Broadway is Expensive. Times Square is a pain to walk through. Intermission isn't enough time to scarf down that $12 Watered-Down-Mojito which you can't bring to your seat. And that jerk in front of you is going to give a standing ovation to a reading of the telephone book. Why bother? We give you each of your (not so)
favorite Broadway shows, ten minutes at a time.

Broadway is a bunch of jerks.

By Gil on Saturday, May 31, 2008 | 8 Comments

Because they made a stupid, stupid Shrek musical.

And then they put Sutton Foster in it.

And that made my girlfriend insist that I buy us some tickets today.

But what makes them really jerks is that they also put Brian d'Arcy James, Christopher Sieber, John Tartaglia, and Jennifer Simard in it. Which makes it possible for me to not mind that much about seeing a Shrek musical.

So. Jerks.

On the flipside, seeing Shrek in December has cemented our recent annual tradition of seeing a big overblown low-expectations high-budget musical on our anniversary. This one seems like a fantastic follow up to last year's selection of Little Mermaid. So yeah, traditions are important to me.

8 Comments

Anonymous | May 31, 2008 11:39 AM

They've also put Jennifer Waiser, of Urinetown in it too.With music by Jeanne Testori. :(

The_Drowsy_Kaye | May 31, 2008 12:13 PM

I'm telling you Gil. Shrek is not going to be as bad as it sounds.And it sounds really bad.

Anonymous | June 1, 2008 10:58 AM

You all are for more optimistic than I am.I look forward to your genuine review, Gil, and an abridgement, perhaps?-Wade

Anonymous | June 1, 2008 1:51 PM

Tesori, so you know the score is going to be dreadfully uneven and wrong for that kind of musical. In interviews, she commented that she made it a "deep score". LMAO!! Total opposite of what Shrek should be!

Chris Caggiano | June 3, 2008 11:06 AM

As far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing as a wasted night in the theater. Even if the show is terrible -- especially if a show is terrible -- at least I get to blog about it and warn people of the pain and suffering that awaits. Watch for my review of Saved, for example. Oy.

Gil | June 3, 2008 11:08 AM

I want to hear what you have to say about Saved... I saw it, and even if I had the time to abridge it, I wouldn't have wanted to take the time...

Anonymous | June 8, 2008 8:50 PM

Sutton Foster rules!!!!!!

Gil | June 9, 2008 8:46 AM

Thank you anonymous commenter #7. Very helpful.

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