New York City Broadway Theater Guide

Little Shop of Horrors

Broadway Musical

Previews  August 29 2003
Opens  October 2 2003
Closed August 22 2004

Run 40 previews | 372 performances

Running Time  2 hrs | 1 intermission

Tickets  $70 to $100

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Creative  Howard Ashman book & lyrics | Alan Menken music | Kathleen Marshall choreographer | Jerry Zaks director

Opening Night Cast  Joey Fantone | Jessica-Snow Wilson | Douglas Sills | Rob Bartlett | Michael-Leon Wooley | Carla J Hargrove | Trisha Jeffrey | Dequina Moore

Opening Night Cast  Hunter Foster | Kerry Butler | Robert Evans | Michael-Leon Wooley | Carla J Hargrove | Trisha Jeffrey | Dequina Moore

Synopsis Audrey II is back, this time on the big boards. "Feed me, Seymour. Feed me." So, what does Seymour fee this hungry plant from outer space? Blood, of course, his own very fresh blood. And this sets the stage for how the search for food for an increasingly hungry, fast growing plant spur Seymour's attempts to wrest his true love's attentions from a sadistic dentist

TheaterScene Review

The mutating carnivorous plant that is the center piece of "Little Shop of Horrors" has taken root on Broadway. The musical version of schlock horror film-maker Roger Corman's comically tacky 1960 film is, under Jerry Zaks' exuberant direction, an unexpected delight...

Visit TheaterScene.net to read Simon Saltzman's complete review of Little Shop of Horrors 

Notes  Yep, you're right. Audrey II was supposed to hit Broadway in July, in time for an August 14th opening. As often happens on the road some changes have been made that pushed back the schedule. Original director Connie Grappo, who helmed the show during much of its out-of-town run was replaced by vet Jerry Zaks. Of the original cast slated to move with the show to New York only Hunter Foster survived the cut

The original off-Broadway run debuted July 27, 1982, at the Orpheum Theater and ran for a phenomenal 2,209 performances. The show starred Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene and was directed by wordsmith Ashman. Moranis and Greene reprised their roles in the 1986 film, joined by Steve Martin, James Belushi, John Candy and others. The whole shebang is based on the 1960 Roger Corman film penned  by Charles Griffith. This non-musical original "starred" Jonathan Haze and Jackie Joseph as Seymour and Audrey and, in his second credited film role, Jack Nicholson as Wilbur Force ("No Novocain, it dulls the senses!")

Interesting Tidbit  You can rent your very own set of Audrey II puppets at Other Hand Productions

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