oz played seymour in little shop of horrors.
who played seymour in little shop of horrors?
oz
in the early 1960s, a three-girl "greek chorus"—crystal, ronnette, and chiffon—introduce the film, warning the audience that some horror is coming their way ("prologue: little shop of horrors"). seymour krelborn (rick moranis) and his colleague, audrey (ellen greene), work at mushnik's flower shop in a run-down, rough neighborhood in new york city referred to as "skid row". they lament that they cannot escape the neighborhood ("skid row (downtown)"). struggling from a lack of customers, mr. mushnik (vincent gardenia) decides to close the store, but audrey suggests he may have more success by displaying an unusual plant that seymour owns. immediately attracting a customer, seymour explains he bought the plant--which he dubbed "audrey ii", from a chinese flower shop during a solar eclipse ("da-doo"). attracting business to mushnik's shop, the plant soon starts to wither. seymour accidentally pricks his finger, and discovers that audrey ii needs human blood to thrive ("grow for me").
little shop of horrors (film)
in 2003, an $8 million revival of "little shop of horrors" was planned with the goal of opening on broadway. a $1 million pre-broadway production debuted at the miracle theatre in coral gables, florida on may 16, 2003. lee wilkof, who originated the role of seymour in 1982, was cast as mr. mushnik. the production was directed by wilkof's wife, connie grappo, who was the assistant to howard ashman during the original production. muppeteer martin p. robinson, who designed the original audrey ii puppets, enlisted friends at the jim henson company to create new, high tech puppets for the show. hunter foster and alice ripley played seymour and audrey, and the prologue was recited by robert stack.
little shop of horrors (musical)