Bonus video! The Plant that ate (Off) Broadway
Hello there!
For this week's bonus video, we're heading back in time to a scrappy little off-off Broadway theater where a frustrated lyricist named Howard Ashman has decided he's going to make a musical out of the weirdest material imaginable: A schlocky B-movie about a killer plant from space. It seemed like a terrible idea, but it wound up being a success beyond what anyone could have imagined -- and I want to show you some of the fun behind-the-scenes making-of materials I've gathered, particularly as pertains to the building of that giant plant puppet. (And why Lucille Ball wound up briefly inside it.)
Backup link to the video: https://youtu.be/gjxhLsdSMEQ
Comments (5)
Happy Pride!
Just finished watching one of your older videos and I really missed culture cruise,also that outfit you used to wear. Fun times.
Haha that outfit was actually incredible uncomfortable! It was a fun look but it's a relief to be able to wear something different now.
I love Howard Ashman's music! Having Cerebral Palsy, I connected with Princess Ariel's yearning to have legs to walk, run and dance with.
Oh wow that's such an interesting perspective! I hadn't thought about all the different ways an audience could connect with those words.