Before I begin my review of "Shrek: The Musical", I have a confession to make: I've never seen a "Shrek" movie from start to finish. Just not my type of movie.

I went to see the show, almost begrudgingly, with a much younger relative & his parents. My only interest in this show was that Sutton Foster was playing "Fiona". I love Sutton Foster, and I've seen her in many things. Obviously, she was brilliant. Brian D'Arcy James, as "Shrek" was also fantastic. Their scenes together were excellent.

What I really wanted to talk about was the characters of "Donkey" & "Lord Farquad". Daniel Breaker, as "Donkey", was a joy to watch. He was hysterical & has a great singing voice. I think I saw him in one other thing, years ago, where he wasn't a main character, and he was great! I enjoyed watching him "ham it up".

Christopher Sieber plays "Lord Farquad", and he is such a comedic genius. The way this show creates "Lord Farquad", is so unique & brilliant, and Mr. Sieber handles the extremely challenging choreography with ease. I don't know how he sustained that while doing the show eight times a week.

I liked this show very much. Sure, there are parts that aren't as good or interesting as other parts, but overall it's such a good, fun, entertaining show. It's highly recommended.

It's entertaining. That's the most I can say. The first fifteen minutes are so bad and cringy, but it gets better once Donkey is introduced. All the songs are okay. There are no songs I would never listen to unless I was watching the whole show. The big thing the saves this musical for me is Donkey. He is the only character that I actually found funny. While Shrek and Fiona are entertaining, Donkey was the only one that I truly enjoyed watching. Some of the singing sounded very nasally. I don't know if it was because of the audio or because of the singers, but it did not sound particularly good. Over all, this ain't my least favorite musical, but it's no where close to my favorite.

Those people that complained it wasn't like the movie have apparently never been to a Broadway show that a movie was adapted from. It is hardly ever the same. I actually like this version better than the movie and I like the movie. They went into the past more and to me that made the story make more sense.

Sound of Music stage production- different than the movie

Grease stage production (original) - different than the movie

Frozen stage production- different than the movie and in a different order

Shall I go on? Take a hint nay sayers - this is the exact reason I ignore the reviews - I like to make up my in mind and think for myself!