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Coming to a theater near me, Shrek the Musical will have its “out of town tryout” in Seattle at the end of this summer before opening on Broadway. Disney has been opening Broadway musicals from its movie archives at a rapid clip and this is Dreamworks’ first foray into the field. Director Sam Mendes pitched the idea in 2003 and is a consultant to the production which is actually being directed by Jason Moore of “Avenue Q.” Thus, the question of course is: will there be puppets? This 2006 article on Moore says Shrek will be “with puppets of course.” But, it’s sure to be more family-friendly than the raunchy “Avenue Q.”

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