Shrek the Musical Revived at Area Stage Company
Performing Arts
Published 1/15/21
Directed by Giancarlo Rodaz and performed by seven irrepressibly talented young actors, this dynamic production earned rave reviews and had audiences shrieking with laughter in its 2018 run. See what you missed when Shrek returns January 22nd through the 31st at Area Stage Company’s brand new Outdoor Theatre in the heart of Sunset Place.Rodaz’s intimate, inventively low-tech version of the Broadway musical, based on the 2001 Dreamworks animated hit, with score by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, was universally praised by critics. “Imagination substitutes for big budget in delightful Shrek,” proclaimed veteran theatre critic Bill Hirschman in Florida Theater On Stage , who praised “the energy, enthusiasm, imagination, and sheer talent of everyone involved” resulting in “a production often more delightful, charming and occasionally even more touching” than the $24 million 2008 Broadway original.“Versatile, …