NEW! The newly updated HD version is here! • "Suppertime" from Litt... Watch Mushnik get munched by the biggest, most mobile Audrey II in the Rocky Mountain west.
I think that the voice of Audrey was supposed to be sort a sweet-talker. Levi Stubbs did a good job with Audrey II. I rather think that the voice of this Audrey II is deceptively soothing and reminiscent of vinegar.
Personally, I think its mouth movements could be more animated, but I don't care, this is a GREAT Audrey II puppet. The BEST I have seen outside the movie! Major kudos to the people who have built it, and to the people operating it! The puppet definitely makes up for the lackluster acting!
This puppet behaves EXACTLY like a version I was trying to design myself, just a couple of weeks before this video appeared. One that snatches up the characters instead of them having to crawl in. This is an amazing Audrey II puppet.
And this is only Pod 3, isn’t it? Unless they keep with the same puppet, which is something I wouldn’t put past them (this thing is massive already), the plant gets even _bigger_ after it eats Mushnik. That’s incredibly impressive.
This is the best puppeted version of A2 ever. The guy who posted this, can you put more of this one on, so that we can all watch the entire thing coz it looks ace.
@AlisonWonderland1951 Thanks for the nice comments. The thing with Mushnik and the singing plant is called "suspension of disbelief." It's something we all do without trying up until the age of twelve . . .
whoa this is my favorite puppet on youtube! how did it stand up like that? or better yet, how did the person operate it like that? plus the voice is really good!!
How did you operate this magnificent puppet? I'm especially interested in how it ate mr mushnik.! this is by far the best audrey ii puppet I have ever seen.!
One operator inside the head moves the jaws up and down. Another standing behind the head with stirrups and reins controls head movement. At the end of the 15 ft. chute are 4 more operators that control pivot movement and counterbalance the head with sandbags. It's quite a ride and you plop out on a mattress.
@puppetmaker77 The Broadway remount, done the same year as this community theater production, used a hydraulic puppet that actually extended over the audience. Ours, designed by an engineer from surplus yard parts, used six human operators (two of whom were embedded in the head) a cantilevered system, and was praised by people who saw BOTH shows as being the better of the two. BTW, our system is simple enough that with training, has been used in HS productions without our assistance.
No one can touch Levi Stubbs as Audrey II! I've watched several vids of Suppertime and the voices lack the soul and flavor that Mr. Stubbs possessed. Still not bad though.
@jackiunder The amount it can open is limited by the length of the guy's arms who is inside the mouth. This is not a hydraulic puppet like the one on Broadway.
I wasn't able to find the version you compared ours to on your site, so guess I can't comment on that . . . . As for YOUR voice, keep working; breath support, head resonance, vowel production, those sorts of things. You'll get there someday.
@ovationplayers If it makes Alison feel better, he can imagine the plant whispering to Seymour instead... But wow...that IS a massively impressive A2 puppet...the rigging necessary to lift Mushnik off the stage and swallow him must have been tricky to rig up.
Check your central library for a conductor's score. BTW I played that solo on a keyboard bass and no one knew the difference -- sounds just like a Precision, doesn't it?
Uhh, the mouth puppeteer is strapped in so he doesn't fall out when the head tilts down. And it takes a lot of reps to sustain the lip synch. But if you have built a better manual puppet design, we'd love to see it in action!
+Royal Scott The singer's not bad, his voice range just isn't what people are used to hearing in the song. Most people are used to the deep-voiced version used in the film, that many live stage versions try to incorporate because, let's face it, it sounded cool as heck.
i dont think the voice is that wondeful, grant james who did our audrey II voice, was amazing! he did an american black mans voice, and it was fantastic!
thanks :), i loved the plant though, and your mushnik and seymour are great. I just think audrey could of sounded a bit more soulful and rough, it sounds to polished. The plant is the best ive ever seen though. And sadly we couldnt film our version, thanks x
Ok everyone is saying that Audrey 2s voice sucks, it really doesn’t. He’s an awesome singer, it just is a very unique choice for Audrey 2’s voice. Whoever hosted the show must have actively chosen that actor as the best choice on hand for that voice.
(sings) he's got your number now he knows just what you done you've got no place to hide you got no where to run he knows your life of crime i think it supper time
No offense to the guy voicing the plant. He has a decent voice... but the LEGENDARY Levi Stubs is tough act to follow and huge shoes to fill. Over all a great looking production!!
@@SEFYH No, you don't get my point. Levi Stubbs was very much ALIVE when this production was mounted. I covered 4 Tops in circuit bands throughout the 70s, my college buddies formed EW&F, and that's me on the Precision Bass solo you heard. Glad you appreciate funk.
@@ovationplayers Dude... Where is all this ENERGY coming from?? My intial comment was complimentary. I just simply stated that the guy voicing the plant was no Levi Stubs. I thought he did a decent enough job in his own right. And if Levi was ALIVE during this production and you have so many big musical "connections." Why in the hell you didn't ask Levi Stubbs himself?? Don't get mad at me because your plant sounds more like Pat Boone. You should have used the so called resources available to you during that time!
It means one of us is seriously out of touch -- when YOU produce Little Shop we'll welcome your video response and talent -- but without needing to insult. Until then, save the troll bait: this is isn't our first rodeo.
