The hit Off-Broadway revival of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's Little Shop of Horrors—which celebrated its fifth anniversary at
the Westside Theatre with the unveiling of an “Audrey II”
statue September 19 in Times Square—welcomes its newest set of Skid Row's unlikely lovers October 22.
Tony nominee Sherie Rene Scott (Everyday Rapture, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Aida) and Nicholas Christopher (Sweeney Todd, Hamilton, Miss Saigon) step into the roles of, respectively, Audrey and Seymour. They succeed Sarah Hyland and Andrew Barth Feldman, who played their final performances September 29. In the interim, the production was led by a rotating cast of
production wonderstudies.
The Off-Broadway cast also features Tony nominee Stephen
DeRosa as Mushnik, James Carpinello as Dr. Orin Scrivello DDS, Major
Attaway as The Voice of Audrey II, Tiffany Renee Thompson as Ronnette,
and Morgan Ashley Bryant as Crystal as well as Camryn Hampton, Michael
Iannucci, Weston Chandler Long, Jeff Sears, Teddy Yudain, Zakiya
Baptiste, Noel MacNeal, Jon Hoche, Johnny Newcomb, Melissa Victor,
Christine Wanda, Daria Pilar Redus, Hailey Thomas, and Savannah Lee
Birdsong.
The Off-Broadway revival began previews September 17, 2019, prior to
an official opening October 17; the production resumed its run September
21, 2021, after temporarily closing in March 2020 due to the pandemic.
Director Michael Mayer's creative team for the Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical also
includes choreographer Ellenore Scott, scenic designer Julian Crouch,
lighting designer Bradley King, costume designer Tom Broecker, sound
designer Jessica Paz, puppet designer Nicholas Mahon, original puppet
designer Martin P. Robinson, hair and makeup designer Tommy Kurzman,
music supervisor, orchestrator, and arranger Will Van Dyke, and casting
director Jim Carnahan. Puppets are by Monkey Boys Productions.
General management is by Live Wire Theatrical/Chris Aniello, and production stage management is by Sara Sahin.