"Chiffon), ""Mushnik and Son"", ""Now (It's Just the Gas)"", ""Sudden Changes,"" ""Closed for Renovation"" and ""Call Back in the Morning""; the final cut ending also omits ""Finale Ultimo (Don't Feed The Plants)"". Other changes include the removal of Mr. Mushnik's adoption proposition and a new ending, in which Seymour is able to save Audrey from Audrey II and then electrocutes the plant after it has destroyed the shop. Seymour and Audrey marry and move to the tract home of her dreams, but a small Audrey II-type bud is seen in their garden, which portends a possible spread of the alien"
"and is large enough to hide a person inside, who moves the plant's mouth in sync with Audrey II's voice, which is supplied by an offstage actor on a microphone. The puppeteer's legs are clad in green tights with ""leaf"" shoes that serve as part of the plant's tendrils. In Act II, the largest puppet again hides an actor inside, who manipulates the puppet's mouth and often some of its branches. By this point, the head is at least six feet long and capable of ""swallowing"" characters. For the finale, additions can be made to make the plant appear taller"
"Audrey survive, and the plant's carnivorous activities are discovered when its flowers bloom with the faces of its victims, including Seymour, imprinted on them. The musical references this ending in its finale, in which the Plant's four victims' faces are seen in its blooming flowers. The change in ending of the musical contributes to its portrayal of class struggles and moral values. While the film shows Seymour and Audrey escaping to the dream suburban house, encapsulating ideals of the 1950s American Dream, the musical hints to a metaphorical portrayal of Seymour's greed as the plant. Seymour's greed gradually consumes himself"
"II in occupied Paris, and inspired by the romantic novel ""The Lady of the Camellias"" (by Alexandre Dumas, fils), ""Marguerite"" is about the mistress of a high-ranking German officer who attracts the love of a pianist half her age. The musical premiered on 6 May 2008 at the Royal Haymarket Theatre in London. Marguerite received its London revival at the Tabard Theatre, Chiswick in October 2012. Staged by Alex Parker Productions, the revised show had a new book by Boublil and Guy Unsworth, and a reworked score (adaptation, orchestration and arrangement) by Jude Obermüller. He was nominated for Best Original"
"II to an entire cow's head."" ""Curtain-Up"" praised : ""Laurence O'Keefe's peppy and melodic pop-rock score... played by a five piece combo"". Deven May received the Theatre World Award for his performance. The West End reviews were less positive. The Curtain Up review notes: ""...unless Bat Boy The Musical gathers a cult audience, I fear it will not linger. The newspaper critics do sometimes get it wrong, ...but they have been less kind to ""Bat Boy"" than the West Virginians portrayed in the musical."" The subsequent sell-out 2006 Edinburgh Festival production of the revised score used in the West End"
"II listed by English Heritage in March 1974. The theatre reopened with ""West Side Story"" a year later. Long runs in the 1980s included ""They're Playing Our Song"" (1980) and ""Follies"" (1987). The next decade included long runs of ""Kiss of the Spider Woman"" (1992), ""Eddie Izzard: Definite Article"" (1995) and ""Rent"" (1998). During the redevelopment of the Royal Opera House in nearby Covent Garden in the late 1990s, the theatre was booked as an alternative London venue for performances including Benjamin Britten's ""Paul Bunyan"". A series of musicals followed. The venue is currently owned by the Theatre of Comedy"
"which is an ""anthropomorphic cross between a Venus flytrap and an avocado"", in the original off-Broadway production of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's ""black-comedy musical"" ""Little Shop of Horrors"" from 1982. Audrey II was played by four increasingly large puppets, operated by Martin P. Robinson, while Taylor sat in a box at the back of the stage to voice the role, standing to perform his musical numbers. The two kept in close proximity to ensure ""that voice and action are always synchronized"" and ""developed a rapport"" which was ""the only thing that allow[ed] the character to really bloom."" Taylor disliked"
"Grade II listed building. On 11 September 1901, the third theatre was opened as the ""Century Theatre"", although the name reverted in 1904. This theatre was built by ""Frank Kirk"" to the design of Ernest Runtz. George Edwardes, the dean of London musical theatre, took over management of the theatre in 1908. In the early part of the 20th century, the Adelphi was home to a number of musical comedies, the most successful of which included ""The Earl and the Girl"" (1904), ""The Dairymaids"" (1907), ""The Quaker Girl"" (1910), ""The Boy"" (1917), ""Clowns in Clover"" (1927), and ""Mr. Cinders"" (1929)."
