Event

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Telluride Theatre presents
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
March 10 -15
At the Palm Theatre

Tuesday- Saturday, March 10 - 14 at 8 p.m.
and on Sunday, March 15 at 4 p.m
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Little Shop Of Horrors, with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken, is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film of the same name. Ashman and Menken made many changes from the original film, such as moving the location from Los Angeles to New York and eliminating many characters in lieu of a smaller ensemble. Arguably the largest change is in the ending, where instead of Mushnik and Audrey surviving to see the plant's carnivorous activities (as in the film), nearly all the characters are devoured by the plant.

This musical was only the second collaboration between Ashman and Menken. In writing the book, Ashman chose to use the frame of the story to satirize many different topics, including: science fiction, "B" movies, musical comedy, and the Faust legend (in which a man sells his soul to the Devil). In his music, Menken used many of the musical styles of the early 1960s, including rock and roll, doo-wop , and Motown.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Book and Lyrics by Music by
Howard Ashman Alan Menken

Based on the film by Roger Corman, Screenplay by Charles Griffith
Originally produced by the WPA Theatre (Kyle Renick, Producing Director)
Originally produced at the Orpheum Theatre, New York City by the WPA
Theatre, David Geffen, Cameron Mackintosh and the Shubert Organization

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
was originally Directed by Howard Ashman with Musical Staging by Edie Cowan

Little Shop Of Horrors Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684
www.MTIShows.com