By Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY It's not easy being green, especially when you're swathed in makeup and saddled with prosthetics. Actor Brian d'Arcy James figures it took him about 2 hours and 15 minutes to make his first transformation into the title character of Shrek: The Musical.

By GREG SUKIENNIK BOSTON (AP) -- William Steig, an illustrator for The New Yorker who was known as the "King of Cartoons" for his award-winning, best-selling children's books including "Shrek," has died.