Theater Review: Jonathan Groff (dailyjgroff), TammyBlanchard and ChristianBorle in a terrific revival of the beloved cult musical, 'Little Shop of Horrors'
, librettist-lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken's inspired 1982 overhaul of Roger Corman's 1960 sci-fi comedy about a man-eating plant, a cheapie made on recycled sets for a mere $28,000.
In this case, that puts us closer to a never-better Jonathan Groff as Seymour Krelborn, the Skid Row florist shop worker who makes a Faustian pact with the carnivorous succulent.
Blanchard isn't a perfect vocal fit and has some minor pitch problems, but her performance is a lovely combination of grit and vulnerability. Her yearning is tenderly moving on the soaring "I want" song, "Somewhere That's Green," as is her rapturous transformation in the duet with Groff, "Suddenly Seymour," in which Audrey is purified by the unaccustomed experience of being loved by a kind and decent man.
The third bit of star casting here is two-time Tony winner Christian Borle as Audrey's sadistic dentist boyfriend Orin Scrivello, D.D.S., who becomes the hungry plant's first substantial meal. Tossing off his leather jacket to reveal the orthodontist's lab coat underneath, Borle puts his own mischievous spin on his line readings, both in the misogynistic douche's snide dialogue and his triumphant anthem of cruelty, "Dentist.
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