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DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. have announced that Shrek the Musical will play an exclusive world premiere engagement at The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, August 14–September 21, prior to opening on Broadway in the fall of 2008. Preview performances will begin in early November at a theater to be announced.

Shrek the Musical is an entirely new musical based on the story and characters from William Steig’s book Shrek!. The characters of Shrek, Donkey and Fiona, and the other inhabitants of "Far, Far Away" have been featured in three major animated films and a popular television special to date. The first Shrek feature film hit theaters in the summer of 2001, and went on to win the first-ever Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature. The 2004 sequel, Shrek 2, remains the third highest grossing movie of all time and highest grossing animated film of all time. The latest chapter of the Shrek story, Shrek the Third, is the 2nd highest grossing film of 2007. Shrek the Halls, the recent ABC television special, was one of the most watched TV programs of 2007.

If after all that media saturation, you somehow still feel a lack of Shrek in your life, 5th Avenue Theatre season subscriptions are available starting February 4th and single tickets for Shrek the Musical go on sale June 13th.