7/21/2023 0 Comments Candlelight pavilionBut that’s okay, because he is not just any nerd he’s a genuine one, lifted by his do-good bashfulness as well as the desire for companionship and personal growth. Seymour, for all his good intentions, probably has a case of arrested development, and is a bona fide late bloomer when it comes to his own self-actualization and prospects. The believability of the production rests on the shoulders, baseball cap, Chuck Taylors, and eyeglasses of Bob Moran, the perfect Seymour, whose wide-eyed and innocent reactions as the lead are just as essential as the suitably insecure delivery of his lines. Moreover, the lighting by Aspen Rogers of 4Wall Entertainment is worthy of acclaim for all the complex, varicolored cues, as are the costumes by Mark Gamez and The Theatre Company, especially the Audrey II props, for the vines of pseudorealism they weave.īob Moran and Marc Montminy in the Candlelight Pavilion’s 2020 production of “Little Shop of Horrors” in Claremont, CA. In this rendition, the cherished time capsule comprising an irreverent silliness and quirkiness are intact, and Woodman utilizes his performers’ characterizations and the laugh-out-loud bits to the fullest. ![]() Even all these years later, both the Frank Oz-directed film and the stage spectacle are strengthened, not undermined, for having been a product of the 1980s. Director and choreographer Branch Woodman has an acute understanding of how beguilingly idiosyncratic this musical is on its own without trying to contemporize it. It oddly feels comforting and inviting, lulling in observers into a site where alien world domination is launched without any hulabaloo at first. The set, coordinated by Chuck Ketter, is directly from the national tour and is absolutely first-rate, just as it was for the Pavilion’s previous musical, “Man of La Mancha.” Mushnik’s flared-out flower shop is the focus here, with its dust-ridden, run-down brick-and-mortar tones, surrounded by the city’s grimy garbage cans and a stoop. But just as Seymour’s life favorably turns around, Audrey II’s blood-sucking tendrils get flagrantly out of line. Having exponentially grown in size, the talking and bellowing Audrey II becomes a hit for both the shop and the intrigued media as Seymour gets closer to Audrey despite the fact she’s already in an (abusive) relationship with rebel-wannabe, Orin Scrivello, D.D.S. Seymour comes into the possession of a curious plant reminiscent of the carnivorous venus flytrap, except this one - anointed “Audrey II” by Seymour in honor of his crush - begins to pose a body-snatching threat as it is nursed by its altruistic and naive protagonist. Mushnik at a struggling flower shop on skid row. ![]() ![]() The eccentrically entertaining story centers around Seymour Krelborn, a hapless young-adult orphan, who works alongside the object of his affection, Audrey, under the employ of the sometimes crotchety Mr. Williams, and Marc Montminy (taking the photo) in the Candlelight Pavilion’s 2020 production of “Little Shop of Horrors” in Claremont, CA. Summer Greer, Alescia Ellis, Bob Moran, Liz B.
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