Little Shop of Horrors (musical)

Little Shop of Horrors
Original Cast Album
Music	Alan Menken
Lyrics	Howard Ashman
Book	Howard Ashman
Basis	The Little Shop of Horrors by Charles B. Griffith
Productions	1982 Off-Broadway 1983 West End 2003 Broadway 2004 US National Tour 2007 West End revival 2009 UK Tour 2016 UK Tour 2019 Off-Broadway revival
Awards	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics

Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical^[1] with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman. The story follows a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is loosely based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors. 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 musical premiered off-off-Broadway in 1982 before moving to the Orpheum Theatre off-Broadway, where it had a five-year run. It later received numerous productions in the U.S. and abroad, and a subsequent Broadway production. In part because of its small cast, it has become popular with school and other amateur theatre groups.^[2] The musical was also made into a 1986 film of the same name, directed by Frank Oz.