Little Shop of Horrors Will Celebrate 5th Anniversary with Times Square Installation, Cast Performances, More

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Little Shop of Horrors Will Celebrate 5th Anniversary with Times Square Installation, Cast Performances, More

The hit revival continues Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre.

The hit Off-Broadway revival of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s Little Shop of Horrors will celebrate its fifth anniversary at the Westside Theatre with the unveiling of an “Audrey II” statue September 19 at noon in Times Square (at the north end of Broadway Plaza, between 46th and 47th Streets).

In addition to the statue, the celebration will feature appearances by the current cast, all-star alumni, and members of the creative team as well as a performance. The production’s next Audrey and Seymour will also be announced.

The 8’ X 7’ statue, weighing 500 pounds, was designed by ad agency SpotCo and will be on display in Times Square through October 17. The statue is based on designs by Nicholas Mahon and original puppet design by Martin P. Robinson, with original puppet build by Monkey Boys Productions and installation fabricated by Ideko.

Current Little Shop stars Sarah Hyland and Andrew Barth Feldman will play their final performances as Audrey and Seymour, respectively, September 29. Long-time cast member Khadija Sankoh, who has played the roles of Crystal and Chiffon, will play her final performance September 15.

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The Off-Broadway cast also currently features Tony nominee Kevin Del Aguila (Some Like It Hot) as Mushnik, James Carpinello (Rock of Ages) as Dr. Orin Scrivello DDS, Major Attaway as The Voice of Audrey II, Tiffany Renee Thompson as Ronnette, Morgan Ashley Bryant as Crystal, Sankoh as Chiffon, as well as Camryn Hampton, Michael Iannucci, Weston Chandler Long, Jeff Sears, Teddy Yudain, Zakiya Baptiste, Noel MacNeal, Jon Hoche, Johnny Newcomb, Melissa Victor, and Christine Wanda.

Previous players in the roles of Seymour and Audrey Off-Broadway have
included Jonathan Groff, Tammy Blanchard, Jeremy Jordan, Lena Hall,
Maude Apatow, Gideon Glick, Rob McClure, Skylar Astin, Conrad Ricamora,
Matt Doyle, Darren Criss, Evan Rachel Wood, Corbin Bleu, Constance Wu,
and RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon, who became first drag queen
to play Audrey in a major production of the musical.

The Off-Broadway revival began previews September 17, 2019, prior to an official opening October 17; the production resumed its run September 21, 2021, after temporarily closing in March 2020 due to the pandemic.

Director Michael Mayer’s 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.

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