Sneak Peek at Shrek the Musical's Opening Night!

[survivor297]

I met Chris! he's very nice and was amazing in Shrek. =)

[broadwaybabe1234]

i dance at the 5th ave theater in seattle and he kept walking through the studio to get to the stage... it was so cool!! i got to high five him!!

[kstar121]

QQ [quick question]:

How on earth do they make Pinnochio's nose grow? It looks so fake here but I know they must do it somehow on stage.

[YoungFrankensteinFan]

i think they operate it off stage, because last weekend Pinnochio's nose broke in half after it grew and there was this little cord-looking thing holding it together, and then it looked like it was being pulled up and John Tartaglia wasn't doing anything. but i don't know. :)

[TheDramaQueen]

I saw Shrek from the front row lotto seats two weeks ago with a friend of mine and it looked like Pinnochio had something in his hand that controlled the nose. I'm not positive though. We did see an understudy, so if that is the case John Tartaglia is probably more practiced on hiding it.

[YoungFrankensteinFan]

ahh, okay, you're probably right. i was sitting in one of the side boxes, so i was further away.

[LaBavardeSC]

Oh sad! It was a great show though, wasn't it? I loved it. I wish you could have seen John in it...he's truly amazing.

[SRfangirl]

It is...and John is, though if you do see him in it, look close at his right hand the first time his nose goes out. You spot it when you look for it.

[bezzybecks123]

yh that controls the noes it doesn't matter if he shows it though cos once he showed it during the show wen he was trying to get the fary tale creatuers attention

[thebrainlessfop]

When a theatre around here did Pinnochio, they explained how it worked. Basically he has little air hoses going from his nose along both sides of his cheeks and up to his hat. And there's got to be a little switch or something that pumps air into his nose. The kid who was Pinnochio in the theatre had a little air pump in his pocket that he squeezed.  I'm guessing that since this is on Broadway they might have something higher tech than that. ;)

[fredalltheway]

they explained it in Episode 10:Fairy tale Creatures in shrekthemusical

Theres a switch in his finger which he moves up and down.

[crazyking1325]

WOAH, DRAGON GOT A MAKE-OVER

[broadwaylovex]

I saw this last night.

it was INCREDIBLE from start to finish.

The end of act 1 gave me chills.

and act two was equally as good.

EVERYONE should see this NOW!

[Merboy108]

CAN U Explain something 2 me??? in ur opnion was dragon good?? wat were those ladies in the suits supposed cuz i heard they are the scales

[broadwaylovex]

it was really cool and really well done. i think it was just for the effect of a big creature. i liked it.

[broadwaybabe1234]

im not a big fan of the dragon... i thought it was better in the seattle run

[ztslovebird]

Have I told you recently that you're amazing?

[cdgunzz97]

Great! i want to see this in nyc soo bad again! i saw it once in new york and it was great!

[ztslovebird]

You did? LUCKY! I'm going in January, and I can't WAIT!!! I feel like a little kid who was just told they're going to Disney for the first time!