'I'm a Believer' Goes from Screen to Stage in Shrek the Musical

"I'm in love....oooooh!" The 1966 Monkees hit “I'm a Believer” has been added to Shrek the Musical. A popular element in the first Shrek feature film (in which it was sung by Smash Mouth and Eddie Murphy, who played Donkey), the song had previously been played in an instrumental version as audiences left the theater. Beginning on October 2 the entire company will perform “I’m a Believer” from the stage of the Broadway Theatre.

Composed by Neil Diamond, “I’m a Believer” became a number 1 hit for the Monkees on December 31, 1966, and remained there for seven weeks, becoming the biggest-selling record of 1967. It was featured on the soundtrack for the first Shrek film in 2001.

Shrek the Musical stars Brian d'Arcy James as Shrek, Sutton Foster as Princess Fiona, Christopher Sieber as Lord Farquaad, Daniel Breaker as Donkey and Robb Sapp as Pinocchio.

The cast also features Cameron Adams, Tessa Albertson, Rōzi Baker, Haven Burton, Bobby Daye, Ryan Duncan, Sarah Jane Everman, Maya Goldman, Justin Greer, Colleen Hawks, Lisa Ho, Chris Hoch, Marty Lawson, Jacob Ming-Trent, Carolyn Ockert-Haythe, Denny Paschall, Keven Quillon, Noah Rivera, Heather Jane Rolff, Jennifer Simard, Rachel Stern, Dennis Stowe, David F.M. Vaughn, Maia Nkenge Wilson, Ryan Worsing and Kirsten Wyatt.