Male Urchins in Little Shop of Horrors?

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 3/21/05 at 10:45pm

Do you think it can be done, if even one out of the three urchins or all three were male? I think it would be an interesting spin, although their is that element of sassy female urchin that I love--what do you think?

[apdarcey]

Posted: 3/21/05 at 10:49pm

i for one would love to be a male urchin in that show.

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 3/21/05 at 10:52pm

I don't want this to come off as sexist, but I don't think it would work. It would ruin the whole 60s Girl Group Dynamic....unless you wanted to change it to a Four Seasons dynamic...but I just don't think it would work. It's kidna like making the Quartet in Music Man female.

[Joshua488]

Posted: 3/21/05 at 10:59pm

Yeah, they are supposed to resemble a '60s girl group. In fact, their names (Ronnette, Chiffon and Crystal) are names of girl groups from the '60s: The Ronettes, The Chiffons and The Crystals. I don't think a man would work well.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 3/21/05 at 11:03pm

When I was in Music Man, the High Tenor of the Quartet sucked, and I often had to sing offstage for him.

[Dextrous Existence]

Posted: 3/21/05 at 11:04pm

I once saw a production that had four urchins. 2 were male, 2 were female. And...it did not work at all. But I'm speaking from production values, I guess if you re-worked the music...it COULD work. But I do agree, "they're supposed to resemble a '60s girl group."

[Mattio98]

Posted: 3/21/05 at 11:06pm

Only if it's Billy Porter, Darius DeHaas, and Chester Gregory.
Updated On: 3/22/05 at 11:06 PM

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 4:06pm

And Ty Taylor.

And adding another urchin would ruin it for me. Not to mention you'd have to rework the tight harmonies.

[bjivie2]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 4:08pm

Whatever happened to Ty Taylor?

And they would all have to be gay or the lines would have to be re-written. Having guys say those lines in the scene with the trio and Audrey would be like having drag queens on stage.

[ShuQ]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 4:32pm

Yeah...do you mean like, males in drag or males playing males singing it lower?

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 4:35pm

Males playing males.

And Ty Taylor is in We Will Rock You in Las Vegas, but he really needs to come back to New York.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 4:53pm

It would ruin the balance of the show. Seymour, Mushnick, the dentist and Audrey 2 are all male. Without the urchins being female, Audrey is the sole female.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 5:07pm

Definately. I would love to do it, too. :)

[Mattio98]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 5:08pm

I'm not so sure about Chester Gregory but with Billy and Darius, you don't even need to transpose the music down!

[tthomas76]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 5:16pm

I'm a big fan of Little Shop and I think that would totally mess the show up. Sorry that's just my thought on that...