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Little Shop of Horrors : 5 of 5
2.19.2005 9:11 PM \| Link	I took my pal Eliza to see this traveling Broadway production for her birthday, which was a lot of fun since she had never seen the show or the movie! On the other hand, I've seen both a few times, but this was one of the best casts (not to mention band!) that I've seen. I think what I enjoyed the most was listening to the Menken/Ashman songs with a new Disney ear (since this show was the early work of the same team who wrote the songs for The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast). Howard Ashman's lyrics are simply fantastic and so clever - he was definitely the Lorenz Hart of his generation. Both ballads in the show, Somewhere That's Green and Suddenly Seymour are completely moving, funny, sad and hopeful at the same time. I also noticed that Alan Menken seemed to steal from himself - the last phrase in the Somewhere That's Green reprise sounds just like the end of Part of Your World, but I guess you're allowed to do that if it's all your own work. The stage was great, the Audrey II man-eating puppet was extremely well done (including performers in the "roots"), and the performers were top-notch, especially the three girl chorus that narrates the show - one of them was an understudy for the performance, but she was incredible! Finally, the actor playing the dentist (and about four other smaller roles) was simply fantastic - he was a true musical comedian! Labels: arts


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