Just in case people are looking for specific song times: “Audrey II Song”: 0:19 “All Gone”: 0:48 “A Little Dental Music”: 2:05 “I Found a Hobby”: 2:43 “The Worse He Treats Me”: 3:34 “We’ll Have Tomorrow”: 5:00 Hope this helps!
Honestly, the Audrey II song could work really well as a sort of "Commercial" like if we get a remake that follows the play a bit closer, then it could work well after the part where the Botanical Company comes in to make mini Twoeys as an in-universe commercial followed immediately by "Don't feed the Plants" to show just what actually happened once these mean greens went global.
It was a pleasure to direct this concert reunion. I was a 14 year old usher, then PA in 1987 for the final year of the show. These are my heroes and it was a full blast! So happy Alan joined us ;)
If you listen to the original cast recording of Don't Feed the Plants, they actually say "we'll have tomorrow" near the end. Either that's just a whoopsie, or they intentionally kept it in because it made sense, I think it's neat
This often happens in musical theatre. In *My Fair Lady,* for example, there's a whole section of "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" that is a partial reprise of an earlier song, "Oh, Come to the Ball," that was cut from the finished show, but the "reprised" material still seemed to work, so they left it in.
I personally think "All Gone" would have been a perfect ending song. I don't know why it was cut. I mean, It hammers that stoic, solemn tone of "Audrey II Won. We're doomed." just fine. Edit: After 3 Years, I think it'd be cool as a kind of prologue better.
they wanted to enforce the messages of the play at the end of not feeding into temptation and greed. (represented by, well,the plant!) i remember Menken being inspired by the closing monologues in the twilight zone. THAT BEING SAID, i can see it being added back into the start of the play as a "phantom of the oprea" esque prologue, sung by the urchins as the last humans alive, in a post apocalyptic, ruined new York after the plant pretty much devoured and destroyed the earth, before being reminded of the one man who knew it was coming and could have prevented it, but lost himself in temptation and greed. Time then rewinds to new york just before the indent happens before the urchins singing the iconic theme song, presenting the story of this young man and how exactly it all went to hell.
They were early drafts of songs "the worse he treats me" would've been somewhere that's green "I found a hobby" was dentist "well have tomorrow" was dont feed the plants
We'll Have Tomorrow wasn't replaced by another song, it was just simply cut. It took place during the scene in the shop when Seymour tells Audrey to go home and that everything would be okay
IIRC, there was a major change in direction during the writing process. Initially they planned for the show to be a more traditional, Broadway-esque production, and wrote several songs in that style, before deciding that it would work better as a rock musical and rewriting most of the score.
After listening to "we'll have tomorrow" the actual line in "Don't feed the plants" makes so much sense.
The way he says "While the other kids got sick!" Is so satisfying
The first couple lines of the tune of "I found a Hobby" can actually be heard at the end of "It's Just the Gas"
@Timothy Wong ua-cam.com/video/_SXF85u8vsQ/v-deo.html I was wrong it's actually near the beginning! It's at 0:37 of the new Broadway cast
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Dental music has a beautiful melody. Its agreat song whether its a cut song or not.
Maybe the melody could be used as muszak in the waiting room of a dentist's office. 😃
Just in case people are looking for specific song times:
“Audrey II Song”: 0:19
“All Gone”: 0:48
“A Little Dental Music”: 2:05
“I Found a Hobby”: 2:43
“The Worse He Treats Me”: 3:34
“We’ll Have Tomorrow”: 5:00
Hope this helps!
You’re the real MVP. Thank you for this!
I'm really interested in "All Gone." It has a really good sound.
We'll Have Tomorrow actually fits the theme and it CAN be heard in "dont feed the plants". I think it could be on the show.
The audience laughing up a storm in "Hobby" fucking gives me life.
Honestly, the Audrey II song could work really well as a sort of "Commercial" like if we get a remake that follows the play a bit closer, then it could work well after the part where the Botanical Company comes in to make mini Twoeys as an in-universe commercial followed immediately by "Don't feed the Plants" to show just what actually happened once these mean greens went global.
