Little Shop of Horrors (2003 Broadway Revival Cast)
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2003-10-21
Music Label: Drg
Soundtracks:
- Prologue / Little Shop of Horrors
- Skid Row (Downtown)
- Da-Doo
- Grow for Me
- WSKID
- Ya Never Know
- Somewhere That's Green
- Closed for Renovation
- Dentist!
- Mushnik & Son
- Feed Me (Git It)
- Now (It's Just the Gas)
- Act 1 Finale
- Entr'acte
- Call Backin the Morning
- Suddenly Seymour
- Suppertime
- The Meek Shall Inherit
- Sominex / Suppertime II
- Somewhere That's Green (Reprise)
- Bigger Than Hula-Hoops
- Finale Ultimo (Don't Feed the Plants)
- A Little Dental Music
- The Worse He Treats Me
- We'll Have Tomorrow
- I Found a Hobby
- Bad (written for the film version)
Free Music Notes for Little Shop of Horrors (2003 Broadway Revival Cast)
Free Music Review: LITTLE SHOP OF MERRY MAYHEM
Hit: 5 Stars
"Little Shop of Horrors" was a cheapo Roger Corman movie from 1960 that now is most notable for showcasing a very early career appearance from Jack Nicholson as a masochistic dental patient.
Following its humble origins the original off-broadway production opened in a small theatre in the 80's in New Yorks' bowery neighborhood and was an instant success and ran for many years. The popularity was due to a sharp and hilarious book, the performance of Lee Wilkoff as Seymour Krelboin, the nebbishly hero/villain and most outstandingly by Ellen Greene as Audrey, the blonde, bimbo-ish skid row flower shop clerk whose taste in men range from sadistic(Orrin) to wimpy(Seymour). Above this was the music and lyrics of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. The songs were seeped in the "wall of sound" arrangements from the late 50's , early 60's and were absolutely delicious.
This new production saw the "Little Shop" in 2003 march uptown to Broadway and was not successful. Was the big theatre Broadway locale the blame for the shows brief run? Was the much bigger orchestra? a real mystery, but this production still boasted the same hilarious book and the same bouncy delicious songs of Menken and Ashman and had some fun and funny performers. Hunter Foster made a perfect Seymour, the nebbishy and put upon flower clerk with a fondness for nurturing strange and exotic plants. His latest "patient" being a blood-thirsty, human eating venus flytrap hybrid. Kerry Butler as Audrey was good but she lacked the lost soul vulnerabilty of Ellen Greene from the earlier production. And Douglas Sills as Orrin the sadistic dentist boyfriend of Audrey was a riot and in keeping with the tradition of the original musical, he also plays a variety of other roles.
Another big asset of the show is a trio of sassy, street urchins whose names are taken from girl groups of that bygone era. And so, Crystal, Chiffon and Ronnette are a "American Bandstand" greek chorus weaving in and out of the story and they ARE the glue that binds the show and spins it merrily along.
The songs are all fun and among the best are the title song, "Skid Row" "Somewhere That's Green" which has a literal reprise, "Grow For Me" where Seymour sings plaintively to his wilting plant until he realizes the nourishment his plant needs--human blood. There is a song about the profession of sadists "Dentist" and "Feed Me(Git It) where Seymour finds that now his growing plant can talk and now needs bigger and better nourishment (Mankind) and there's even a power ballad for Audrey and Seymour "Suddenly Seymour"
There are other goodies like "Ya Never Know' "The Meek Shall Inherit" and the finale, "Don't Feed The Plants" where the now monsterous sized plant now sports flower buds that resemble the cast who have been devoured.
Wonderful show, wonderful music and lyrics and a really fun and funny show and a wonderful cd to listen to the music over and over again.
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Does this score kick butt or what? While the staging of the 2003 Little Shop of Horrors revival is entertaining enough, the recording is even more rewarding. Since you're not distracted by the sight of a huge plant devouring one cast member after another, you can focus on Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's ace songs. No wonder the show is a high-school and summer-stock fave, packed as it is with appealing characters and catchy 1960s-flavored tunes. As Audrey, Kerry Butler won't make anybody forget Ellen Greene, but she certainly is lovely. Hunter Foster's Seymour strikes a perfect balance of sweetness and klutzy desperation as he delivers perfect interpretations of all his songs. Even better, this cast album is a complete rendition of the show, unlike the recording of the 1982 Off-Broadway production ("Call Back in the Morning" is now included for instance), and comes with a glossy booklet. Cherry on top: Five previously unreleased songs are included in demo versions performed by the show's authors. --Elisabeth VincentelliBroadway & Vocalists Music CDs
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