Ellen Greene

[Littleshopofcarrie]

Posted: 10/16/17 at 11:18pm

Now that the reworked Little Shop isn't happening for awhile, anything we can get her back on Broadway in?

[Speed]

Posted: 10/16/17 at 11:22pm

Agreed.  Love her!!

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 10/16/17 at 11:28pm

I love her too. Not sure if her voice could have handled it but she would be an interesting Helena Rubinstein in War Paint with Kristin Chenoweth as her Arden. Could have been a pushing daisy's reunion

[Littleshopofcarrie]

Posted: 10/17/17 at 1:08am

Would love to see her as Dolly, not sure if that’s likely though.

[John Adams]

Posted: 10/17/17 at 11:09am

I'd like to hear what Ellen Greene could do with the Evita score (particularly "Rainbow High". I'd also like to hear her sing some Patsy Cline ("Crazy" for example).

I've always enjoyed Ellen Greene's work. She reminds me of Georgia Engel though, in that they both have very specific vocal characteristics that seem to limit the types of roles in which they are cast (grown women with little girl characteristics/sensibilities/vulnerabilities).

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 10/17/17 at 11:52am

I don't know about her versatility, and I have seen in her various television and films, but what she brought to Audrey can never be understated, IMO. Just seeing her performance in Hey, Mr. Producer, was like the ultimate showcase of the relationship between actor and role just being utterly perfect in every way. I don't know the story really, but Ellen Greene just understands Audrey so thoroughly and brought things out in a way that seems like only she can, and it's not just because she originated the role and we're just used to seeing her version of it, it's something more.

[darquegk]

Posted: 10/17/17 at 12:25pm

I had been so excited when I heard about the "new version" of Little Shop: much as I love the stage show, the movie lives in a slightly darker, quirkier world, even with the happy ending and sequel bait. "Mean Green Mother" would be hard to put in the show due to the rapid pace of the lyrics and puppetry demands, but I always appreciated the places where the movie steps from the show's ultimately-optimistic camp into its own moments of weirdness.

The masochist character in Corman's film reinterpreted into Bill Murray "candy barrrr" scene seems to have inspired cut song "A Little Dental Music." Plus, there's something quintessentially Frank Oz in Mushnik's noir-inspired confrontation scene: "You love her madly, don't you... schmuck?" Ditto for Seymour's suicide attempt being interrupted by a glad-handing marketing executive who sees what he's doing and JUST DOESN'T CARE. It's a kind of cynicism that Howard Ashman never felt entirely comfortable with (save perhaps in "Smile", but which fits Little Shop like a glove.