| SHERIE RENE SCOTT and NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER To Star In LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Beginning Oct 22 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 08:14 pm EDT 09/20/24 | |
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| FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 13 YEARS 3-TIME TONY AWARD NOMINEE SHERIE RENE SCOTT RETURNS TO THE MUSICAL STAGE AS AUDREY, REUNITING WITH THRILLINGLY VERSATILE BROADWAY STAR NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER AS SEYMOUR BEGINNING PERFORMANCES ON OCTOBER 22 AT THE WESTSIDE THEATRE (New York, NY) The three-time Best Musical Revival Award-winning production of Little Shop of Horrors – currently in its fifth succulent year at the Westside Theatre in NYC – is thrilled to welcome two of the most luminous stage performers – three-time Tony Award Nominated star Sherie Rene Scott (Last Five Years original production, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Everyday Rapture) and thrillingly versatile Broadway star Nicholas Christopher (Jelly's Last Jam, Hamilton, Sweeney Todd). The two stars reunite after co-starring in Whorl Inside a Loop, and will begin performances as Audrey & Seymour on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at The Westside Theatre. The new cast was announced today at the show's 5th Anniversary Celebration — a Times Square installation unveiling of the 8-foot tall, Audrey II statue. The installation will now be on display in Times Square for the next 4 weeks, through October 17. The musical's current stars, Screen Actors Guild Award winner Sarah Hyland ("Modern Family") and stage and film star Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen, No Hard Feelings), will play their final performances as Audrey and Seymour on Sunday, September 29. Prior to the debut performances of Scott and Nicholas, the roles of Seymour & Audrey will be played by a rotating cast of Little Shop all-stars: Jeff Sears & Camryn Hampton (October 1-6), Johnny Newcomb & Camryn Hampton (October 8-13), Teddy Yudain & Melissa Victor (October 15-17), and Weston Chandler Long & Melissa Victor (October 18-20). The smash hit production continues its run Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street), tickets are on sale for the musical through January 2026. Hyland, and Feldman, are currently joined in the cast by Stephen DeRosa (On the Town) as Mushnik, James Carpinello (Rock of Ages) as Dr. Orin Scrivello DDS, Major Attaway as The Voice of Audrey II, Tiffany Renee Thompson as Ronnette, 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. With a book and lyrics by Grammy and Academy Award winner Howard Ashman (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast), and music by Tony and Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Aladdin, Newsies), the 2020 Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama Desk Award-winning Best Musical Revival of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Spring Awakening). LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS began previews at Westside Theatre on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 and opened to widespread critical acclaim on Thursday, October 17, 2019. Ben Brantley of The New York Times deemed the show a "Critic's Pick," declaring that "a certain carnivorous plant has been repotted in Hell's Kitchen, and I am delighted to report that it's thriving there. Michael Mayer's delicious revival…summons the shivery elation I felt seeing the musical at the East Village's Orpheum nearly four decades ago. It restores the show to its original scale and sensibility, reminding us of the special potency of grisly things that come in small, impeccably wrapped packages." The Hollywood Reporter describes the production as "wildly exuberant and irresistible. This terrific revival will only deepen the devotion for those lucky enough to catch it." Time Out gives the musical "Four Stars! A deeply satisfying revival… with a marvelous cast. What kind of deal with what kind of devil are you willing to cut to see it?" Following the theater industry's extended suspension of operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the production re-opened its doors on September 21, 2021, to sold-out audiences hungry for the thrill of live theater again. Washington Post critic Peter Marks wrote in 2022, "I'm back at Little Shop of Horrors because, friends, I needed to laugh today. Hearing the glorious Menken/Ashman score sung by this cast fills the prescription. [A return trip] is WORTH IT." Seymour is a down-on-his-luck florist with a crush on his co-worker Audrey. When he discovers a mysterious – and voracious – plant, suddenly Seymour and Audrey are thrust into an epic battle that will determine the fate of the entire human race. