Little Shop of Horrors

Theatre

Name:	Orpheum Theatre
Address:	126 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10003

Production Information

Number of performances:	2209
Opening date:	July 27, 1982
Closing date:	November 1, 1987

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	David Geffen	Producer
	Cameron Mackintosh	Producer
	The Shubert Organization	Producer
	WPA Theatre	Producer

	Howard Ashman	Book
	Howard Ashman	Lyricist
	Alan Menken	Composer

	Howard Ashman	Director

	Edie Cowan	Musical Staging

	Edward T. Gianfrancesco	Set Designer
	Sally J. Lesser	Costume Designer
	Craig Evans	Lighting Designer
	Otts Munderloh	Sound Designer
	Martin P. Robinson	Puppet Designer

	Albert Poland	General Manager
	Nancy Nagel Gibbs	Company Manager
	Warren Knowlton	Press Representative
	Kevin Patterson	Press Representative
	Milly Schoenbaum	Press Representative
	Solters/Roskin/Friedman Inc.	Press Representative

	Paul Mills Holmes	Production Stage Manager

	Robby Merkin	Orchestrations
	Robert Billig	Music Supervisor
	Robert Billig	Vocal Arrangements
	Steve Gelfand	Guitar
	Robby Merkin	Keyboards
	Steve Ferrara	Percussion
	Robert Billig	Piano

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Hy Anzell	Mr. Mushnik
	Sheila Kay Davis	Ronnette
	Ellen Greene	Audrey
	Leilani Jones	Chiffon
	Franc Luz	Orin/Bernstein/Snip/Luce/Everyone Else
	Martin P. Robinson	Derelict/Audrey II (Manipulation)
	Ron Taylor	Voice of Audrey II
	Jennifer Leigh Warren	Crystal
	Lee Wilkof	Seymour
	Anthony B. Asbury	Derelict/Audrey II (Manipulation)	UNDERSTUDY
	Fyvush Finkel	Mr. Mushnik	UNDERSTUDY
	Katherine Meloche	Audrey	UNDERSTUDY
	Brad Moranz	Seymour/Voice of Audrey II/Orin/Bernstein/Snip/Luce/Everyone Else	UNDERSTUDY
	Deborah Lynne Sharpe	Chiffon/Crystal/Ronnette	UNDERSTUDY

Replacement Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Bruce Klinger	Company Manager
	Peter Schneider	Company Manager

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Eydie Alyson	Audrey
	Anthony B. Asbury	Derelict/Audrey II (Manipulation)
	Fyvush Finkel	Mr. Mushnik
	Robert Frisch	Orin/Bernstein/Snip/Luce/Everyone Else
	Annie Golden	Audrey
	Ken Land	Dentist
	Brad Moranz	Seymour
	Andrew Hill Norman	Seymour
	Faith Prince	Audrey
	Marsha Waterbury	Audrey

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	WON	1983 Drama Critics' Circle Award, Best Musical	Howard Ashman	Book
			Alan Menken	Composer
2	WON	1983 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Musical	David Geffen	Producer
			Cameron Mackintosh	Producer
			The Shubert Organization	Producer
			WPA Theatre	Producer
			Howard Ashman	Book
			Howard Ashman	Lyricist
			Alan Menken	Composer
			Howard Ashman	Director
3	WON	1983 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Lyrics	Howard Ashman	Lyricist
4	WON	1983 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Special Effects	Martin P. Robinson	Actor
			Ron Taylor	Actor
			Martin P. Robinson	Puppet Designer
5	WON	1983 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Score	Alan Menken	Composer
6	WON	1983 Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Off-Broadway Musical
7	WON	1983 Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Score	Alan Menken	Composer
8	WON	1982 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design	Edward T. Gianfrancesco	Set Designer