It was a pleasure to direct this concert reunion. I was a 14 year old usher, then PA in 1987 for the final year of the show. These are my heroes and it was a full blast! So happy Alan joined us ;)
We'll Have Tomorrow should have been left in. I will die on this hill over it.
If you listen to the original cast recording of Don't Feed the Plants, they actually say "we'll have tomorrow" near the end. Either that's just a whoopsie, or they intentionally kept it in because it made sense, I think it's neat
This often happens in musical theatre. In *My Fair Lady,* for example, there's a whole section of "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" that is a partial reprise of an earlier song, "Oh, Come to the Ball," that was cut from the finished show, but the "reprised" material still seemed to work, so they left it in.
It's also in the 2003 cast version, and while it's not sung in the film version, the guitar plays the jingle(?). It's subtle, but it's in there.
It's in the script too
That’s pretty dark now that I think about it
“The Audrey II” sounds like it would’ve been hilarious
I wish "The Worse He Treats Me" had made it to the final version!
Luke S. Yeah me too it’s my favorite song
I really like the melody, but the lyrics feel pretty yikes to me. Some lines are still funny, but it feels like the execution could've been better.
I personally think "All Gone" would have been a perfect ending song. I don't know why it was cut.
I mean, It hammers that stoic, solemn tone of "Audrey II Won. We're doomed." just fine.
Edit: After 3 Years, I think it'd be cool as a kind of prologue better.
I personally think it dwells too long on the “Lucy” aspect, it’s outdated.
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Yeah, but most of the songs are heavily edited of eachother.
Could easily cut that part out.
Nah, Don't feed the plants is perfect.
they wanted to enforce the messages of the play at the end of not feeding into temptation and greed. (represented by, well,the plant!) i remember Menken being inspired by the closing monologues in the twilight zone.
THAT BEING SAID, i can see it being added back into the start of the play as a "phantom of the oprea" esque prologue, sung by the urchins as the last humans alive, in a post apocalyptic, ruined new York after the plant pretty much devoured and destroyed the earth, before being reminded of the one man who knew it was coming and could have prevented it, but lost himself in temptation and greed. Time then rewinds to new york just before the indent happens before the urchins singing the iconic theme song, presenting the story of this young man and how exactly it all went to hell.
I love "We'll Have Tomorrow", but my favorite uncut songs in the actual musical are "Ya Never Know" and "Suddenly Seymour!" :-)
Wonder why they didn't make it, I'd love to hear them sung in the character's voices
They were early drafts of songs "the worse he treats me" would've been somewhere that's green "I found a hobby" was dentist "well have tomorrow" was dont feed the plants
We'll Have Tomorrow wasn't replaced by another song, it was just simply cut. It took place during the scene in the shop when Seymour tells Audrey to go home and that everything would be okay
Does anyone know where I can find the scores of those songs and especially All gone?
What about Bad which would be sung by Audrey 2 before Seymour goes inside Audrey 2 in a attempt to kill it. That song is a bop I’m sad it was cut
At least the last scene of the movie version had something similar
All in all I'm glad these were cut
I always thought “The Worse He Treats Me” was a Seymour song… It’s so much sadder now that I know it’s an Audrey song.
I need to know what the "bad like me" song was going to be like
Why they wrote so many songs that didn't make it?! I didn't know that to write a musical you need to write twice its content first
About 80% is thrown away. This is how musicals get made, you have to pick the best.
IIRC, there was a major change in direction during the writing process. Initially they planned for the show to be a more traditional, Broadway-esque production, and wrote several songs in that style, before deciding that it would work better as a rock musical and rewriting most of the score.
I think I like this finale better than Don't feed the plants... :O
I think the old finale could be rewritten as an extension to the opening to the song for "Little Shop of Horrors" number if we do it right.
I need the lyrics
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So glad these didn't end up in the play. They're good but seem so out of place
I like the Audrey two song. It could’ve worked as an encore after bows