NewsAudrey II Takes Manhattan! As Little Shop Returns to NYC, Everyone's Favorite Man-Eating Plant Sees the SightsIt's been a while since Audrey II was in the the theatre district, so she thought she'd spend the day in midtown with her first loves--dinner and a show. But mostly dinner. Join her as she visits some old haunts, discovers new hot spots, takes in some theatre, and snacks on a celebrity.
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Matthew Blank, Talaura Harms
July 01, 2015
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Audrey II Takes Manhattan! As Little Shop Returns to NYC, Everyone's Favorite Man-Eating Plant Sees the Sights
Ellen Greene, who created the role of the lovably ditzy Audrey both on stage and screen, reprises that part opposite Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, who was seen on Broadway this past season opposite Ruth Wilson in Constellations, as down-on-his-luck plant-shop worker Seymour. The cast also features Taran Killam ("Saturday Night Live") as Orin, Eddie Cooper as the Voice of Audrey II and Joe Grifasi as Mushnik. The Urchins are portrayed by Caroline, or Change's Tracy Nicole Chapman (Chiffon), Marva Hicks (Crystal) and Ramona Keller (Ronnette).
Little Shop of Horrors, according to City Center, is a "sci-fi musical about Seymour Krelborn (Jake Gyllenhaal), a hapless florist shop worker who pursues a doomed romance with his ditzy, lovable co-worker Audrey (Ellen Greene) by acquiring an R&B-singing plant (Eddie Cooper) that feeds on human blood."
Performances take place July 1 and 2 at 7:30 PM with a 2 PM matinee July 2.
Little Shop of Horrors is based on the 1960 cult movie of the same name. The musical version debuted Off-Broadway at WPA Theatre in 1982 starring Lee Wilkoff and Ellen Greene in a role that would become her signature. A Broadway production was mounted in 2003 co-starring Hunter Foster and Kerry Butler.