Act I, Little Shop of Horrors, Pasadena Playhouse
Here is act one of Pasadena Playhouse s production of Little Shop of Horrors, recorded (illegally) from the audience on October 14, 2019. Running from September 17 to October 20, 2019, as opposed to the offBroadway revival directed by Michael Mayer, which strived to honor and emulate the tone of Howard Ashman s original production, and which happened to begin previews on the exact same night, Little Shop of Horrors was completely redirected and reconceived from the ground up by director Mike Donahue, with a slightly grittier, contemporary edge. Donahue told Vanity Fair near the beginning of the production: Its not like Audrey is on Snapchat. But its not like youre walking into a period version of the 1960s. Our production is a little looser than that. The thing I became really excited about was: What if we dont make any assumptions about how all this is supposed to go What if we just started working on it as if were working on a new play Yes, its sort of a B horror movie, and theres a lot of del
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