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Video: Watch Latrice Royale, Etai Benson, Talia Suskauer and others perform songs by Little Shop of Horrors
Hunter Foster directs the musical by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine.
Ogunquit Playhouse production of Little Shop of Horrors runs August 22 through September 21, with Hunter Foster at the helm. Watch the performance of “Prologue (Little Shop of Horrors),” “Suddenly, Seymour” and “Feed Me (Git It)” in the video above.
RuPaul’s Drag Race Star Latrice Royale plays Audrey II, with Etai Benson (The band’s visit) as Seymour, Talia Suskauer (Evil) as Audrey, Adam Heller (Some like it hot) as Mr. Mushnik, Edward Watts (The Book of Mormon) as Orin Scrivello, Chelsea Hooker (hair) as Crystal, Briana Brooks (Nice) as Ronette and Olivia Elease Hardy (Kimberly Akimbo) than chiffon.
The troupe is rounded out by ensemble members Nick Davis, Joseph Ryan Harrington and Jackson Kanawha Perry as well as understudy cast members Ray DeMattis, Diva LaMarr, Amirah Joy Lomax and Christian Probst.
With a book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken, Little Shop of Horrors is based on Roger Corman’s wacky horror film with a screenplay by Charles Griffith and is about a man-eating plant that begins its campaign to destroy the world in a small flower shop in a slum area. The musical version premiered off-Broadway in 1982 and quickly became a worldwide hit. It was brought to the big screen in 1986, first performed on Broadway in 2003 and is currently being revived off-Broadway.
That 2003 Broadway version, which featured director Foster as Seymour, appears to be returning in some capacity for Ogunquit’s production, particularly through Scott Pask’s original set design. The Ogunquit creative team, otherwise unaffiliated with the Broadway production, also includes choreographer Mara Newbery Greer, music director Dan Pardo, additional scenic designer Nate Bertone, lighting designer Richard Latta, costume designers Dustin Cross and Bryce Turgeon, sound designer Kevin Heard and wig, hair and makeup designer Roxanne De Luna. Rebecca McBee will serve as production stage manager, with Veronica Aglow as assistant stage manager.
Ogunquits Little Shop of Horrors is presented under a special agreement with Music Theatre International.
Tickets are available at OgunquitPlayhouse.org.
Ogunquit Playhouse Cast Little Shop of Horrors
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Briana Brooks, Olivia Elease Hardy and Chelsea Hooker
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Chelsea Hooker, Olivia Elease Hardy and Briana Brooks
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Chelsea Hooker, Olivia Elease Hardy and Briana Brooks
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Chelsea Hooker, Olivia Elease Hardy and Briana Brooks
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Briana Brooks, Olivea Elease Hardy and Chelsea Hooker
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Briana Brooks, Olivea Elease Hardy and Chelsea Hooker
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Etai Benson and Latrice Royale
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Etai Benson and Talia Suskauer
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Talia Suskauer and Etai Benson
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Talia Suskauer and Etai Benson
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Talia Suskauer and Etai Benson
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Talia Suskauer and Etai Benson
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Briana Brooks, Olivia Elease Hardy, Chelsea Hooker, Talia Suskauer, Latrice Royale, Etai Benson, Nick Davis, Adam Heller and Joseph Ryan Harrington
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Hunter Foster, Briana Brooks, Olivia Elease Hardy, Chelsea Hooker, Talia Suskauer, Latrice Royale, Etai Benson, Nick Davis, Adam Heller, Joseph Ryan Harrington and Mara Newbery Greer
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