Off-Broadway NewsSkylar Astin Completes Run in Off-Broadway Little Shop of Horrors July 3
The Spring Awakening and Pitch Perfect star is departing the Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical to begin filming So Help Me Todd for CBS.
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Spring Awakening and Pitch Perfect star Skylar Astin completes his run as Seymour Krelborn in Off-Broadway’s Little Shop of Horrors revival July 3, departing to begin filming So Help Me Todd for CBS. He joined the production May 17.
Understudy Evan Alexander Smith will take on the role July 5–10, with Mrs. Doubtfire Tony nominee Rob McClure set to take over from July 12.
The current cast includes Tammy Blanchard as Audrey, Tony winner Christian Borle as Orin Scrivello, Stuart Zagnit as Mushnik, Aaron Arnell Harrington as The Voice of Audrey II, Khalifa White as Ronnette, Cristina Raé as Crystal, Khadija Sankoh as Chiffon, and Eric Wright, Teddy Yudain, Josh Daniel, Michael Iannucci, Jana Djenne Jackson, and Chelsea Turbin.
The Off-Broadway revival resumed its run September 21, 2021, after temporarily closing in March 2020 due to the pandemic.
Directed by Tony winner Michael Mayer, the production opened in October 2019. The creative team for the Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical also includes choreographer Ellenore Scott, scenic designer Julian Crouch, lighting designer Bradley King, costume designer Tom Broecker, sound designer Jessica Paz, puppet designer Nicholas Mahon, original puppet designer Martin P. Robinson, hair and makeup designer Tommy Kurzman, music supervisor, orchestrator, and arranger Will Van Dyke, and casting director Jim Carnahan. Puppets are by Monkey Boys Productions.
General management is by Live Wire Theatrical/Chris Aniello, and production stage management is by Ryan Gohsman.
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The 30th anniversary burlesque performance benefited Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Zach Williams, Ted Keener, Alec Varcas, Timothy Hughes, Chris Newsome, Mark Mackillop, and Alfie Parker Jr. Mati Ficara
Broadway Bares, the modern-day burlesque spectacular produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, returned to live performances June 26 with a 30th anniversary celebration titled Broadway Bares: XXX at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
Laya Barak, who piloted the last live edition, Broadway Bares: Take Off in 2019, again directed with associate direction by Jonathan Lee. Tony winner Jerry Mitchell, who created the fundraiser, and Nick Kenkel, a longtime Bares director and performer, continued as executive producers.
The one-night-only extravaganza of provocative new production numbers was inspired by the show’s three-decade run. Fourteeen choreographers drew inspiration from Bares’ titles and storylines of years past, bringing new takes to audience favorites. In addition to Barak, Kenkel, and Lee, choreographers included Al Blackstone, Jessica Castro, Chloe Davis, Armando Farfan, Richard J. Hinds, Stephanie Klemons, Sekou McMiller, Michael Lee Scott, Gabby Sorrentino, Kellen Stancil, and Andrew Turteltaub.
Check out new, behind-the-scenes photos from the evening below:
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The roster of Broadway performers who made appearances included Oscar winner and 2022 Tony Awards host Ariana DeBose, Funny Girl star Ramin Karimloo, POTUS stars Julianne Hough, Suzy Nakamura, and Julie White; the Queens of Broadway’s SIX: The Musical, who performed the evening’s finale; Tony-winning A Strange Loop writer Michael R. Jackson; Tony winner and BroadwayBares founder Mitchell; Nathan Lee Graham; Lesli Margherita; Bonnie Milligan; Maulik Pancholy; and Jason Tam. The evening also included performers from the casts of Broadway’s Aladdin, Beetlejuice, Company, Funny Girl, Hadestown, Hamilton, The Lion King, MJ, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, The Music Man, POTUS, A Strange Loop, and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.
Broadway Bares: XXX was written by Hunter Bell and Troy Britton Johnson and featured lighting design by Joel Shier, scenic design by David Arsenault, and sound design by Nick Borisjuk. Production stage managers were Jereme Kyle Lewis and Johnny Milani with Sarah Helgesen as stage manager.
Broadway Bares was created in 1992 by Mitchell, then a Broadway dancer, as a way to raise awareness and money for those living with HIV/AIDS. In Broadway Bares’ first year, Mitchell and six of his friends danced atop a New York City bar and raised $8,000 for the cause. Because of the pandemic, the last two editions of Broadway Bares were virtual presentations. Since 1988, Broadway Bares has raised more than $21 million for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation’s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources, and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has raised more than $300 million for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, and other critical illnesses across the United States.