In this mini-episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at Shrek, the ogre who launched one of the biggest franchises of all time!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Shrek!, William Steig’s original 1990 children’s book
• Shrek, the 2001 animated movie directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jensen, written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S.H. Schulman, and starring Mike Meyers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow
• Shrek the Musical, the 2008 filmed Broadway musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, and starring Brian d’Arcy James, Sutton Foster, Daniel Breaker, and Christopher Sieber

Footnotes:

• William Steig’s Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969) and Doctor De Soto (1982)
• A comparison of the costumes from the current touring company of Shrek the Musical to the original Broadway production

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