Darren Criss & Evan Rachel Wood To Star In ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ Off-Broadway

Darren Criss and Evan Rachel Wood will be stopping by the Little Shop of Horrors early next year, according to the Glee alum.

In a recent appearance on SiriusXM, Criss said that he would be making a limited run in the musical alongside Wood starting in late January.

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“Folks, Evan [Rachel Wood] and I, if you haven’t heard, will be going into Little Shop of Horrors at the West Side Theatre Off-Broadway, and I’m going to be doing that from I think late January through the End of March,” Broadway World reported. “It’ll be short and sweet, but I’m so excited to be announcing that to you if you didn’t already know that.”

Criss and Wood will be taking over the lead roles of Seymour and Audrey, respectively, beginning Jan. 30.

“The casting of this show has become one of the greatest joys of our lives. The fact that in year five, we continue to attract talent like Evan Rachel Wood and Darren Criss is a testament to Howard Ashman’s and Alan Menken’s Little Shop of Horrors being one of the finest achievements in musical theater, and to Michael Mayer’s perfectly and joyously staged production at the Westside Theatre,” says the producers of Little Shop. “As two of the most daring, enticing, and dynamic stars of their generation, we cannot wait to see the magic that real-life friends Evan & Darren bring to their roles.

The production is set to run through Jan. 4, 2026.

Corbin Bleu and Constance Wu currently star in the Off-Broadway show with their final performance set to take place on Jan. 28.

Criss recently finished his A Very Darren Crissmas tour and recently starred on Broadway in David Mamet’s American Buffalo, sharing the stage with Laurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell. He has previously starred in Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Little Shop of Horrors would mark Wood’s Off-Broadway debut. Earlier this year it was reported that she was workshopping alongside Amanda Seyfried a stage adaptation of the 1991 film Thelma & Louise.

Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy musical with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and book by Howard Ashman based on the 1960 film of the same name. The premise of the show revolves around a florist who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. Following the musical’s Off-Broadway debut in 1982, the show was later adapted back to film in 1986 in a movie directed by Frank Oz that starred Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin, Jim Belushi, and more.

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