'Shrek' will open Dec. 14 on Broadway after Seattle tryout
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Still no actor to play the title character, but "Shrek the Musical," the Broadway-bound adaptation of the popular DreamWorks Animation SKG feature, has its spirited princess, villain, opening date and New York theater.
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Variety - (Variety) NEW YORK Road grosses jumped a huge 36.6% to &#36;14,978,801 during Week 31 (Dec. 27-Jan. 2) as six shows returned to the boards after a Christmas hiatus: "Peter Pan" (&#36;894,418), "The Graduate" (&#36;671,345), Movin' Out" (&#36;880,108), "The King and I" (&#36;465,897), "Hairspray" (&#36;884,103) and one company of "The Producers" (&#36;910,350). "Spamalot" (&#36;893,388) and "All Shook Up" (&#36;721,445 in nine perfs) continued their pre-Broadway runs in Chicago.
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If you've heard anything about veteran animator Henry Selick recently, it's probably in relation to his delightful stop-motion sea creatures in Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou," which opened in New York and Los Angeles last weekend.
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Playbill - The company that was immortalized in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" will return to the favor by offering  100 ticket buyers cans of a new SPAM flavor when the Shubert Theatre box office for the upcoming Broadway musical Monty Python's Spamalot opens Dec. 6.
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After a $45 million makeover the attraction opened Friday for the first of several previews after being closed for 19 months. The park officially opens to the public on December 9th.
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Tales of a family of superheroes  and a green ogre are expected to dominate U.S. entertainment  this week with the Friday releases of "Shrek 2" on DVD and  video and "The Incredibles" in theaters.
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Buoyed by the smash box office successes of Shrek 2 and Shark Tale, DreamWorks Animation is planning to go public with a share sale which is expected to raise as much as $650m (Â£364m).
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Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Bombay Dreams," a hit musical in London which received mixed reviews on Broadway, could soon open in the city that inspired the story.
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A musical version of J.R.R Tolkien&#039;s trilogy &amp;quot;The Lord of the Rings&amp;quot; is to open at London&#039;s historic Theatre Royal, Drury Lane next year, replacing the current smash hit &amp;quot;The Producers&amp;quot;.
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com Staff. DreamWorks Animation Studios announced it was pushing the release date for its highly anticipated feature Shrek 3 from November 2006 to May 2007.
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Cameron Diaz and former boyfriend Justin Timberlake are expected at the UK premiere of their film Shrek the Third.
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Playbill - In Wisconsin, where audiences like their musicals quirky and with lots of local color, Madison Repertory Theatre will open its season with Muskie Love - a rare musical named after a freshwater game fish.
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A guest ogre has been recruited for the Shrek 2 DVD. It's none other than that caustic Brit Simon Cowell of TV's American Idol  doing what he does best: passing judgment.
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The Broadway musical that broke a batch of records will play its final performance on April 22.
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The final Broadway opening  of the month takes place Thursday.
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Variety - Casting has been announced for Beach Boys musical "Good Vibrations," due on Broadway in December.
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Get ready for some cast changes &#151; all Broadway debuts &#151; in the New York company of "The Color Purple."