Thomas Doherty, who starred in HBO Max's Gossip Girl reboot, made his New York stage debut earlier this month as Seymour in the hit Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors.
The actor joined The Handmaid's Tale Emmy nominee Madeline Brewer, who co-stars as Audrey and is also making her NYC stage debut.
The current company celebrated its new leads September 16 at an after party at Sir Henry's. Attendees also included Shailene Woodley, Trixie Mattel, Brittany Broski, Conrad Ricamora, Tommy Bracco, Elizabeth Lail, Nicole Brydon Bloom, and Evan Mock. Check out photos from the evening in the gallery below.
Also in the cast are Drama Desk nominee Jeremy Kushnier (Footloose, Jesus Christ Superstar) as Dr. Orin Scrivello DDS, Tony nominee Reg Rogers (The Dazzle, Merrily We Roll Along) as Mushnik, Major Attaway (Aladdin) as The Voice of Audrey II, Christine Wanda as Ronnette, Savannah Lee Birdsong as Crystal, and Morgan Ashley Bryant as Chiffon, as well as Teddy Yudain, Jonothon Lyons, Mecca Hicks, Aveena Sawyer, Jeff Sears, Noel MacNeal, Johnny Newcomb, Jon Riddleberger, David Colston Corris, Bryan Fenkart, Alloria Frayser, Christopher Swan, and Chani Maisonet.
Previous players in the roles of Seymour and Audrey Off-Broadway have
included Jonathan Groff, Tammy Blanchard, Jeremy Jordan, Lena Hall,
Maude Apatow, Gideon Glick, Rob McClure, Skylar Astin, Conrad Ricamora,
Matt Doyle, Darren Criss, Milo Manheim, Sherie Rene Scott, Evan Rachel
Wood, Corbin Bleu, Constance Wu, Sarah Hyland, Andrew Barth Feldman,
and RuPaul's Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon, who became first drag queen
to play Audrey in a major production of the musical.
The Off-Broadway revival began previews September 17, 2019, prior to
an official opening October 17; the production resumed its run September
21, 2021, after temporarily closing in March 2020 due to the pandemic.
Director Michael Mayer's 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 Kate Croasdale.
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