Tari Kelly

Holy Christ!!! As many of you may know, Tari Kelly plays Audrey in the first national tour of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, opposite Anthony Rapp. I advise all of you LSOH fans to go to Tari's website ASAP! (www.tarikelly.com) She has clips of her singing "Somewhere That's Green", "Sominex", "Skid Row (Downtown)" and "Suddenly, Seymour". She is PHENOMENAL! Her voice blows Kerry Butler's and Jessica-Snow Wilson's (and, possibly, Alice Ripley's) vocal portrayals of Audrey out of the water!

Her voice is nice. definitely beats many of the previous...

BUT, not Ellen and not Alice!

I'm guessing you've seen the tour production. Has anyone seen the tour production with Tari's understudy, Yvette Lawrence, as Audrey? I've never heard of her, but I would love to hear of her performance.

Ummm, I think we know the point of the Urchins, broadwayguy2. I think BobbyBubby was saying that the ACTRESSES playing the Urchins don't understand their characters, or they understand their characters, but are following bad direction. I'm a LSOH freak, so there's no need to explain anything!

Updated On: 12/9/04 at 04:42 PM

Wow. She sounds wonderful! So does Anthony...maybe this sould have been the Bway cast.

Also, great pics!

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It looks and sounds great! I can't wait to see the show in Feb.!

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Wow...I use to be a Kerry Butler fan, but damn...she blew Kerry oughtta the water.

I saw LSOH tour, Tari was so good. the urchins have amazing voices, I met all of the urchins and Tari, and Anthony who all graciously signed my playbill. I didn't get a pic though...what was i thinking???

After listening to Tari's version of "Suddenly, Seymour" repeatedly, I have come to LOVE her vocals, but the orchestrations bother me. It doesn't sound as full as the Broadway version (with Kerry & Hunter, Jessica-Snow & Joey) did. Does anyone else notice this? Examples:

During "Please understand that it's...", there are no bongos in the background as there are in the Bway version.

Also, during the big final chorus of that song, the drums sound less full than the Bway version. Like, some cymbals that are steadily crashing through the chorus are missing. (Pardon my lack of knowledge about percussion!)

Here's another question: Would these musical changes be on the part of the conductor/musical director (Brent-Alan Huffman), or would the percussionist be allowed to change things? I always thought each part was written out so they would always be the same.

How so?

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I also saw the production in San Diego on December 7th. Overall, I thought the show was great. I was blown away by Tari...thought she was great. I also thought Anthony did an amazing job. I wanted to go back and see the show again.