Fontbonne to stage “Little Shop of Horrors”

The Good Fountain Players of Fontbonne Academy will present the musical Little Shop of Horrors on Saturday, March 8 at 7 p.m.; Sunday, March 9 at 4 p.m.; Friday, March 14 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 15 at 7:00 p.m.

The musical will be held in the Fontbonne Academy Auditorium. Tickets are $10 per person. All are welcome to attend. Little Shop of Horrors is a comedy horror rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The
Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman. 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”.

The Good Fountain Players is the Fontbonne Academy drama club which was established in 1980. Known for its annual fall and spring productions, its name is derived from the translation of the French words font bonne, or “good fountain.”

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