"in a modern style. The reconstructed theatre opened 8 July 1959 with John Gielgud's solo performance in ""Shakespeare speeches and sonnets, Ages of Man"". Since April 2004, the theatre has played host to Cameron Mackintosh's production of ""Les Misérables"" which transferred after 18 years at the nearby Palace Theatre. The musical celebrated its 20th anniversary at the venue on 8 October 2005 and overtook ""Cats"" as the longest running musical of all time a year later on 8 October 2006. The theatre was Grade II listed by English Heritage in June 1972. An extensive refurbishment was undertaken in the latter"
"two scenes: ""A Forest in Autumn"" and ""A Glade in Wonderland"". Act II, ""Through the Looking Glass"", consists of four scenes: ""Through the Looking Glass""; ""The Garden of Live Flowers""; ""A Sea-Shore""; and ""The Banqueting Hall – The Forest Again."" A review in ""The Theatre"" summarised the story as follows: The musical was frequently revived during West End Christmas seasons during the four decades after its premiere. London productions were mounted at the Globe Theatre in 1888, with Isa Bowman as Alice; the Opera Comique in 1898; the Vaudeville Theatre in 1900, with some new additional music by Slaughter; the"
"II, accompanied with a live orchestra by the Southbank Sinfonia. The production sold out with rave reviews and returned to the Olivier Theatre at the NT with Msamati and Gillen reprising the roles of Salieri and Mozart from February to 24 April 2018, again with rave reviews. The 1984 film adaptation won an Academy Award for Best Picture. In total, the film won eight Academy Awards. It starred F. Murray Abraham as Salieri (winning the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance), Tom Hulce as Mozart, and Elizabeth Berridge as Constanze. The play was thoroughly reworked by Shaffer and the"
"Two by Two (musical) Two By Two is a Broadway musical with a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and music by Richard Rodgers. Based on Clifford Odets's play ""The Flowering Peach"", it tells the story of Noah's preparations for the Great Flood and its aftermath. Directed by Joe Layton, the production opened on November 10, 1970 at the Imperial Theatre, where it ran for ten months. The opening night cast included Danny Kaye, Marilyn Cooper, Joan Copeland, Harry Goz, Madeline Kahn, Michael Karm, Tricia O'Neil, and Walter Willison. Reviews were mixed, and Kaye, unhappy with the script,"
"numbers per episode. Consistent with the ""urban"" persona of the plant in the musical, Audrey Junior raps in the series during his numbers, and speaks in a hip-hop dialect. Also featured are a trio of singing flowers reminiscent of Crystal, Ronette, and Chiffon (the three chorus girls in the musical). The young and human characters are 13-years-old, and there are musical segments in each episode. Junior is a kind-hearted and helpful plant, rather than a man-eating alien. He hatches from a prehistoric Earth plant that has been dormant for over 200 million years. Although Junior has a voracious appetite, this"
"The Orchid The Orchid is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts with music by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton, a book by James T. Tanner, lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank, and additional numbers by Paul Rubens. The story concerns marital mix-ups and the quest of a wealthy man for a $2,000 Peruvian orchid to be sent to France. When foul play keeps the flower from reaching its destination, it is discovered that a nearly identical orchid is growing in the garden of the horticultural college. The musical opened on 26 October 1903 at London's Gaiety Theatre and"
"opens Act 2 to fill the gap normally filled by Queenie and Lowbutt. Honk! Honk! is a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story ""The Ugly Duckling"", incorporating a message of tolerance. The book and lyrics are by Anthony Drewe and music is by George Stiles (of the British songwriting duo Stiles and Drewe). The musical is set in the countryside and features Ugly – a cygnet who is mistaken as an ugly duckling upon falling into his mother's nest and is rejected by everyone but Ida (his mother), a sly tomcat who only befriends him out of hunger,"
"Strauss II in the 1870s and 1880s. Offenbach's fertile melodies, combined with his librettists' witty satire, formed a model for the musical theatre that followed. In 1957, Mark Lubbock traced the development of musical theatre from Offenbach to Gilbert and Sullivan and eventually to Irving Berlin and Rodgers and Hammerstein, writing: ""Offenbach is undoubtedly the most significant figure in the history of the 'musical'. In the mid-19th century in England, musical theatre consisted of mostly of music hall, adaptations of the French operettas (played in bad, risqué translations) and musical burlesques (the culmination of which were seen at the Gaiety"
