Little Shop Of Horrors
Written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken.
Directed by Jim Maxim.
Little Shop of Horrors is best described as a horror, comedy rock musical, a rarity.The music is composed by Alan Menken in the style of early 1960s rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown,includes a number of Menken’s best loved songs.
Set in the fictional, rundown and under valued ‘Skid Row’, the story follows Seymour Krelborn, a florist assistant for whom life has not been kind. That is until he discovers a strange, enchanting…and man-eating…plant that he names ‘Audrey 2’. His new discovery not only proves to be successful in bringing new found attention and prosperity to Skid Row and its floristry, but changes the lives of Seymour and all those he knows and loves forever.
