian Frazier, Mara Gabrielle, Ryan Rubek, and Laura Smith.

“We are thrilled to send Shrek the Musical to theatres across the country,” said Bill Damaschke, President of DreamWorks Theatricals, “and for American families to experience their favorite ogre and fairy tale creatures live on stage."

Tickets for Shrek the Musical begin at $28 and are available at the Ohio Theatre Box Office (39 E. State St.), all Ticketmaster outlets, and www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase by phone, please call (614) 469-0939 or (800) 745-3000. Orders for groups of 20 or more may be placed by calling (614) 719-6900. Performance schedule, prices, and cast are subject to change without notice. Groups of 10 or more should call 614-719-6900.

The performance schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, January 10, 8pm
Wednesday, January 11, 8pm
Thursday, January 12, 8pm
Friday, January 13, 8pm
Saturday, January 14, 2pm & 8pm
Sunday, January 15, 1pm & 6:30pm

Shrek the Musical features a book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize® winner David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole, Good People), music by Olivier Award-winner Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Caroline, or Change). Shrek the Musical is directed by Stephen Sposito who recently served as Associated Director of the current Broadway revival How To Succeed In Business starring Daniel Radcliffe. Sets and costumes are based on the Tony Award®-winning designs by Tim Hatley (Private Lives, Spamalot), and Chris Bailey will recreate the original choreography by Josh Prince (The Bridge Project, The Jerry Springer Opera).

Shrek the Musical was initiated when Sam Mendes, a big fan of the first Shrek film, suggested the idea of creating a musical to Dreamworks Animation’s Jeffrey Katzenberg around the time the second film was in production. The musical is produced by NETworks Presentations, LLC.

NETworks Presentations, LLC (Producer) was founded in 1995 by Kenneth Gentry, Seth Wenig, and Scott Jackson. NETworks has produced and managed more than 80 national and international touring productions. Previous productions include Little Women starring Maureen McGovern; Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson; Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall; The Light in the Piazza; My Fair Lady co-produced with Cameron Mackintosh; Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!; Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake; Annie; Hairspray; The Wizard of Oz; Handel’s Messiah Rocks; Spring Awakening; A Chorus Line; and many others. Joining returning productions of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Young Frankenstein, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific based on Lincoln Center Theater Production, Blue Man Group national tour and The New 25th Anniversary Tour of Les Misérables this season are Shrek The Musical, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, and Lincoln Center Theater production of War Horse touring the US.

The chart-topping original Broadway cast album for Shrek the Musical is available on Decca Broadway.

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