ODDS
87%
That Brian d’Arcy James, trying not to channel Mike Myers, will do his damnedest to get beyond the Gumby jokes.
65%
That he’ll be upstaged by an ass (the formidable Chester Gregory II—previously seen as a gorilla in Tarzan—plays Donkey).
12%
That John Lithgow will take a break from All My Sons over on West 45th and put in a cameo as Lord Farquaad.
95%
That Sutton Foster (Princess Fiona) will have funnier material than she did in the ultrasucky Young Frankenstein.
2%
That Jeanine Tesori’s score will incorporate the Monkees’ “I’m a Believer,” like the movie did.
Shrek starts previews Nov 8 at the Broadway Theatre.
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