Gossip Girl Star Thomas Doherty Will Make New York Stage Debut in Little Shop of Horrors
The Descendants actor will arrive on Skid Row in September.
Thomas Doherty
Thomas Doherty, who starred in HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot, will be the latest actor to play Seymour in the hit Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors.
The actor, also known for his work in Disney’s Descendants, Paradise, Tell Me Lies, Catherine the Great, The Invitation, and Girls5Eva, will make his New York stage debut beginning September 5.
“I’m so honored and excited to be introduced as the new Seymour,” Doherty said in a statement to Variety. “Little Shop of Horrors was the first-ever show I did as a child back in Edinburgh, so to be doing it now in New York City—alongside the incredibly talented Madeline Brewer—is a real dream.”
The company is currently led by The Handmaid’s Tale Emmy nominee Brewer as Audrey and Nicholas Christopher (Jelly’s Last Jam, Sweeney Todd), who has returned to the role of Seymour prior to his forthcoming leading role in the Broadway revival of Chess.
Christopher is playing the down-on-his-luck plant shop worker through
August 31.
Also in the cast are Drama Desk nominee Jeremy Kushnier (Footloose, Jesus Christ Superstar) as Dr. Orin Scrivello DDS, Tony nominee Reg Rogers (The Dazzle, Merrily We Roll Along) as Mushnik, Major Attaway (Aladdin)
as The Voice of Audrey II, Hailey Thomas as Ronnette, Savannah Lee
Birdsong as Crystal, and Morgan Ashley Bryant as Chiffon, as well as
Weston Chandler Long, Christine Wanda, Aveena Sawyer, Jeff Sears,
Michael Iannucci, Jonothon Lyons, Noel MacNeal, Johnny Newcomb, Jon
Riddleberger, Mecca Hicks, Bryan Fenkart, Khadija Sankoh, and Kevin Del
Aguila.
Previous players in the roles of Seymour and Audrey Off-Broadway have
included Jonathan Groff, Tammy Blanchard, Jeremy Jordan, Lena Hall,
Maude Apatow, Gideon Glick, Rob McClure, Skylar Astin, Conrad Ricamora,
Matt Doyle, Darren Criss, Milo Manheim, Sherie Rene Scott, Evan Rachel Wood, Corbin Bleu, Constance Wu, Sarah Hyland, Andrew Barth Feldman, and RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon, who became first drag queen
to play Audrey in a major production of the musical.
The Off-Broadway revival began previews September 17, 2019, prior to
an official opening October 17; the production resumed its run September
21, 2021, after temporarily closing in March 2020 due to the pandemic.
Director Michael Mayer’s creative team for the Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical also
includes choreographer Ellenore Scott, scenic designer Julian Crouch,
lighting designer Bradley King, costume designer Tom Broecker, sound
designer Jessica Paz, puppet designer Nicholas Mahon, original puppet
designer Martin P. Robinson, hair and makeup designer Tommy Kurzman,
music supervisor, orchestrator, and arranger Will Van Dyke, and casting
director Jim Carnahan. Puppets are by Monkey Boys Productions.
General management is by Live Wire Theatrical/Chris Aniello, and production stage management is by Kate Croasdale.
Tickets are now on sale through January 2027.
Visit LittleShopNYC.com.