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Ok, I don't know if this is the right section to post this, but the thread can always be moved.
Here is my review:
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Review: Little Shop Of Horrors is everything but a horror!
On the afternoon of October 5th, 2003, my mom and I went into NYC to see Little Shop on Broadway for my 14th Birthday.
October 2, 2003 the curtain for Little Shop went up for the first time. What a show this was. It was a new take on the original, but once they get people to see this show, it is going to be sold out every night. It is the first time on Broadway. It was originally on Off-Broadway a few years back. The show is 2 hours, with a 15-20 minute intermission. This is very short for a Broadway Musical, where the average musical is closer to 3 hours. You’ve just sat down, and then the 1st act is finished. They did make it as long as possible, basing the show off of a (estimated) 70-minute movie.
This show has new songs, such as “Closed For Renovation” but the new songs are needed. This is so because there is a new ending in the show, and the songs are good transition pieces leading into a new scene, and the new ending.
The ending has a twist that most moviegoers don’t know. The plant in the Broadway show eats the two main characters, where in the movie, Seymour kills Audrey 2, and he and Audrey live happily ever after. The accomplishment is that you learn to “love” the bad person, more than the good guys. By the end of the show, you are “rooting” for the plant. Plant humor is so hard to come by these days. Anyway, In the original movie, they shot it with this everyone dies ending, but because of legal reasons, they had to re-film the ending, with the now seen happily ever after ending.
The cast for this show is great. It includes, Hunter Foster, Seymour Krelbourn, Kerry Butler, Audrey, Rob Bartlett, Mushnik, Douglas Sills, Orin Scrivello, Michael-Leon Wooley, Voice of Audrey II, Trisha Jeffrey, Crystal, Carla J. Hargrove, Ronnette, DeQuina Moore, Chiffon. The whole cast was great. In the first act, Kerry Butler, Audrey, had a much stronger voice than she did in the second act. This is a very hard part to play, because most people have the remembrance that Ellen Greene did as Audrey, and Ms. Butler has to impersonate the part as best as possible.
The sets, and costumes were very cartoon-like. For Example, the sky in the show, was a white backdrop, with black squiggly lines. The sets in general were ok. They only had one main set (Mushniks’ Flower Shop) which was brought down stage center, by tracks in the floor. The main backdrop was of building’s, which looked like they came right out of a comic book. When they needed another set, (the street) the Flower Shop set, was pulled upstage, and a curtain dropped, covering the back half of the stage (including the Flower Shop). What made up for the lack of elaborate sets, was Audrey II (the plant). The transitions of changing puppets were great, taking into account, the bigger Audrey II weighs hundreds of pounds. Also, the syncing of the puppets was perfect. Even at the bows, Audrey’s body was “pointing” to the orchestra when the cast was pointing to the orchestra. The puppets’ mouth was never moving when it wasn’t talking, or wasn’t moving when it was talking.
The comedy in the show was great, but the younger crowd won’t catch most of it. The audience loved the show, and all of the jokes were given a chuckle or two, or sometimes a minute of horrendous laughter.
The new ending, leads to one of the BEST show endings in a Broadway musical. We were sitting in the font mezzanine, but were still highly affected by the ending. The dramatic closing with the song “Don’t Feed The Plants” is what I am talking about. The Little Shop of Horrors curtain closes with Crystal, Ronnette, and Chiffon in front of the Little Shop Of Horrors curtain. “Blood” starts coming down from the top of the stage in front of the curtain. All of a sudden the curtain and blood, rise, and the whole stage is filled with smoke, which was green because of the lights. For the rest of the song Audrey II was hanging into the audience, and it seemed so real. Audrey was almost up to the, ceiling above the orchestra seats, and even pointed its face at one complete section. I am still shocked at the ending, because the puppet acted so real. It was an amazing ending.
Do I recommend this play? Yes
Will the show not succeeded if the actors are changed? I think the actors in the show now aren’t anything special, and if the cast were changed, it wouldn’t hurt the show, as long as the voice of Audrey II was good.
What do you think is the life expectancy of this show? I think it will be on a while, with at least 2,000 performances.
Conclusion: This show is great, and worth everything. The set-the music-the PLANT! Everything is perfect.
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Tell me what you think!
