Joy Woods (SIX: The Musical, The Notebook), who returned to Skid Row as Audrey May 2 in the hit Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors, was recently invited by the show's Oscar-winning composer, Alan Menken, to record Audrey's first solo, "Somewhere That's Green."
Watch Woods, accompanied by Menken, pour out her voice and heart in her rendition of the Little Shop classic in Menken's recording studio in the video above. The recording features video production by Brandon Schwartz.
Woods, who originated the role of Chiffon in this revival, is joined by Tony winner Matt Doyle (Company, The Book of Mormon) as Seymour, Drew Gehling (Almost Famous, Waitress) as Dr. Orin Scrivello D.D.S., Brad Oscar as Mushnik, Aaron Arnell Harrington (Rent 25th anniversary tour) as The Voice of Audrey II, Tiffany Renee Thompson as Crystal, Khadija Sankoh as Chiffon, and D’Kaylah Unique Whitley as Ronnette.
Completing the company are Camryn Hampton, Weston Chandler Long, Teddy Yudain, Zakiya Baptiste, Jonothon Lyons, Noel MacNeal, Kevin Pariseau, Jeff Sears, Evan Alexander Smith, and Melissa Victor.
Check out photos from Woods' official opening night May 17 below:
Joy Woods
Joy Woods
Matt Doyle and Joy Woods
Matt Doyle, Joy Woods, and Drew Gehling
Brad Oscar, Matt Doyle, Joy Woods, Drew Gehling, and Aaron Arnell Harrington
Company of Little Shop of Horrors
Company of Little Shop of Horrors
Melissa Victor, Khadija Sankoh, Camryn Hampton, D'Kaylah Unique Whitley, Joy Woods, Tiffany Renee Thompson, and Zakiya Baptiste
Michael Mayer, Bill Lauch, Joy Woods, Sarah Gillespie, and Robert Ahrens
Matt Doyle
Drew Gehling
Brad Oscar
Khadija Sankoh, D'Kaylah Unique Whitley, and Tiffany Renee Thompson
Weston Chandler, Long Aaron, Arnell Harrington, and Teddy Yudain
Kingsley Leggs and Aaron Arnell Harrington
Michael Mayer
Peter Wesley Jensen and Conrad Ricamora
Zoe Sarnak and Ellenore Scott
Kingsley Leggs
Michael Greif and Schele Williams
Jaime Cepero
Nick Adams
JJ Niemann and Emma Pittman
Tristan McIntyre and Tyler Joseph Ellis
Mike Carrera and Ebone Johnson
The Off-Broadway revival resumed its run September 21, 2021, after temporarily closing in March 2020 due to the pandemic.
Directed by Tony winner Michael Mayer, the revival opened in October 2019. The creative team for the Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical also includes choreographer Ellenore Scott, scenic designer Julian Crouch, lighting designer Bradley King, costume designer Tom Broecker, sound designer Jessica Paz, puppet designer Nicholas Mahon, original puppet designer Martin P. Robinson, hair and makeup designer Tommy Kurzman, music supervisor, orchestrator, and arranger Will Van Dyke, and casting director Jim Carnahan. Puppets are by Monkey Boys Productions.
General management is by Live Wire Theatrical/Chris Aniello, and production stage management is by Sara Sahin.
Joy Woods and Matt Doyle
Matt Doyle
Joy Woods and Matt Doyle
Joy Woods
Drew Gehling and Matt Doyle
Drew Gehling
Matt Doyle and Drew Gehling
Drew Gehling
Drew Gehling and D'Kaylah Unique Whitley
Joy Woods, Matt Doyle, and Stephen DeRosa
Joy Woods
D'Kaylah Unique Whitley, Khadija Sankoh, Stephen DeRosa, and Tiffany Renee Thompson
Matt Doyle, Joy Woods, Stephen DeRosa, and Drew Gehling
Joy Woods
