How big is that dragon in "Shrek the Musical," now showing at the Orpheum Theatre through Jan. 2? To the unschooled eye, it looks like it takes up almost the whole stage.

Steven Taliaferro fully embodies the title character, the green ogre who, like an onion, is made up of layers.

Actors who played the role of Dragon Puppeteer: Bradley Jaden,Damien Poole,Jon-Scott Clark,Jonathan Stewart,Ste Clough [West End] ...

Nearly 18 feet high and weighing about 1,200 pounds, this was one big dragon. The scaly pink puppet was meant to be a super-sized crowd-pleaser, says Jason Moore, director of the Broadway ...

After a tryout in Seattle, “Shrek the Musical” opened on Broadway in December 2008. Despite mixed reviews, it got eight Tony nods, including best musical, and ran for just over a year.

Though the musical is still called Shrek, there is more to it than Shrek’s story of being hated and ostracized from society — an experience most of the cast is familiar with.

“Shrek the Musical,” which received a mixed critical reaction when it opened on Broadway in 2008 and ran for a respectable but unprofitable 441 performances, seems like an ultra-solid road ...

Shrek the Musical is full of laughs, love, and larger-than-life fun. The show follows the unforgettable journey of Shrek, Fiona, Donkey and a fire-breathing dragon as they take the stage in this ...

‘Shrek the Musical’ The trend of adapting animated movies to the stage continues with this first attempt by DreamWorks to cut in on the bounty that Disney has enjoyed on Broadway.

The subdued dragon puppetry would have been less noticeable if Mefford and the show had not taken such a trite approach in conveying the musical’s main themes. Shrek is, at its core, an ...