From Donkey’s Mouth and Other Short Stories

Immediately he took the load off the donkey. I should have been little more careful," thought the washer man. Then he gave some water to the donkey. The donkey felt better now. I made a mistake. I should have taken half the load when the donkey requested me. Now I realize sharing a burden is easier. There after both the donkey and the horse lived together.

The two then go back to Duloc, where Shrek interrupts the wedding before Farquaad can kiss Fiona, and Fiona convinces him to let Shrek speak with her. Shrek finally finds the words to express his feelings for Fiona, and he declares his love for her "Big Bright Beautiful World Reprise ". However, his declaration of love is mocked by Farquaad. Caught between love and her desire to break the curse, Fiona tries to escape the event.

Just then, the Fairytale Creatures storm into the wedding and protest their banishment. They are accompanied by Grumpy , one of the Seven Dwarfs , who reveals that he is Farquaad's father. He thinks that his invitation got lost in the mail, and he kicked Farquaad out at the age of 28 when he wouldn't move out of the basement, revealing Farquaad is a freak as well.

During the argument, the sun sets, causing Fiona to turn into an ogress in front of everyone. Farquaad, furious and disgusted over the change, orders for Shrek to be drawn and quartered along with the Fairytale Creatures and Fiona banished back to her tower. As Farquaad proclaims himself the new King, Shrek whistles for the Dragon, who has now escaped the castle and is the reason Shrek and Donkey got to the wedding just in time.

Dragon then crashes through the window with Donkey and incinerates Farquaad with her fiery breath. With Farquaad dead, Shrek and Fiona admit their love for each other and share true love's first kiss.

Fiona's curse is broken, and she takes her true form: At first, she is ashamed of her looks, but Shrek declares that she is still beautiful. The two ogres begin a new life together along with Donkey and the Fairytale Creatures , as everyone celebrates what makes them special "This Is Our Story" and they all live happily ever after "I'm A Believer". The Orchestra includes one bass guitar player, one trumpeter, one trombonist, two guitar players, one drummer, two violinists, two reed players, one horn player, two keyboard players, a cello player, and a percussion player.

The guitar players double on ukulele, mandolins, electric guitars, and acoustic guitars. The trumpeter doubles on a flugelhorn and a piccolo trumpet. The trombonist doubles on tenor and bass trombones. The bass player doubles on the upright bass, the electric bass, and the 5-string bass guitar. The first reed doubles on alto sax, clarinet, flute, and piccolo. The second reed doubles on soprano sax, baritone sax, tenor sax, flute, bass clarinet, and clarinet. The original Broadway orchestration included an additional trumpet, an additional trombone, two more violinists, one more cellist, and two more reed players.

In this orchestration, the first reed doubles on piccolo, flute, and recorder. The second reed doubles on oboe, English horn, clarinet, and alto sax. The third reed doubles on flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, and tenor sax. The fourth reed doubles on clarinet, bassoon, and baritone sax. The original Broadway cast recording was recorded on January 12, , and was released on March 24, , by Decca Broadway Records.

It was later included as part of a Highlighted Cast Recording, released on November 17, An original Spanish-language cast recording featuring the Madrid cast was recorded between August and September , and released in September.

The Spanish album includes later added songs "Forever" and "I'm a Believer", as well as different orchestrations to the Broadway recording and the arrangements made for the national tour. The musical has received mixed to positive reviews from critics. As the title character, a misanthropic green ogre who learns to love, the talented Mr. As the evil, psychologically maimed Lord Farquaad, the very droll Christopher Sieber is required to walk on his knees, with tiny fake legs dangling before him — an initially funny sight gag that soon drags".

He praises Sutton Foster as "an inspired, take-charge musical comedian Foster manages both to make fun of and exult in classical musical-comedy moves while creating a real, full character at the same time. Any "theme-park cutesiness is offset by the mischievous humor in David Lindsay-Abaire's book and lyrics. The production's real achievement, however, is that the busy visuals and gargantuan set-pieces never overwhelm the personalities of the actors or their characters.

The ensemble is talented and the four leads, in particular, couldn't be better. The Associated Press said that "the folks at DreamWorks have done their darndest to make sure we are entertained at Shrek the Musical, the company's lavish stage adaptation of its hit animated movie. For much of the time, they succeed, thanks to the talent and ingratiating appeal of the show's four principal performers. The show's massive sets and colorful costumes both courtesy of Tim Hatley are so visually eye-catching that they often distract from what's going on with the story and score.

Composer Jeanine Tesori has written attractive, eclectic, pop-flavored melodies that range from a jaunty 'Travel Song' to a gutsy duet called 'I Got You Beat' for Shrek and Fiona that revels in rude noises. It is the most ingeniously wacky, transcendently tasteless Broadway musical since The Producers , and more family-friendly than that gag-fest. There are the usual nods to more fully realized shows, from Gypsy to A Chorus Line , and Jeanine Tesori's blandly ingratiating score doesn't feature any songs you're likely to be humming 20 years from now.

However, due to the national tour and West End productions running considerably longer, the idea was put on-hold. The original principal cast appear, as well as various alumni across the show's Broadway run. Also, it keeps the song "Donkey Pot Pie" instead of the replacement, "Forever.

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Please relocate any relevant information into other sections or articles. Others cheered and waved palm branches back and forth. Some of them even bowed low to the ground as he passed by. Singing, shouting and rejoicing filled the air around him. Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! It was already late when they entered Jerusalem. Now go to sleep — you need your rest. Jacob tried to sleep, but he could not stop thinking about the amazing things that had just happened to him.

He kept running through the events of the day over and over again. Perhaps there will be even more people. Perhaps they will honor me with presents and gifts this time! He dreamed about parades and music and people cheering. He woke up early the next morning. So off he ran to the marketplace.

Large groups of people were already up and about. Jacob marched proudly down the center of the road waiting for the people to start cheering. No one waved any palm branches. No one put any coats on the ground. Jacob went to the area outside the temple. Once again he called out to the people and even ran around and kicked up his heels.

But no one paid any attention to him. One mean old man even yelled and threw a piece of fruit at him. Jacob ran back to his mother crying and confused. He found her and threw himself upon her, just sobbing and sobbing. Yesterday they treated me like a king! One of them even yelled at me! Why are they treating me so differently?

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