{"id":16770,"date":"2019-02-08T14:33:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T19:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/?p=16770"},"modified":"2019-02-08T14:36:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T19:36:57","slug":"little-shop-of-horrors-a-delightful-sci-fi-musical-opens-march-1-at-tusculum-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/admission\/2019\/little-shop-of-horrors-a-delightful-sci-fi-musical-opens-march-1-at-tusculum-university\/","title":{"rendered":"“Little Shop of Horrors,” a delightful Sci-Fi musical, opens March 1 at Tusculum University"},"content":{"rendered":"

Theatre-at-Tusculum will present the charming and hysterical classic \u201cLittle Shop of Horrors\u201d for seven performances beginning Friday, March 1.<\/h3>\n
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Maxwell Reed as Seymour, left, and Molly Doss as Audrey will perform in Theatre-at-Tusculum\u2019s presentation of “Little Shop of Horrors.”<\/p><\/div>\n

With tongue firmly planted in cheek, \u201cLittle Shop of Horrors\u201d never fails to entertain with its story about Seymour Krelborn, a down-and-out skid row floral shop assistant, who becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an unknown plant species that has a mysterious craving for fresh blood.<\/p>\n

Soon the plant, affectionately named Audrey 2, grows into a manipulative, rhythm-and-blues-singing carnivore that offers Seymour fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite. The plant finally reveals itself to be an alien creature poised for global domination.<\/p>\n

\u201cLittle Shop of Horrors\u201d features the songs “Somewhere That’s Green,” “Dentist!” “Suddenly, Seymour” and “Suppertime.”<\/p>\n

This spoof of 1950s Sci-Fi movies has become a household name, thanks to a highly successful film version and a score by the duo of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (Disney’s \u201cThe Little Mermaid,\u201d \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d and \u201cAladdin\u201d). The \u201cLittle Shop of Horrors\u201d musical, which premiered in May 1982, is based on the 1960s Roger Corman Sci-Fi horror flick of the same name starring a very young Jack Nicholson. A 1986 movie version of the musical directed by Frank Oz and starring Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene is considered a cult classic.<\/p>\n

The Theatre-at Tusculum production is being directed by Brian Ricker and will take place in the Behan Arena Theatre in the lower level of the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Center at Tusculum University<\/a> in Greeneville. The show will span two weekends with performances on March 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 at 7 p.m. with matinee performances on March 3 and 10 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Ricker, assistant director of Tusculum University Arts Outreach and a veteran actor of the Greeneville stage, has directed successful productions for Theatre-at-Tusculum and the Greeneville Theatre Guild, including \u201cThe 25th<\/sup> Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,\u201d \u201cUrinetown: The Musical\u201d and Tennessee Williams\u2019 \u201cCat on a Hot Tin Roof.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Left to right, Erin Schultz as Ronette, Jodie Carter as Crystal and Sara Claiborne as Chiffon will perform in Theatre-at-Tusculum\u2019s presentation of \u201cLittle Shop of Horrors.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cLittle Shop of Horrors\u201d features many of the area\u2019s favorite actors, including:<\/p>\n