Man-eating plants just in time for Halloween? Yes, please. But not just any man-eating plant, we’re talking about the infamous Audrey II of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s Little Shop of Horrors, now taking root at Theatre Under the Stars in a brand-new production of the oft-beloved musical. The show...
But not just any man-eating plant, we’re talking about the infamous Audrey II of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman ’sThe show centers around a little florist shop on Skid Row with a big problem – no customers. At the end of another sale-less day, the owner, Mr. Mushnik, tells his two employees, Seymour and Audrey, not to bother coming in the next day; he’s shutting it down. In an effort to change his mind, Audrey tells Mr.
Alan Menken’s score, here under the skillful direction of Dr. John Cornelius, is rooted in 1960s pop, overwhelmingly upbeat and catchy with plenty of numbers you might find yourself humming on the way home. Kiara Caridad, Simone Gundy, and Sarah Sachi provide the production’s vocal through line as a Greek chorus meets Supremes-style girl group.
On the other end of the spectrum, Dan De Luca brings a superbly unhinged energy to show as semi-sadist Dr. Orin Scrivello D.D.S., complete with a drawn-out, exhaled delivery of all his lines and an insane, nitrous oxide-induced insane.Mark Ivy’s Mushnik is over-the-top and scheming, which all culminates in the terribly fun “Mushnik and Son.” It, of course, includes the “Mushnik and Son” tango, brilliantly imagined by choreographer Monica Josette and executed to perfection by Ivy and Riordan.
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