How big is that dragon in "Shrek the Musical," now showing at the Orpheum Theatre through Jan. 2? To the unschooled eye, it looks like it takes up almost the whole stage. According to Tom Bartlett ...

Dragon, also known as Aretha, takes up a good bit of the rehearsal stage. The puppet is 16 feet long, has a 14-foot wing span and weighs 35 pounds. Five puppeteers keep the dragon floating across ...

His biggest piece to date — a 26-foot-long, 10-foot-tall purple dragon puppet with eyes that blink — debuts this week in Magik Theatre 's “Shrek.” ...

“The puppets [in Shrek] couldn’t be more different. There are several puppets in the national tour, but we have this big new beautiful dragon puppet, which is like 24 feet long and magnificent.

There are more than two dozen different puppets in CT Rep’s “Shrek” — “as small as a sunflower and as big as a dragon,” Perry says.

SHREK designer Tim Hatley revealed that, "The biggest change is the dragon. It will be a different creature from the puppet/soul trio on Broadway -- "I think we've finally gotten it right." ...

For "Shrek the Musical" she has created another large-scale dragon for audiences to enjoy. The singing 15-foot-tall dragon slithers its 20-foot-long body around the stage operated by four puppeteers.

In the song “Forever,” a life-sized dragon puppet covered the expanse of the stage as three puppeteers controlled the movements, from tail to eyelashes.

Senior, Amy Snyder, plays Fiona. Senior, Haley Gendell, voices the Gingerbread Man and Dragon. However, the actual Dragon takes form in a 13-foot-long puppet that is held by six crew members, ...

The puppets were a bold choice that paid off in the long run, providing an opportunity to showcase talented vocalists in multiple roles, but without a towering dragon, which has been a hallmark of ...