‘Little Shop of Horrors’: Theater Review

The musical is a delightful cross-breed that grafted toe-tapping ’60s pop, doo-wop and Motown onto an affectionate parody of B-movie schlock, all of which continues to flourish in director Michael Mayer’s lovingly staged revival.

What’s most immediately captivating about the limited-engagement production is that, deluxe casting aside, it eschews Broadway scale in favor of a return to the show’s roots in an off-Broadway theater that seats just 270. That accounts for the production’s sell-out business, two-month extension and cluster of hopeful ticket-buyers waiting on cancellation lines at every performance. While it’s become something of a classic, this remains at heart a scrappy little pastiche musical whose charms thrive most vibrantly in an intimate house.