I don’t know about you, but whenever I hear the title “Little Shop of Horrors,” a song immediately begins doo-whopping in my head: “Little shop, little shoppa horrors. Little shop, little shoppa terror. Call a cop. Little shoppa horrors. No, oh, oh, no-oh!”
There’s something about the music in “Little Shop” that just gets inside your head. So it’ll be great to hear it live again, now that Sky Performing Arts is doing a repeat production of this horror classic with an opening show set for tonight in Monroe and three performances planned for early June at Everett Theatre.
Sky Performing Arts is reprising its production of the popular spoof because of great audience response the first time around, director Terry Simon said.
“We played to sold-out houses in the old Playhouse and people have been asking when we’d do it again,” he said.
“Little Shop of Horrors,” with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken, is the story of Seymour Krelborn, a meek Skid Row florist who makes a pact with an evil plant to win the heart of Audrey, the girl he loves.
Soon money pours in from people who want to see the exotic plant, and Seymour becomes a celebrity. But behind the glamour is a secret – this plant’s favorite food is human blood.
As the plant grows, its demands for food grow too. Seymour begins to suspect the plant’s motives, but it’s really too late at that point.
Aside from the hit title song, “Little Shop” has other memorable numbers such as “Somewhere That’s Green,” “Suddenly Seymour” and “Dentist.”
“Then &Now”: The Snohomish Historical Society’s 29th annual variety show will feature the Leight Fantastics Dance Troupe and much, much more: about 21 acts in all, with music from the turn of the century to the latest hits of Michael Buble and Rod Stewart.
Five shows are scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Snohomish High School Performing Arts Center.
“Cabaret”: Edmonds Community College’s theater arts department presents “Cabaret,” opening Thursday at Edmonds Center for the Arts.
The award-winning Broadway musical by Masteroff, Kander and Ebb is set in Berlin during the coming to power of Hitler’s regime.
Marc Salem’s Mind Games: When you think mind-bending, you can now think of Marc Salem, a man who can change the time on your watch without touching it, describe your last vacation and tell you the serial number of a bill in your wallet.
Seattle Theatre Group is bringing Salem and his mind-bending ways to the Moore Theatre next week.
Salem was a director of research at “Sesame Street,” studying the development and nature of the mental process. He has been featured on “The O’Reilly Factor,” Montel, Maury, CNN, and has been a frequent guest on Regis. When Salem was profiled as a mystery entertainer on “60 Minutes,” that show’s Mike Wallace was quoted as saying: “I am stunned, amazed and smiling ear to ear!”
“The Skin of Our Teeth”: Because of the popularity of Thornton Wilder’s play, the people at Intiman Playhouse have added more sign-interpreted performances of this production, which continues through June 2.
The additional sign-interpreted shows are scheduled for tonight and May 24. The previously scheduled sign-interpreted performances on May 5, 9 and 10 were sold out.
Each of the performances will be followed by a sign-interpreted post-play discussion in the Intiman lobby.
“The Skin of Our Teeth” features Howie Seago, a deaf actor, director, producer and teacher, who acts the role of Mr. Antrobus in sign language.
“A Little Mermaid”: StoryBook Theater presents a live musical adaptation this weekend in Everett.
The production, adapted by Lani Brockman with music and lyrics by Susan Bardsley, is intended for children ages 3 to 9 and their families.
The story focuses on a little mermaid who dreams of dancing, but can she find a way to trade in her tail for legs?
The production will be repeated May 20 in Seattle.
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Stephanie Jones and James Sellers star in “Little Shop of Horrors.”
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