Liz Gillies and Milo Manheim Are Off-Broadway's New Audrey and Seymour inLittle Shop of Horrors(Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Liz Gillies and Milo Manheim.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Kayla Oaddams/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Kayla Oaddams/Getty

Liz GilliesandMilo Manheimare coming to Skid Row!

PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that the two actors will take over the lead roles in the acclaimed Off-Broadway revival of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s musicalLittle Shop of Horrors.

Gillies, 31, and Manheim, 23, will start performances as lovebirds Audrey and Seymour, respectively, on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at New York City’s Westside Theatre.

Broadway alumJeremy Kushnier(Footloose,Jesus Christ Superstar,Head Over Heels) is also joining the cast as demented dentist Orin Schrivello.

Elizabeth Gillies attends the PatBo fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at the IAC Building on Sept. 10, 2024 in New York City.Gotham/WireImage

Gotham/WireImage

Current cast members Sherie Rene Scott and Nicholas Christopher will play their last performances on Sunday, Feb. 23.

The run marks Gillies’ return to the New York City stage after having made her Broadway debut in Jason Robert Brown’s musical13, alongsideAriana GrandeandAllie Trimm, over 16 years ago in 2008.

The actress has gone on to establish a name for herself on screen, starring in the Nickelodeon hit seriesVictorious, the FX musical comedySex & Drugs & Rock & Rolland the CW drama seriesDynasty(among other credits).

Liz Gillies during the opening night curtain call for ‘13’ at the Jacobs Theatre in New York City.WENN Rights Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo

WENN Rights Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo

Gillies released her debut studio album in 2023,We Wish You the Merriest, a collection of Christmas duets with actorSeth MacFarlane.

In 2013, the actress participated in a New York City reading ofJawbreaker: the Musical, which also starred pop starJoanna “Jojo” Levesque.

Manheim, meanwhile, is making his Off-Broadway debut in the production. He is best known for starring in the Disney movie franchiseZombies, which recently wrapped production on its fourth installment.

The actor’s previous theater credits include starring in the Deaf West stage production ofAmerican Idiotin Los Angeles in 2024. He played the character Johnny, a role that he shared withCODAstarDaniel Durant.

He also starred in the Paramount+ seriesSchool Spirits, Eli Roth’s 2023 horror movieThanksgiving, and Disney+’sDoogie Kamealoha, M.D.

Milo Manheim attends the 33rd Annual Environmental Media Association (EMA) Awards Gala at Sunset Las Palmas Studios in Los Angeles on Jan. 27, 2024.MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty

MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty

Little Shop of Horrorsfollows down-on-his-luck florist Seymour as he discovers a strange plant that may win him the love of his co-worker and crush Audrey.

The sci-fi musical first premiered Off-Broadway in 1982, before it was translated to the silver screen for a 1986 movie adaptation that famously starredRick Moranis,Steve Martin, and original cast member Ellen Greene. Well-known throughout the theater community, the show features the popular songs “Suddenly Seymour,” “Somewhere That’s Green” and “Skid Row (Downtown).”

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As of now, the cast continues with Reg Rogers as Mushnik, Major Attaway as The Voice of Audrey II, Tiffany Renee Thompson as Ronnette, Daria Pilar Redus as Crystal and Morgan Ashley Bryant as Chiffon, as well as Camryn Hampton, Michael Iannucci, Weston Chandler Long, Jeff Sears, Teddy Yudain, Melissa Victor, Noel MacNeal, Johnny Newcomb, Jonothon Lyons, Christine Wanda and Savannah Lee Birdsong. Teddy Yudain is covering the role of Dr. Orin Scrivello.

Tickets toLittle Shop of Horrorsare now on salethrough Jan. 24, 2027.

source: people.com