This revelation of Audrey’s psychic and emotional pain is almost too much for us to bear but Blanchard reveals it anyway, while still hitting all the required comic beats. Coming out of Blanchard’s mouth, the song is simultaneously a painful acknowledgement of how bad her situation is, her desperation to leave it and a resignation that she can’t change it. Her rendition of “Somewhere That’s Green” nearly stops the show. Her Audrey is very much a real human being, trapped in a cycle of abuse and, to her mind, powerless to change her situation. Blanchard does not present a cartoon, musical comedy version of an abused woman. One immediately noticeable change is Tammy Blanchard’s stunning, deeply felt portrayal of human punching bag, Audrey. Conrad Ricamora Conrad Ricamora and Audrey II plant can be, that is) and, perhaps, a bit more poignant. But there are some changes in this production that make it a bit more realistic (as realistic as a man-eating E.T. Crisply directed by Michael Mayer and comically choreographed by Ellenore Scott, the show retains its popular elements - the clever songs, the comic book skid-row set, the lovable Urchins girl-group, the absurdly horrific story and hilarious performances (two words: Christian Borle). And an energetic new production from which the plant continues to grow and grow – until it achieves World Domination! Joy Woods, Salome Smith and Aveena SawyerĬurrently playing off-Broadway at the Westside Theater in New York City, this welcome revival of Little Shop of Horrors by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken is a joyous production that may help us to escape our own little shops of horrors created by two years of COVID restrictions and isolation. This production won the 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Revival of a Musical and earned both Lucille Lortel and Antonyo Award nominations for Outstanding Revival.Audrey II is back and New York’s got……Him? Her? It? Hard to tell, especially since this giant-alien-Venus Flytrap has an insatiable appetite for human flesh. Rounding out the cast are Eric Wright, Teddy Yudain, Stephen Berger, Josh Daniel, Jana Djenne Jackson, and Chelsea Turbin.īased on the 1960 film by Roger Corman and featuring a book by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Ashman, Little Shop follows meek plant store attendant Seymour, his co-worker crush Audrey, her sadistic dentist of a boyfriend and the man-eating plant that threatens them and the world as we know it. Mushnik, Aaron Arnell Harrington as the voice of Audrey II, Salome Smith as Ronnette, Joy Woods as Chiffon, and Aveena Sawyer as Crystal. Ricamora will join a cast that includes Tammy Blanchard as Audrey, Christian Borle as Orin Scrivello D.D.S., Tom Alan Robbins as Mr.
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Ricamora is known for his television roles as Oliver Hampton on How To Get Away With Murder and Dr. He also starred as Ninoy Aquino in David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning musical Here Lies Love at the Public Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in The King and I in 2015, which also gave him a Grammy nod. Ricamora most recently appeared in the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Soft Power, which also earned him a Drama Desk and Grammy nomination.
He’ll replace Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan, who will take his final bow in the musical on January 9. Conrad Ricamora is heading to Skid Row! The two-time Grammy nominee will join the off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors as Seymour beginning on January 11, 2022.
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