"Hampstead Theatre. The musical moved to the Harold Pinter Theatre in London's West End in October 2014. The musical won four awards at the 2015 Olivier Awards, including one for Ray Davies: the Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music . Ray Davies has been married three times and has four daughters. Two of them, Louisa Davies and Victoria Davies, are from his first marriage in 1964 to Rasa Dicpetris. In 1973, Davies attempted suicide by a drugs overdose following the breakup of his first marriage. He was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Davies' second marriage was in 1974"
"addition to its work in the Locke the Second Stage has produced notable Staged Readings of ""Take Me Along, Anne of Green Gables, The Spitfire Grill, Rags, Floyd Collins and Carmelina."" These costumed readings were performed on The Joseph Stein Stage and featured a full cast of actors and orchestra. The acting company is cast from annual auditions held in New York City, Chicago, and Nappanee. The core company that performs ""Plain and Fancy"" and each of the repertory shows is housed on the farm's grounds in three houses. Equity guest artists often perform leading roles in classic musicals. Regional"
"of the more famous shows include ""Blast!"" and ""Barrage"". During the park's two major festivals—the International Flower and Garden Festival in the spring, and the International Food and Wine Festival in the fall—musical groups from the 1960s through the 1990s perform as part of each festival's concert series (""Garden Rocks"" in the spring, and ""Eat to the Beat"" in the fall). In 1999, a revised version of Michael Flatley's ""Lord of the Dance"" was performed in the theater over the summer. Even though Flatley himself did not perform in the show, its popularity encouraged Epcot to bring the show back"
"Eats Dog"", although many songs have been partially or extensively cut. ""The Attack on Rue Plumet"" and ""Little People"" were especially shortened. In addition, the Bishop sings with Fantine during ""Valjean's Death"" instead of Eponine, as was in the stage musical. ""Stars"" was also moved to before ""Look Down"", which echoes the original 1985 London production. The lyrics of some songs were also changed to suit the changes in setting or narrative to the stage musical. In addition to the cuts, a new song, ""Suddenly"" was added, new music was composed for the battle scenes, and the order of several"
"Virginia. The musical was originally workshopped in New York City at Playwrights Realm in March, 2016, starring Tony Award winner Cady Huffman, and further developed at Phoenix Theater in Phoenix, Arizona, in May. Second to Nun Second To Nun is a musical, with book and lyrics by Anton Dudley and music by Michael Cooper, based on the life of French-Canadian Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys. Told in song and monologue, the show is based on the heroic life of pioneer woman and Canada's first female saint Marguerite Bourgeoys. A one-person musical, Second To Nun ""recounts Marguerite's death-defying journey to bring liberated women"
"at the Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia after battling pneumonia for several months. Myers won an NAACP Image Award for his role as the Stool Pigeon in the August Wilson play, ""King Hedley II"". He also won the Off-Broadway AUDELCO Award for his role in the play, ""Fat Tuesday"". In 2005 the Appalachian Education Initiative listed Myers as one of 50 ""Outstanding Creative Artists"" from the State of West Virginia and featured him in their coffeetable book ""Art & Soul"". Lou Myers (actor) Lou Myers (born on September 26, 1935 – died February 19, 2013) was an American"
"Cora"", ""I'm Romantic"", ""When I Marry Amelia"", ""Keep Off the Grass"", and ""Archie"". As was customary for musicals at the time, other songs were interpolated into the show. For example Christie MacDonald performed ""Moon, Moon"" in the show, which was written by Nathaniel D. Mann. ACT I – Interior of Susan's Flower Shop, Biarritz ACT II – Market Square, Villaya Addenda The Toreador The Toreador is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts by James T. Tanner and Harry Nicholls, with lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank and music by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton. It opened at the"
"Jeffrey Jones Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American character actor best known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in ""Amadeus"" (1984), Edward R. Rooney in ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"" (1986), Charles Deetz in ""Beetlejuice"" (1988), and A. W. Merrick in ""Deadwood"" (2004–2006). His career started in Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota and advanced to London and Broadway. In film and television, Jones has had many roles which capitalized on his deadpan portrayal of characters in unusual situations, often to comic effect. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance in ""Amadeus"" and"
"and ""Touched by an Angel"", as well as various movies and specials. In recent years, Page has developed and performed his cabaret-singer show, ""Page by Page"", and directed various regional and touring productions. Page's most recent role was the voice of the notorious talking plant Audrey II in the Muny's production of ""Little Shop of Horrors"". He also recently reprising the role of ""Old Deuteronomy"" in the Moonlight Theater production of ""Cats"" in Lubbock, TX. He regularly reprises his role as Oogie Boogie in several other Disney productions such as the fireworks display ""HalloWishes"" at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom,"
