it's fairly much the same - LOL - sorry. The ending is VERY
different - the plant WINS in the play.

It's an awful lot of fun to produce - and the cast and audiences
always love it. The music is a bit more difficult than is
immediately apparent - and, sound is always a monster (no
pun intended) since it has to be an excellent system to pick up
the character (AudreyII) that is singing/talking offstage. Frankly,
I found the tech on this show to be an acid bath - LOTS to
concern yourself with. But the actual play - the rehearsals with
the actors - the choreography - the music - was an absolute joy
to work on. And, yes!, young actors love this play.

There is no reason for children not to attend. Though there are
some aspects of the scipt that are pretty racy (sado-masochism,
drug use, murder, etc.), somehow it comes off very innocently.
Besides, every kid has seen the movie version already anyway!
LOL

Good luck with it. Are you renting or building all the Audrey II's?
We rented and were extremely happy wiht them - building them
would have been one extra headache in tech that I wasn't
willing to put up with.

Again, good luck! And have fun!

Oh My God! I LOVED doing this show my senior year. Unfortunately I was stung by a bee and got a ridiculous allergic reaction or something by it because for about 7 months my face was all blotchy red so I couldn't be in it, but I did play bass guitar for it. We rented our Audrey II. Well I should pluralize it because you need a few actually. One small one with wires out the bottom and a hole for the puppet mouth. One sewningto a jacket with a fake arm so the actor playing Semore can puppetier it and look like he's hand's free. One kinda big and then the full size mutha! This one looked difficult to build but basically to get the shape they used a giant balloon and did a very strong paper mache and then peiced it together and it had a harness inside where a techie would control the mouth and it was big enough for the actors to go all the way in, under the techies legs and hid behind the vines and leaves and all. I didn't start music stuff for a while so I got to play with the puppet a bit.

Super super super fun show to do. The dentist, if he should decide to, will have a blast designing and building his own "gas mask". Ours did. It was a bit over the top from Steve Martins' actually. Rental of the dentists chair might prove a hassel but that's easily worked around. We had a very green director and this was only her second show directing herself ever. We did Arsenic & Old Lace earlier that year.

As far as music, you need a really good piano player and just grab a jazz bassist and drummer from band and that's about all you really need.

Have fun!!!

you will love doing this show. it is one of my favs to do. I would advise renting the plants. buliding them is tuff to say the least. if you do have to build. find a puppett maker!

good luck!!

I was Audrey in our high school's spring performance of "Little Shop" and can honestly say that it was the most fun and fulfilling part I have ever played. Not only did every single person on the cast love the show, but we received such a warm and enjoyable reaction from the audience. It's visually stimulating, and I felt as if the audience really got into it. Give it a chance, it's just one of those wacky shows that stresses the fun aspect and allows everyone's imaginations to run wild!

Hi Everyone! I too will be doing Little Shop this spring at the school where I teach. This will be the first musical I teach, and I want it to ROCK! I could use any advice, tips, etc. that anyone out there could give on making this a great show! I read that some of you said it is best to rent Audrey. Could anyone tell me where I could find rental of set, props, costumes, etc. This is for a school, so I am working with a small budget, but I would be curious to see what is out there. Thanks!