Little Shop of Horrors

Skid Row (Downtown)

Little Shop of Horrors is about Seymour, a meek nerd, who got adopted by Mr. Mushnik, an owner of a flower shop in downtown Skid Row and works for him as an assistant with his female associate Audrey. While being as a florist, he develops a crush with Audrey and buys a strange plant, on the day of a solar eclipse. He names the plant Audrey II and discovers the plant can talk, eat only human flesh, grow tremendously and ends up taking over the world.

Somewhere That’s Green

Little Shop of Horrors is important to me because it was my first role as an actor. It started during my senior year of high school when I got cast in our high school production as the lead role of Audrey II. When I auditioned for the production, I didn’t have a monologue memorized and had to do a cold read but did horrific during the dance section. I got excited because I made it to the callbacks, but when I was there, I had originally read for Mr. Mushnik.

Suddenly, Seymour

Little Shop of Horrors is a truly amazing musical. It’s a colorful Broadway musical that was inspired by the black and white film that featured Jack Nicholson. This musical masterpiece was created by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman and has a tremendous Greek chorus that consists of three Motown-style singers that are African American women named Chiffon, Crystal and Ronette. The production is a singing and dancing science fiction black comedy and talks about abusive relationships and murder with a hilarious twist.

Tip: You can purchase the rights for this musical production and perform at your local theatre at the Music Theatre International Website