Several years before they struck Disney gold with Beauty and the Beast, the musical team of composer Alan Menken and book writer and lyricist Howard Ashman stuck their toes into campy cult waters with 1982’s Little Shop of Horrors, adapted from Roger Corman’s 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors. The film is famous, among […]
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Landree Fleming plants her feet in musical comedy
Until recently, Landree Fleming was best known as a comic actor. She has appeared in over 20 local productions, including stints at the Marriott Theatre, Drury Lane, Chicago Shakespeare, and Porchlight. But over the last year and a half she has begun to branch out into directing. Last season Fleming codirected Paramount’s “Bold” series production […]
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Little Shop of Horrors has not grown gracefully into the new millennium
Still, Mercury Theater’s production hits all the right notes.
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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Vertigo, and more outdoor film screenings in Chicago this week
The Chicago Park District’s Movies in the Park series is in full swing.
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Little Shop of Horrors, Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf, and ten more new stage shows
A monstrous revival and a collaboration between Writers Theatre and Second City are among this week’s theater and performance best bets.
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Soft-focused and ham-fisted: Reader critics’ new performing arts reviews
Fresh performing arts reviews