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• “Shrek the Musical” piles on the promotions, gets ready to launch its national tour in July of 2010

  Jim Hill discusses the many things that DreamWorks Theatricals & Neal Productions have done recently in an effort to make their show stand out from the crowd on Broadway Read More... Posted Friday, October 02, 2009 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: D23, D23 EXPO, Daniel Breaker, special event, Pinocchio, Festival of Ogre-sized Fun, Fiona, understudy, understudy concert, Sutton Foster, talkback, talkback session, talkback sessions, standby, September, November, musical, May, Lord Farquaad , Laura Laureano, Johnny and the Sprites , January, I Know It's Today, I'm a Believer, Hannah Beatt, general public, giveaways, Fairytale Creatures, Donald Margulies, Donkey, dragon, dragon puppet, December , Chicago, Brian D'Arcy James, Broadway, Broadway in Chicago, Broadway musical, Ben Crawford, At This Performance, August, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, Time Stands Still, John Tartaglia , Christmas, Christopher Sieber , Sameul J Friedman Theatre, little wooden boy, Manhattan Theatre Club, Broadway Theatre, Build A Wall, DreamWorks, DreamWorks Theatricals, Shrek, Shrek the Halls, Shrek the Musical, SHREKtember, SHREKtoberfest, NYC, October, national tour, Monkees

• Universal Studios Hollywood freshens up for the Fall

  During a recent trip to Southern California, Jim dropped by USH and discovered that lots of changes have been made to both the Upper & Lower Lot Read More... Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: Curious George, soundstage , source material , Southern California, special event, special events, kiddie play area, King Kong , Labor Day, cartoon series, Castle Theatre, full-length animated feature, press release , The Adventures of Curious George, park, PBS Kids, Fear Factor Live, fire, Visual Effects, V-Rex, walk-through attraction , Universal, Universal City, Universal City Plaza, Universal Studios, Universal Studios Hollywood , tourists, tram , Tram Tour, theme parks, The Simpsons, The Simpsons Ride, The Universal Experience, studio insiders , studio theme park, Summer, Spring , stagecraft, Simpsons, slow season, screenplay, remake, replacement, poster , Peter Jackson, original, newish, Nickelodeon Blast Zone, November, movies, musical, Naomi Watts , Los Angeles, Lower Lot , Lucille Ball, Lucy, Lucy: A Tribute, June , Jaws, Imagine Entertainment , Hollywood, guest experience, Halloween Horror Nights, Fall, Creature from the Black Lagoon -- The Musical, Collapsing Bridge, Carl Laemmle, Brad Bird, attendance levels, attraction, attractions, audience participation, Audio Animatronics, Autumn , animated feature, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1986, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, Universal's Halloween Horror Nights, Upper Lot , USH, 1915 , 1933, 1955, interactive, Steven Spielberg, storyline , choreography, ride, ride designer, ride designers , rides, ride-thru attraction , Robert A Mattey , Little Shop of Horrors, maquette , March, battle sequence , animatronic , archives , horror film , blockbuster, blueprints , Bob Gurr , exhibit, movie, show, shows, October, New York Street

• Tune Tuesday : "Shrek the Musical" gets off to a great start in Seattle

  WARNING !! There be spoilers ahead in this preview piece about DreamWorks Theatrical's Broadway-bound production. Which is a musical adaptation of DW's Academy Award-winning animated feature Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:00 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: The Little Mermaid, David Lindsay-Abaire , Great White Way, 5th Avenue Theater , 9 to 5 : The Musical, LA, Ahmanson Theater, Fiona, world premiere, Young Frankenstein, YouTube, Walt Disney, Tim Hatley, The Walt Disney Company, The Lion King, swamp, spoilers, stage, stage show , stage version, Snow White, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Seattle, second act, playhouse, playset, Ponyo, Poppa Ogre, outhouse, out-of-town, November, movie-based musical, music, musical, musical adaptation, Mickey Mouse, Lord Farquaad , librettist, Julie Taymor, Jason Moore , I Know It's Today, I Think I Got You Beat, Fantasia, Donkey, December , design team, designer, creative team , Cloris Leachman, Colony Theater, challenge song, Brian D'Arcy James, Broadway, Broadway musical, Big Apple , Big Bright Beautiful World, Big Green Ogre , audience, August, animated feature, Academy Award, Academy Award winner, Academy Award-winning, 2001, 2008, title character, Jeanine Tesori , 1928, introductory number, Steamboat Willie, strategy, childhood, choreographer, Rob Ashford, Broadway production, Broadway Theatre, Broadway-bound, diecast, director , Disney, DreamWorks, DreamWorks Theatricals, DW, backstory, movie, movie theater, the Colony Theater, Shrek, Shrek the Musical, NYC, ogre, opening, opening night, opening number, Walt Disney Company, theater, theater community, New York, New York audiences, New York City, composer, Momma Ogre