Howard Ashman News

Auditions for Civic Theatre of Allentown's production of Little Shop of Horrors will be held on Sunday, January 10th at 2pm in the rehearsal hall above Civic's 19th Street Theatre at 527 N 19th Street in Allentown.

The MIT Musical Theatre Guild announces auditions for its IAP 2010 Production of Little Shop of Horrors, with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken. The show is based on the film by Roger Corman and screenplay by Charles Griffith.

Dare You Stay for Dinner? A down and out skid row florist assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discoveres an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for blood.

The MIT Musical Theatre Guild announces auditions for its IAP 2010 Production of Little Shop of Horrors, with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken. The show is based on the film by Roger Corman and screenplay by Charles Griffith.

Disney's Broadway Smash Hit BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is back by popular demand just in time for the holiday season! Disney's animated masterpiece attains new life and depth in this Tony Award-winning stage version.

11th Hour Theatre Company alongside Theatre Horizon will present a unique interpretation of the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman musical classic, Little Shop of Horrors at Prince Music Theater's Independence Black Box from November 27-December 20.

York Little Theatre is proud to present Broadway's classic musical fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast, which will run from November 6 - 22, 2009. The production features the music of Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton. Beauty and the Beast is based on the 1991 Academy Award winning feature film of the same name and was nominated for 9 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score.

The MIT Musical Theatre Guild is now looking for a Directoral Staff for the IAP 2010 production of Little Shop of Horrors. Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Music by Alan Menken

David Williams and Cat Eberwine give such winning performances as Seymour and Audrey in the Senior Center for the Arts' production of Little Shop of Horrors, now onstage at Nashville Dinner Theatre through November 15, that it's easy to overlook some of the production's other, more obvious, shortcomings. Williams and Eberwine are sublimely off-kilter as the oddest of couples in the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman musical, with an onstage chemistry that makes them completely believable and altogether lovable in their cartoonish roles.

AUDREY II, the people-eating plant who stars in Little Shop Of Horrors, the frightfully freaky rock musical, has invaded Donelson's Senior Center for the Arts (SCA), for a run through November 15 at Nashville Dinner Theatre. Directed by veteran Nashville director Tim Larson, Little Shop introduces audiences to Seymour, an ill-fated florist shop worker who pines for fortune, fame and his flame, comely co-worker, Audrey. He later discovers an alien plant with a hankering for human blood and a dastardly desire to overtake the world. A perilous pact is made between the two, and mayhem ensues.

Terrace Plaza Playhouse is pleased to present DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Sep 25 - Nov 13, 2009 every Friday, Saturday and Monday evening at 7:30 PM with matinee performances Oct 10 and Oct 24.

David Williams and Cat Eberwine give such winning performances as Seymour and Audrey in the Senior Center for the Arts' production of Little Shop of Horrors, now onstage at Nashville Dinner Theatre through November 15, that it's easy to overlook some of the production's other, more obvious, shortcomings. Williams and Eberwine are sublimely off-kilter as the oddest of couples in the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman musical, with an onstage chemistry that makes them completely believable and altogether lovable in their cartoonish roles.

Marking the beginning of its 20th Anniversary Season, or 'The Year of Enchantment,' Hartford Children's Theatre (HCT) announces its production of the beloved family musical, Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Under the direction of HCT's newly appointed Artistic Director, Ryan Ratelle with Musical Direction and Choreography by Lisa Foss, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST opens on Friday, October 30 at the Carol Autorino Center for Arts and Humanities on the campus of Saint Joseph College where the show will run through Saturday, November 7, 2009. Tickets are now on sale.

Disney's Broadway Smash Hit BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is back by popular demand just in time for the holiday season! Disney's animated masterpiece attains new life and depth in this Tony Award-winning stage version.

York Little Theatre is proud to present Broadway's classic musical fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast, which will run from November 6 - 22, 2009. The production features the music of Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton. Beauty and the Beast is based on the 1991 Academy Award winning feature film of the same name and was nominated for 9 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score.

AUDREY II, the people-eating plant who stars in Little Shop Of Horrors, the frightfully freaky rock musical, has invaded Donelson's Senior Center for the Arts (SCA), for a run through November 15 at Nashville Dinner Theatre. Directed by veteran Nashville director Tim Larson, Little Shop introduces audiences to Seymour, an ill-fated florist shop worker who pines for fortune, fame and his flame, comely co-worker, Audrey. He later discovers an alien plant with a hankering for human blood and a dastardly desire to overtake the world. A perilous pact is made between the two, and mayhem ensues.

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9pm - Upright Cabaret welcomes back Broadway star Jennifer Leigh Warren and 2-time Star Search Grand Champion Jake Simpson collide in cosmic cocktail with JEN AND JAKE: SONGS FOR GROWN FOLK.

Marking the beginning of its 20th Anniversary Season, or 'The Year of Enchantment,' Hartford Children's Theatre (HCT) announces its production of the beloved family musical, Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Under the direction of HCT's newly appointed Artistic Director, Ryan Ratelle with Musical Direction and Choreography by Lisa Foss, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST opens on Friday, October 30 at the Carol Autorino Center for Arts and Humanities on the campus of Saint Joseph College where the show will run through Saturday, November 7, 2009. Tickets are now on sale.

Disney's Aladdin, Jr' Book by Jim Luigs, Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice Dates: Monday, October 26 and Weds. October 28 at 7 pm

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9pm - Upright Cabaret welcomes back Broadway star Jennifer Leigh Warren and 2-time Star Search Grand Champion Jake Simpson collide in cosmic cocktail with JEN AND JAKE: SONGS FOR GROWN FOLK.