It’s early afternoon on a Friday when Darren Criss and Evan Rachel Wood pick up the phone, just five days before they are set to debut as the new Seymour and Audrey in off-Broadway’s Little Shop of Horrors.
Both are on their way to the Westside Theatre stage for their first top-to-bottom run-through, taking over the complicated but beloved characters based on Roger Corman’s 1960 horror comedy and deftly adapted for the stage by theater legends Howard Ashman (book and lyrics) and Alan Menken (music).
Now in the fifth year of the U.S. revival of the dark goings-on of a Skid Row flower shop, several notable names have left their mark on the show: Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, Conrad Ricamora, Corbin Bleu, Constance Wu, Maude Apatow, Tammy Blanchard and Lena Hall. But none quite like this, as an intentional leap together among friends.
As the interview begins,...
Both are on their way to the Westside Theatre stage for their first top-to-bottom run-through, taking over the complicated but beloved characters based on Roger Corman’s 1960 horror comedy and deftly adapted for the stage by theater legends Howard Ashman (book and lyrics) and Alan Menken (music).
Now in the fifth year of the U.S. revival of the dark goings-on of a Skid Row flower shop, several notable names have left their mark on the show: Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, Conrad Ricamora, Corbin Bleu, Constance Wu, Maude Apatow, Tammy Blanchard and Lena Hall. But none quite like this, as an intentional leap together among friends.
As the interview begins,...
- 1/29/2024
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Evan Rachel Wood isn't the only thespian in her family. In fact, she's the beneficiary of some pretty good genes.
Evan Rachel has reconnected with her father, Ira David Wood, in the past few years. They have a lot in common, at least interest wise: he is a revered figure in Raleigh, North Carolina. He's the Executive Director of Theatre in the Park, a popular actor in city productions and an author. He's also, it turns out, a pretty fantastic rapper.
Appearing on the city's "Bob & The Showgram Mornings" radio show, he gave a rousing reading of Lfmao's hit song "Sexy and I Know It," juxtaposing his classic theatrical style with the more modern -- and risque -- lyrics of the rap.
Honestly, we like his version better!
Watch:...
Evan Rachel has reconnected with her father, Ira David Wood, in the past few years. They have a lot in common, at least interest wise: he is a revered figure in Raleigh, North Carolina. He's the Executive Director of Theatre in the Park, a popular actor in city productions and an author. He's also, it turns out, a pretty fantastic rapper.
Appearing on the city's "Bob & The Showgram Mornings" radio show, he gave a rousing reading of Lfmao's hit song "Sexy and I Know It," juxtaposing his classic theatrical style with the more modern -- and risque -- lyrics of the rap.
Honestly, we like his version better!
Watch:...
- 1/10/2012
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
Shakespeare returns to Theatre In The Park with the production of one of The Bard's most famous tragedies, Macbeth, February 5th - 16th. "Fair is foul, foul is fair." Power. Greed. Madness. A masterpiece of tragedy, amid the violence and war torn locales and characters, Shakespeare offers frightening and astonishing insights into the passion for political and military power, and the consequences of corrupting power and ambition unchecked by morality or conscience. Ira David Wood III directs a modern spin on this tale of unchecked ambition, setting the play in a post-apocalyptic world and utilizing multimedia as well as embracing the theatre's oldest tradition of performing in masks. Featuring Ira David Wood III as Macbeth and Lynda Clark as the conniving Lady Macbeth, this Theatre In The Park production will excite and frighten Shakespeare lovers and laymen alike. Also featuring: Kurt Benrud, Jackson Bloom, Paul Brown, Rita Coby, Janis Coville,...
- 1/21/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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