Production references Shrek The Musical
puss in boots makes silent cameo appearance during travel song . tips hat shrek , donkey , walks away. later, bunny screams after shrek calls him delicious. cow jumps on moon, , dish runs away spoon, while being pursued police. shrek , donkey later see giraffe , gazelles gazelle wheel in lion king (an excerpt circle of life plays during part of song).
as 2001 film, shrek ends song travel song ll do, donkey, ll ; reference similar phrase in film babe, in hoggett reassures ll do, pig. ll do.
king harold , queen lillian sang part during big bright beautiful world, explaining young fiona ogres monsters unloved everyone. walk past young shrek, taking young fiona them. waves @ shrek, lead away (the guards preceding them give impression taking fiona tower). later cut out of broadway production. similar part re-introduced national tour , london productions.
in know s today , how dream comes true, fiona sings there, god, s me, fiona? similar book entitled there, god, s me, margaret judy blume.
in morning person, of part fiona dances mice reminiscent of nightclub scene in bob fosse s sweet charity.
most of spoken lines taken first film, including muffin man scene between farquaad , gingy, , fiona explaining curse donkey.
welcome duloc original song film sung in musical. sung duloc dancers, resemble puppets sing in film.
originally orchestra played m believer after curtain call, of october 2, 2009, sung entire company @ end of performance.
at end of s up, duloc? , lord farquaad references defying gravity broadway musical wicked, when sings ...and no ones gonna bring me down! followed famous ending note. also, oft-repeated line hey-nonny-nonny-nonny-no taken song shy once upon mattress.
at end of forever , dragon s final line reference dreamgirls song , telling m not going . in adaptations of song in later productions, dragon performer appears alongside puppet (in previous performances, performer sang off-stage.) during
julie andrews, played queen lillian in shrek 2, shrek third, , shrek forever after, provides voice audio instructions before each performance reminds audience turn off cell phones, use of recording devices forbidden, etc. , if refuse, terrifying ogre leap stage, lift seat, , drag far, far away.
during story of life , 1 of show s musical numbers, mama bear sings mama s in mud, mama s in distress, nod song rose s turn musical gypsy.
during freak flag flag waved around face on it, resembles famous logo of young cosette les misérables.
during part of don t let me go on national tour, donkey sings music of take me or leave me , ll cover rent. makes reference la vie boheme same musical while chanting things , marching across stage in bridge of song.
during s up, duloc?, ensemble reference musical chicago.
during part of don t let me go original broadway recording, donkey makes reference part of world little mermaid.
donkey sings shrek don t speak, don t speak, don t speak, referencing dianne wiest , john cusack in bullets on broadway.
the opening of d reminiscent of bring him home les misérables.
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