NewsAudrey II Takes Manhattan! As Little Shop Returns to NYC, Everyone's Favorite Man-Eating Plant Sees the SightsIt's been a while since Audrey II was in the the theatre district, so she thought she'd spend the day in midtown with her first loves--dinner and a show. But mostly dinner. Join her as she visits some old haunts, discovers new hot spots, takes in some theatre, and snacks on a celebrity.
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Matthew Blank, Talaura Harms
July 01, 2015
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Audrey II Takes Manhattan! As Little Shop Returns to NYC, Everyone's Favorite Man-Eating Plant Sees the Sights
Audrey II Takes Manhattan! As Little Shop Returns to NYC, Everyone's Favorite Man-Eating Plant Sees the Sights
One of theatre's favorite man-eating plant aliens is back in town to celebrate the Encores! Off-Center production of Little Shop of Horrors at New York City Center this week.It's been a while since Audrey II was in the the theatre district, so she thought she'd spend the day in midtown with her first loves--dinner and a show. But mostly dinner. Join her as she visits some old haunts, discovers new hot spots, takes in some theatre, and snacks on a celebrity.
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55th Street! Audrey II has never been so far uptown before and needs a map to find her way to Times Square.
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Strap-hanging to the Theatre District!
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First stop: reminiscing over snacks at the second floor bar of Sardi's.
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She swore she knew him before they were famous as she looked off into the distance and sighed, mumbling something about swamps and flies.
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After seeing all the stars at Sardi's, Twooey had one in mind that she wanted to meet in person...Tyrone! (We think she saw his profile on Tinder.)
Tyrone and Twooey discover that they have a lot in common. Like milkshakes. And bloodlust.
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Audrey II worked up quite an appetite making all those goo-goo eyes at Tyrone, but she only lasted a few minutes in the Shake Shack line before she was dragging us down 45th street...
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For dessert! Zachary tries to keep his fingers when Audrey II demands a Red Velvet at Schmackary's.
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Ladies, gentlemen, (aliens), and those who have yet to make up their minds, we present Audrey II as Lola!
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Grabbing TKTS tickets for a matinee. Literally grabbing. It got scary.
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Audrey II loved Something Rotten! but we think she was a little jealous that the chorus girls had actual legs. It's hard to tap in a flower pot.
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A stop at Madame Tussauds to do a little research for her Bombshell audition.
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The Producers Nathan Lane looked so lifelike that she spent twenty minutes trying to get a backer's reading for next project.
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Twooey makes arrangements for a ride home with another Mean Mother from Outer Space.
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Audrey II hops on the upper deck of a red bus to see the sights as she travels back uptown towards City Center.
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But she screams for a stop at 52nd Street.
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She's spotted the meat locker at Gallaghers Steak House.
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Nose to the window was as close as she could get.
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Thank goodness we ran into the delicious Aaron Lazar. Audrey II was getting hungry!
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The heat wilted her a bit, so a quick stop at Flowers of the World across from City Center for a little spruce up.
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Looking good, Twooey! You're ready for your close-up!
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Audrey II gets a helping hand to take a selfie.
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The show that started it all!
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It's been a long day, but Twooey needs to head "Downtown" for one more stop...
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To camp out to be first in line for Hamilton rush tickets!
Ellen Greene, who created the role of the lovably ditzy Audrey both on stage and screen, reprises that part opposite Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, who was seen on Broadway this past season opposite Ruth Wilson in Constellations, as down-on-his-luck plant-shop worker Seymour. The cast also features Taran Killam ("Saturday Night Live") as Orin, Eddie Cooper as the Voice of Audrey II and Joe Grifasi as Mushnik. The Urchins are portrayed by Caroline, or Change's Tracy Nicole Chapman (Chiffon), Marva Hicks (Crystal) and Ramona Keller (Ronnette).
Little Shop of Horrors, according to City Center, is a "sci-fi musical about Seymour Krelborn (Jake Gyllenhaal), a hapless florist shop worker who pursues a doomed romance with his ditzy, lovable co-worker Audrey (Ellen Greene) by acquiring an R&B-singing plant (Eddie Cooper) that feeds on human blood."
Performances take place July 1 and 2 at 7:30 PM with a 2 PM matinee July 2.
Little Shop of Horrors is based on the 1960 cult movie of the same name. The musical version debuted Off-Broadway at WPA Theatre in 1982 starring Lee Wilkoff and Ellen Greene in a role that would become her signature. A Broadway production was mounted in 2003 co-starring Hunter Foster and Kerry Butler.
The Max Martin musical features a number of his most beloved songs, including “…Baby One More Time,” “Roar,” “Since U Been Gone,” “It’s My Life,” “I Want It That Way,” “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” and more.
