If it’s possible for a great pair of legs to steal a show, then Lord Farquaad’s short, floppy puppet gams are the hilarious highlight of DreamWorks’ screen-to-stage adaption, Shrek the Musical, based on the 2001 animated film. At the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco, Shrek is chock full of wildly witty satirical fairytale humor. It refreshingly pokes fun at nearly every “once upon a time” character from Pinocchio to the Three Little Pigs to the Big Bad Wolf, and offers a delightfully funny twist to the stereotypical, storybook tale of the princess trapped in a tower waiting to be saved from an evil villain by a handsome hero.

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