"Plague! The Musical Plague! The Musical is a musical with book, music and lyrics by David Massingham and Matthew Townend. It is a dark comedy based loosely on the events of the Great Plague of London in 1665-1666. Plague premiered in 2008 at The Questors Theatre in Ealing, London before transferring to C venues at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it was named a 2008 sell out show. A new production was performed at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It was again performed at C venues with London previews at Upstairs at The Gatehouse. It is 1665 and Clive Hucklefish"
"Sullivan Festival. Princess Ida Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It was their eighth operatic collaboration of fourteen. ""Princess Ida"" opened at the Savoy Theatre on 5 January 1884, for a run of 246 performances. The piece concerns a princess who founds a women's university and teaches that women are superior to men and should rule in their stead. The prince to whom she had been married in infancy sneaks into the university, together with two friends, with the aim of collecting his bride. They disguise"
"Applegate, Carmen Electra, and special guests Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera, Brittany Murphy, Nikka Costa, and Charlize Theron. Other stage productions include And the Curtain Rises at the Signature Theater; the winner of the New York's Fringe Festival, Catch The Fish; Twelfth Premise (LA Times Critics Pick); the Los Angeles Premiere of Terrence McNally's Corpus Christi (Ticketholder Award, Best Production; Ticketholder Award, Best Director; Robby Award, Best Director of a Play); Crane, Mississippi (LA Times Critic's Choice,[Backstage West Critic's Pick). Hanggi is working alongside Amy Heckerling to develop Heckerling's 1995 film Clueless into a musical for the stage. Hanggi graduated with"
"promotion of male favorites. The title page of the 1622 edition states that the play was performed by Queen Anne's Men at the Red Bull Theatre, showing that ""Edward II"" was still in the active repertory well into the seventeenth century. Since the twentieth century, the play has been revived several times, usually in such a way as to make explicit Edward's homosexuality. Marlowe's play was revived in November 1961 in a student performance at the University of Nottingham. It was frequently revived in the 1970s. The Prospect Theatre Company's production of the play, starring Ian McKellen and James Laurenson,"
"who penned the 1972 book ""The Gaiety Years"", wrote: The building was demolished in 1903 as part of the road widening of the East Strand and the new Aldwych-Kingsway road development, and Edwardes quickly built the ""New Gaiety Theatre"" at the corner of Aldwych and the Strand. ""The Orchid"" (1903) opened the new theatre, followed by ""The Spring Chicken"" (1905), ""The Girls of Gottenberg"" (1907), ""Our Miss Gibbs"" (1909), ""Peggy"" (1911), ""The Sunshine Girl"" (1912), ""The Girl on the Film"" (1913), ""Adele"" (1914), and ""After the Girl"" (1914). Perhaps to balance the ""girl"" musicals for which the Gaiety was famous,"
"death to the Act II love ballad, ""Suddenly, Seymour"". The recording features Leilani Jones, who replaced Marlene Danielle as Chiffon two weeks after the musical opened. A London West End production opened on October 12, 1983 at the Comedy Theatre, produced by Cameron Mackintosh. It ran for 813 performances, starring Barry James as Seymour and Ellen Greene (reprising her role) as Audrey. It received the Evening Standard Award for Best Musical and closed on October 5, 1985. The musical is based on the basic concept and dark comic tone of the 1960 film, although it changes much of the story."
"to be confirmed. Beetlejuice (musical) Beetlejuice is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect and book by Scott Brown and Anthony King. It is based on the 1988 film of the same name, about a deceased couple who try to haunt the new inhabitants of their former home and call help from a devious bio-exorcist ghost named Betelgeuse (pronounced ""Beetlejuice""), who is summoned by saying his name three times. The musical premiered at the National Theatre, Washington, D.C. in October 2018, prior to opening on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on April 25, 2019. It is"
"Aquarius, Edmonton's Citadel Theatre, and the Vancouver Playhouse. It has won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, a Chalmers Award, and a Governor General's Award. The Drawer Boy received its London premiere at Finborough Theatre on 19 June 2012, with John Bett, Neil McCaul and Simon Lee Phillips, directed by Eleanor Rhode. The revival was produced by London theatre company Snapdragon Productions. The Drawer Boy (1999) by Michael Healey revisits the origins of an alternative Canadian theatre - the collective creation of The Farm Show in 1972 by Theatre Passe Muraille. As the National Arts Centre programme"