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variety.com - 10/22/2009

'Shrek the Musical' to close Jan. 3

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B.O. fluctuation shuts down DreamWorks project "Shrek the Musical," the first legit outing from DreamWorks Theatricals, will shutter Jan. 3 after a little more than a year on the boards. With the production long prone to significantly fluctuating weekly grosses, many legiters suspected a closing ...

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variety.com - 10/19/2009

Mitchell faces 'Monster' task at WB

— variety.com — 'Shrek' director signs on for 'Squad' Warner Bros. has tapped "Shrek Forever After" director Mike Mitchell to... helm its long-gestating comedy-fantasy project "Monster Squad" with Warner-based Donald De Line producing. McG had been attached to direct in ... Mitchell faces 'Monster' task at WB

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hometownhollywood.com - 10/25/2009

‘Shrek The Musical’ Broadway Curtains Closing

— hometownhollywood.com — Time to dim the lights on this ogre. After a nearly year-long run, Broadway’s Shrek The Musical... will close on January 3. On Wednesday, DreamWorks Theatricals producer Bill Damaschke announed that Shrek The Musical will close early next year after a 441-performance run. A national tour kicks off ... ‘Shrek The Musical’ Broadway Curtains Closing

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reelpretty.com - 10/22/2009

DreamWorks Theatricals gets an “F” for attendance on it’s first major project

— reelpretty.com — Shrek the Musical opened on Broadway last December to mixed reviews and came away with only 1... Tony Award, out of it’s 8 nominations, for costume design, but DreamWorks Theatricals still had high hopes for it’s first major project. Well, as the saying goes….”you win ... DreamWorks Theatricals gets an “F” for attendance on ...

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SFX — ... Werewolf In London benchmark, while we reckon Anthony Hopkins' performance as the Wolfman's weird dad is going to explore new dimensions of glorious hamminess. Jurassic Park III (and future Captain America) director Joe Johnston is the man calling the shots on the movie, which opens on Friday 12 February 2010. It's All Ogre On the big screen he's the biggest ogre in town. Alas, it seems Broadway's too big a swamp for Shrek, whose stage musical is going to shut up shop on 3 January. Variety says that wildly fluctuating box office figures have been the problem since the show ...

Death Comes for Shrek: The Musical [Trade Round-up]
Gawker — ... of a farting contest (we're not kidding, watch the clip), finally accepted the call of gravity just under a year after its debut. [ Variety ] • The immediate fate of ...

Death Comes for Shrek: The Musical
Gawker: defamer — ... of a farting contest (we're not kidding, watch the clip), finally accepted the call of gravity just under a year after its debut. [Variety] ...

DreamWorks Theatricals gets an “F” for attendance on it’s first major project
Reel Pretty — Shrek the Musical opened on Broadway last December to mixed reviews and came away with only 1 Tony Award, out of it’s 8 nominations, for costume design, but DreamWorks  Theatricals still had high hopes for it’s first major project. Well, as the saying goes….”you win some, you lose some”. DreamWorks lost some on this one. According to Variety: During its run, “Shrek” proved that it could attract some tourist auds, consistently posting gains in weeks when Gotham saw a rise in visitors. But Broadway box office never held steady at the kind of high numbers many ...