>>> NO MOUNTAIN THEATER IS
ABOUT TO PUT ON A CLASSICAL
MUSICAL THAT IS PART HORROR
COMEDY, PART SCI-FI SPOOF.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORROR OPENS
THIS WEEK AND WHO TO TELL US
ABOUT THE SHOW IS THE DIRECTOR,
ALISHA MARCO.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
I LOVE THE SHOW AND I AM SO
EXCITED.
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR
WITH THIS TELL US ABOUT IT.
>> SURE.
THIS MUSICAL PREMIERED OFF A
BROADWAY IN 1982 AND BECOME A
GREAT MOVIE WITH RICK RENNA AND
STEVE MARTIN IN 86.
IT IS JUST A FANTASTIC MUSICAL
COMEDY THAT MATCHES UP A BUNCH
OF DIFFERENT GENRES
.
WE HAVE SOME THAT CAN BE HORROR
WITH SCI-FI AND B MOVIES OF THE
50S AND 60S.ALTOGETHER WITH
THIS GREAT 1960S STYLE DELUXE
CORPORATE >> I LOVE IT.
LAUGHING BECAUSE I AM PICTURING
STEVE MARTIN IN MY HEAD IN THAT
ROLE.
SO FUNNY.
HOW IS THIS SHOW DIFFERENT THAN
THE MOVIE?
>> THE CHARACTERS YOU KNOW AND
LOVE ARE ALL THE SAME.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A
DIFFERENT ENDING.
THEY WENT WITH THE HOLLYWOOD
ENDING FOR THE MOVIE AND
PERHAPS WE ENDING SAY HERE
DARKER .
OF COURSE HE HAD AND MEDTRONIC
PLANTS THAT ARE IN THE STAGE
VERSIOOF CRYSTAL THERE BUT
OPERATED BY PUPPETEERS.
THAT IS EXCITING TO SEE THE
GROWTH OF THE PLANT THROUGHOUT.
JUST A FEW DIFFERENCES BUT I
THINK PEOPLE WHO ARE FAMILIAR
WITH THE MOVIE WILL STILL
REALLY LOVE THE STAGE VERSION.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES WITH A PUPPET.
WHAT DID YOU HAVE TO DEAL
WITH ?
>> WE HAVE FOUR PUPPETS FOR OUR
AUDREY TO FROM LITTLE BABY
PLANT ALL THE WAY TO GIANT MAN
EATING PLANT.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON OPERATING
EACH OF THE PUPPETS AND ONE
PERSON PLAYING THE VOICE.
WE HAVE TO THINK OF THE VOICE
OF THE
PLANT WITH THE ACTION OF
THE PUPPET , BUT ALSO IT IS
REALLY INTERESTING FOR ACTORS
WHO ARE COMMUNICATING WITH THE
PUPPET AND ACTING WITH A
PARTNER PUPPET.
TO GET USED TWORKING IN THE
SCENES WITH SOMEONE WHO IS NOT
REALLY TALKING BACK TO YOU.
AND SO THAT WAS A REALLY
INTERESTING AND FUN CHALLENGE.
>> YOU HAVE TO GET EVERYBODY IN
SINK.
IT HAS TO BE A CHALLENGE, I'M
SURE.
THE PEOPLE, WHY SHOULD THEY
COME SEE THE SHOW?
>> EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR
WITH THE TITLE AND THE MUSIC,
THIS MUSICAL COMES FROM THE
SONGWRITING TEAM OF MEGAN
ASHMAN WHO WENT ON ACTOR LITTLE
SHOP TO GO RIGHT IS THE HIT
AFTER DISNEY HIT.
BEAUTY IN THE BEAST, ALADDIN,
IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEIR
STYLE OF MUSIC YOU GET TO SEE
GLIMMERS OF THAT.
THE SCORE IS REALLY PHENOMENAL.
VERY FUN AND CATCHY.
YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY LEAVE
SINGING.
EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE HORROR
ELEMENTS IN THOSE B-MOVIE
ELEMENTS, I THINK IT IS A
PERFECT MUSICAL FOR ANYBODY WHO
IS A FAN OF MUSICAL COMEDY.
>> THE LITTLE ONES, CAN THEY
COME?
>> I WAS A 6 TO 8 AND UP.
WE ARE SAYING IT IS RATED PG
FOR COMICAL VIOLENCE.
THERE IS DEFINITELY A MAN
EATING PLANT INVOLVED.
KEEP THAT IN MIND.
IN TERMS OF THAT CAN'T BE YOU
SORT OF STYLE.
IF THEY ARE OKAY WITH THAT.
>> OKAY SO OCTOBER HEADING UP
TO HALLOWEEN.
NO MOUNTAIN THEATER ON THE
TRANQUIL MAIN STAGE.
OCTOBER 4 THROUGH THE 22ND.
GET YOUR TICKETS.
WE ARE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE
SNIPPET HERE.
SET THE SCENE FOR US.
>> WE HAVE OUR FLORAL
ASSISTANT, OUR UNLIKELY HERO
SEYMOUR AND HIS COWORKER AUDREY
WHO HE HAS A CRUSH ON.
HE ACTUALLY NAMED THE PLANET
AFTER HER.
IN ACT TWO PERHAPS THEY ARE
ABOUT TO REVEAL THEIR FEELINGS
FOR EACH OTHER SO THIS IS A
FANTASTIC SCEN