Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The musical is loosely based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors. The music, composed by Menken in the style of early 1960s rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown, includes several well-known tunes, including the title song, "Skid Row (Downtown)", "Somewhere That's Green", and "Suddenly, Seymour".
Ashman and Menken wrote "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" specifically for the 1986 film, [2] [3] [4] as a new musical number not present in the stage production. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 59th Academy Awards. [5] It is the first Oscar-nominated song to contain profanity in the lyrics. [6]
The Little Shop of Horrors is a 1960 American horror comedy film directed by Roger Corman. Written by Charles B. Griffith, the film is a farce about a florist's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human blood. The film stars Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles, and Dick Miller, who had all worked for Corman on previous films.
Jonathan Haze, an actor best known for his starring role in the 1960 movie The Little Shop of Horrors, has died.He was 95. On Monday, Nov. 4, Deadline reported that Haze's daughter Rebecca said he ...
Little Shop of Horrors, after a delay needed to complete the revised ending, was released on December 19, 1986, and was anticipated to do strong business over the 1986 holiday season. [13] The film grossed $39 million at the box office in the United States and Canada, [ 14 ] which, from the viewpoint of the studio, was considered an underperformer.
Little Shop of Horrors went on to be adapted for the Off-Broadway musical of the same title in 1982, and was later produced in West End as well as a 2003-04 Broadway revival.
In the musical Little Shop of Horrors, during the song "Somewhere That's Green", the character Audrey sings, "The kids play Howdy Doody as the sun sets in the west". Pee-wee's Playhouse drew from Howdy Doody during its successful run on CBS from 1986 to 1991.
Little Shop of Horrors may refer to: The Little Shop of Horrors, a 1960 American film; Little Shop of Horrors, a 1982 musical based on the 1960 film;