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS first premiered Off-Broadway in 1982, where it made audiences laugh, scream, and give up gardening for good. The musical has since catapulted into a global phenomenon, with productions across the world from Broadway to London's West End, to Asia and Australia – plus a hit 1986 film adaptation directed by Frank Oz that starred Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene and Steve Martin. Now, the musical has made its highly-anticipated return home to Off-Broadway, in an intimate new production directed by Michael Mayer that offers an unprecedented opportunity to get close — maybe too close — to an incredible plant with an insatiable appetite. The LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS design team features Tony-nominated Scenic Designer Julian Crouch (Hedwig and the Angry Inch); Two-time Tony-winning Lighting Designer Bradley King (Hadestown, Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812); Emmy-winning Costume Designer Tom Broecker (Everyday Rapture); Tony-winning Sound Designer Jessica Paz (Hadestown); Emmy-nominated Puppet Designer Nicholas Mahon (Pyeongchang Olympics Opening Ceremony) and Hair and Makeup Designer Tommy Kurzman (My Fair Lady). Original puppet design is by Martin P. Robinson, Puppets are by Monkey Boys Productions, and Grammy nominee Will Van Dyke (Pretty Woman) serves as Music Supervisor, Orchestrator & Arranger. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is produced by Tom Kirdahy, Robert Ahrens, Hunter Arnold, Mickey Liddell, Caiola Productions, Curt Cronin, John Joseph, DDM Productions, DeSantis-Baugh Productions, Elizabeth Dewberry & Ali Ahmet Kocabiyik, Wendy Federman, Roy Furman, Deborah Green, Kayla Greenspan, Marguerite Hoffman, Sally Cade Holmes, Latitude Link, Seriff Productions, Silva Theatrical Group, and Eric Gelb/Oliver Roth. Casting is by Jim Carnahan, C.S.A./Jason Thinger, General Management is by Live Wire Theatrical/ Chris Aniello, Production Management is by Juniper Street Productions and Production Stage Management is by Sara Sahin. TICKETS & SAFETY PROTOCOLS: Tickets are currently on sale through January 4, 2026, at Telecharge.com/212-239-6200. The regular performance schedule is Tuesdays at 7:00pm, Wednesdays at 2:00 & 8:00pm, Thursdays at 7:00pm, Fridays at 8:00pm, Saturdays at 2:00 & 8:00pm, and Sundays at 3:00pm. Holiday Week schedules may vary & the schedule is subject to change. The Westside Theatre and the producers of Little Shop of Horrors are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for audiences, performers, and staff. All audience and staff members will be required to follow all CDC, NYS, NYC health guidelines, as well as those established by the production, at the time of performance. Please note that these guidelines are subject to change — for up-to-date information, visit http://westsidetheatre.com/covid-19/ www.LittleShopNYC.com @LittleShopNYC SHERIE RENE SCOTT (Audrey) is Obie and Lucille Lortel award winning, multiple Drama Desk nominee, and three-time Tony Award nominee for her work as a supporting actor in the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and as a writer and as a lead actor for the musical Everyday Rapture. Sherie can recently be seen in a recurring role on "Harlem" for Amazon and on "The Good Fight" for Paramount+. Prior to that, Sherie had a major recurring role in Showtime's "SMILF".Most recently in the theater world, Sherie authored and performed with Norbert Leo Butz their highly acclaimed original musical collaboration, Two Hander at Feinstein's / 54 Below. In 2017, Sherie appeared in the sold-out Broadway run of The Front Page with Nathan Lane, John Goodman, and John Slattery. That year she also originated the John Patrick Shanley play The Portuguese Kid off-Broadway with Jason Alexander and portrayed ‘Gertrude' in the first half-Farsi Hamle' with Arian Moayed. Sherie originated the roles of Amneris in The Disney/Elton John & Tim Rice musical Aida and can be heard on the Grammy winning cast recording, as ‘Christine' with John Lithgow and Norbert Leo Butz in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and can be heard on the Grammy nominated recording, alongside Lily Taylor in John Guare's Landscape Of The Body, as 'Sabina' in Kander and Ebb's ‘Over and Over', originating ‘Pepa' in ‘Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown', as Martha in ‘Randy Newman's Faust', and as ‘Ursula' in Disney's ‘The Little Mermaid', among others. Sherie also co-authored the critically acclaimed play Whorl Inside A Loop which she also co-starred alongside Nicholas Christopher, directed by Michael Mayer and Dick Scanlan NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER (Seymour) Born in Bermuda and raised in Boston, Nick was recently seen in the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd as ‘Pirelli' and Stand-by for Sweeney. Most notably, he had his star turn as Jelly Roll Morton in the ENCORE's production of Jellys Last Jam. He previously starred as Aaron Burr in Hamilton at the Pantages Theatre. For the past 12 years, he has been a staple of the New York Broadway community performing Musicals, Plays and Shakespeare. Nick studied at the Juilliard School and The Boston Conservatory, where he cultivated his unique range as both an actor and a singer. His professional debut was starring alongside Lin Manuel Miranda as Benny in In The Heights Puerto Rico. Select theater credits include: Hamilton, Miss Saigon, Motown The Musical, Lazarus (with David Bowie), Shakespeare in the Park, Hurt Village (Katori Hall) and RENT. TV credits include: "All Rise" (CBS), "Untied States Of Al"(CBS) and "Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll" (FX). |
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