If you go
› What: “Shrek the Musical”› Where: Signal Mountain Playhouse, 205 Rolling Way› When: 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, July 6-7, 13-14, 20-21 and 27-28› Admission: $15 ages 13 and older, $5 ages 12 and younger; cash only› For more information: 423-764-7219
Greg Glover is cast in the title role of Shrek in the Signal Mountain Playhouse’s production of “Shrek the Musical.” Playhouse newcomer Kara Funke is Fiona. (Photo: Sheila Cannon)Signal Mountain Playhouse is opening a musical ‘Shrek-tacular’ on Friday, July 6, as its annual summer production.
“Shrek the Musical” will be presented on Friday and Saturday nights through the month of July in the playhouse amphitheater. WRCB news anchor Greg Glover is cast in the title role of the cynical ogre who just wants to be left alone in his swamp, but is sent on an epic quest with his sassy donkey sidekick.
“Shrek The Musical” is based on the 2001 DreamWorks Animation film “Shrek” and William Steig’s book of the same name. The book and lyrics for the musical are by David Lindsay-Abaire with music by Jeanine Tesori. The Broadway production opened in 2008, and ran for just over a year before a U.S. tour began in 2010.
As the story opens, Shrek is content to live alone in a swamp when a band of fairy-tale characters show up at his door. They’ve been banished from the Kingdom of Duloc by the evil Lord Farquaad, under penalty of death if they return to their homes, and they inform Shrek that he, too, has lost his home.