Ellen Greene

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

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

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).

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.