| QUOTE (NY Times) |
| Relative Newcomers Picked to Create 'Shrek' Musical By JESSE McKINLEY Published: October 15, 2004 Placing its most successful franchise in the hands of two young theater talents with relatively short track records, the DreamWorks studio announced yesterday that a musical version of the animated film "Shrek" would come to Broadway under the direction of Jason Moore, best known for "Avenue Q," and with a script by the playwright David Lindsay-Abaire ("Fuddy Meers"). An exact timetable isn't set, but Sam Mendes, the acclaimed theater and film director who is producing the project with DreamWorks, said "Shrek" was expected to have an out-of-town tryout in 2006, followed by a move to Broadway. |