I LOVE THIS MUSICAL!Okay. Now that I've got that off my chest... LOL!
Premise:
Nerdy Seymour works at a florist shop in the slums of New York, ie. Skid Row. Seymour secretly loves Audrey, who also works at the florist shop. But Audrey is dating a masochistic dentist.
One day, during a "total eclipse of the sun", Seymour comes across a type of plant he's never seen before. Curious, he takes the plant back to his little hole in the wall under the shop where he lives. It's there he discovers that his plant is rather bloodthirsty.
As he feeds his plant (named Audrey II in honor of the girl he loves), the plant grows to the point where he has to move it upstairs into the shop. There, the plant attracts a ton of attention from the media. And Seymour soon finds himself a celebrity.
But Audrey II is no longer satisfied with ground round or chuck steak, which Seymour soon discovers when his plant starts eating people. At first Seymour is horrified. To make matters worse, Audrey II begins to TALK to him, demanding that Seymour "Feed Me!"
Meanwhile, Seymour watches as his true love is treated despicably by the dentist. Seymour inevitably turns the dentist into plant food, and he wins Audrey's affection. Unfortunately, Audrey II is now bigger than a Sherman tank, and demanding more.
I won't tell you how the movie/musical ends, but if you love do-wop music that finds you singing along, you're going to have a blast! The best version, in my opinion, is the one starring Rick Moranis (of Ghostbusters and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids fame). It also stars Steve Martin as the deranged dentist, with cameos by John Candy, James Belushi, and Bill Murray.
There is an earlier, non-musical version starring a very young Jack Nicholson. It's interesting to watch the two and compare.
My verdict?
AND GET THE SOUNDTRACK, TOO!
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