Star Tribune - Recommended

"...A play has its work cut out for it when it follows a wildly popular animated movie, as “Shrek The Musical” does. To be successful, it needs to be different enough to justify itself and similar enough to retain its fan base. Children’s Theatre Company’s current production is mostly successful in making the case for the big green monster’s rightful place onstage."
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Twin Cities Daily Planet - Recommended

"...What more is there to say? Shrek the Musical is a show for people who loved the movie or the original children's book on which the film was based. You won't leave whistling the tunes-in fact, you'd be hard-pressed to remember any of them, aside from Neil Diamond's "I'm a Believer"-but you will leave with some good memories of fun times, a killer Dragon song & dance number, and, probably, an onstage farting contest."
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press - Somewhat Recommended

"...It's not a bad show, and I might have thought that the animated film was just too difficult to translate very well to the stage, except that I saw a different production of the same musical a few years ago that was stellar (even better than the movie). Shrek and Fiona's story may be remarkable, but this version just isn't."
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How Was The Show - Recommended

"...Songs and music were composed by Jeanine Tesori. Lyrics are by David Lindsay-Abaire (he also wrote the book). The songs represent the value-added aspect of Shrek, The Musical, so here’s the Big Question: are they worth the large dollars CTC charges for a ticket? Well, you tell me. The songs are certainly lovely, but they also feel static. They don’t advance the story as much as I would prefer. But maybe I’m wrong. Certainly the audience had a grand time."
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