Ok, I don't know if this is the right section to post this, but the thread can always be moved.
Here is my review:
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Review: Little Shop Of Horrors is everything but a horror!
On the afternoon of October 5th, 2003, my mom and I went into NYC to see Little Shop on Broadway for my 14th Birthday.
October 2, 2003 the curtain for Little Shop went up for the first time. What a show this was. It was a new take on the original, but once they get people to see this show, it is going to be sold out every night. It is the first time on Broadway. It was originally on Off-Broadway a few years back. The show is 2 hours, with a 15-20 minute intermission. This is very short for a Broadway Musical, where the average musical is closer to 3 hours. You’ve just sat down, and then the 1st act is finished. They did make it as long as possible, basing the show off of a (estimated) 70-minute movie.
This show has new songs, such as “Closed For Renovation” but the new songs are needed. This is so because there is a new ending in the show, and the songs are good transition pieces leading into a new scene, and the new ending.
The ending has a twist that most moviegoers don’t know. The plant in the Broadway show eats the two main characters, where in the movie, Seymour kills Audrey 2, and he and Audrey live happily ever after. The accomplishment is that you learn to “love” the bad person, more than the good guys. By the end of the show, you are “rooting” for the plant. Plant humor is so hard to come by these days. Anyway, In the original movie, they shot it with this everyone dies ending, but because of legal reasons, they had to re-film the ending, with the now seen happily ever after ending.
The cast for this show is great. It includes, Hunter Foster, Seymour Krelbourn, Kerry Butler, Audrey, Rob Bartlett, Mushnik, Douglas Sills, Orin Scrivello, Michael-Leon Wooley, Voice of Audrey II, Trisha Jeffrey, Crystal, Carla J. Hargrove, Ronnette, DeQuina Moore, Chiffon. The whole cast was great. In the first act, Kerry Butler, Audrey, had a much stronger voice than she did in the second act. This is a very hard part to play, because most people have the remembrance that Ellen Greene did as Audrey, and Ms. Butler has to impersonate the part as best as possible.
The sets, and costumes were very cartoon-like. For Example, the sky in the show, was a white backdrop, with black squiggly lines. The sets in general were ok. They only had one main set (Mushniks’ Flower Shop) which was brought down stage center, by tracks in the floor. The main backdrop was of building’s, which looked like they came right out of a comic book. When they needed another set, (the street) the Flower Shop set, was pulled upstage, and a curtain dropped, covering the back half of the stage (including the Flower Shop). What made up for the lack of elaborate sets, was Audrey II (the plant). The transitions of changing puppets were great, taking into account, the bigger Audrey II weighs hundreds of pounds. Also, the syncing of the puppets was perfect. Even at the bows, Audrey’s body was “pointing” to the orchestra when the cast was pointing to the orchestra. The puppets’ mouth was never moving when it wasn’t talking, or wasn’t moving when it was talking.
The comedy in the show was great, but the younger crowd won’t catch most of it. The audience loved the show, and all of the jokes were given a chuckle or two, or sometimes a minute of horrendous laughter.
The new ending, leads to one of the BEST show endings in a Broadway musical. We were sitting in the font mezzanine, but were still highly affected by the ending. The dramatic closing with the song “Don’t Feed The Plants” is what I am talking about. The Little Shop of Horrors curtain closes with Crystal, Ronnette, and Chiffon in front of the Little Shop Of Horrors curtain. “Blood” starts coming down from the top of the stage in front of the curtain. All of a sudden the curtain and blood, rise, and the whole stage is filled with smoke, which was green because of the lights. For the rest of the song Audrey II was hanging into the audience, and it seemed so real. Audrey was almost up to the, ceiling above the orchestra seats, and even pointed its face at one complete section. I am still shocked at the ending, because the puppet acted so real. It was an amazing ending.
Do I recommend this play? Yes
Will the show not succeeded if the actors are changed? I think the actors in the show now aren’t anything special, and if the cast were changed, it wouldn’t hurt the show, as long as the voice of Audrey II was good.
What do you think is the life expectancy of this show? I think it will be on a while, with at least 2,000 performances.
Conclusion: This show is great, and worth everything. The set-the music-the PLANT! Everything is perfect.
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Tell me what you think!
