Little Shop of Horrors / Suddenly, Seymour - 2003 - Macy's Thanksgivings Day Parade Performance

[@hellosunshine305]

Can we talk about how adorable the urchins are

[@SuperMarioJustin4]

Their names are Trisha Jeffery, Carla J. Hargrove, and Dequina Moore. You're welcome. (wink)

[@davidcombs3617]

They were great.

[@logantyree6103]

They sing very well

[@PrincesPoppyThtrol9228]

@@logantyree6103 I like them and I like this song.

[@logantyree6103]

@@PrincesPoppyThtrol9228 me too

[@alohaisland9999]

I'm living for Audrey's cold weather outfit

[@roxassora2706]

I can see Ellen Greene wearing that. It's in character

[@betsy8544]

I'm thinking warm cap and scarf, and quilted sock for the container!

[@zacharykieng2909]

I like how I didn’t put two and two together and realize that the Kerry butler that’s in beetle juice rn is the same one who played Audrey and PENNY PINGLETON IN HAIRSPRAY. HOW DID I NOT KNOW THAT

[@juliacorsner]

she also played Kyra in Xanadu

[@garfieldloverforever]

and regina’s mom/ms. norbury/cady’s mom in mean girls!

[@millakaunisto1014]

She has done soooo many shows!!! Beauty and the beast, Bat boy, Hairspray, LSP, Xanadu, Rock of Ages, Catch me if you can, Disaster, Mean Girls and Beetlejuice. And she originated like 8/10 of those roles.

[@anothernerdontheinternet]

@@millakaunisto1014 ikr! She is amazing!!!!

[@jamirgordon9745]

Got to see her in beetle juice for a New York trip first time I’ve heard of beetle juice so I was kinda excited.

[@laurenjcoates]

Seymour and Audreys’ winter clothes are so cute! I love seeing how costume designers adapt costumes for the macy’s day parade

[@fishhusbando3093]

How has Kerry Butler just not aged?? This was filmed the year I was born. In the time I grew from a baby into pretty much a full adult, Kerry Butler has hardly changed. What is this wizardry

[@Razputinsgoggles]

Magic

[@TheChanelcupcake]

I saw a video of her recently and she looks the same.....I need her skincare routine asap

[@oscarphile]

Must be something in the water in her native Brooklyn, other than those little squids and things . . .

[@leilaal522]

I can’t believe she’s in her fifties, she’s so sweet and friendly and she hasn’t changed a bit in 20 years

[@rachelramos2625]

Kerry was so beautiful with a gorgeous and pretty voice in this performance. I absolutely love everything about Kerry in this performance.

[@cutsieproductions4805]

BARBRA WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE 60’S?

[@danielbell8917]

Adam and Barbra before they died

[@radioactive8662]

Hey Barbara WELCOME TO THE SIXTIESSSSSS!!! WOAH UH OH UH OHhHHh

[@ComputerGeek1100]

@@radioactive8662 Even better, Kerry was the original Penny Pingleton on Broadway!

[@vicentehizon6202]

Apparently, before the Maitlands moved into the house, while Adam was working in the hardware, Barbara had a career on Broadway as Audrey and Penny.

[@oscarphile]

@@vicentehizon6202 And Belle in Beauty and the Beast (I read somewhere that she is Broadway's longest-running Belle). And Eponine in Les Miserables. And Clio in Xanadu (Tony nominated for that one) and Brenda in Catch Me If You Can and Sherry in Rock of Ages and Mrs. Norbury in Mean Girls and Marianne in Disaster! and Mabel in The Best Man and Miss Jones in Blood Brothers and Shelly in Bat Boy and even Hilary Clinton (the last two were off-Broadway but close enough).

[@alexgerard5228]

The urchins are phenomenal!!

[@D-kw4ln]

I will not stand for any Kerry Butler slaunder. She killed it!!

[@allisonschuetze]

This Audrey is BEAUTIFUL!

[@HeyItsSarah30]

Everything Random with RYLEIGH Kerry butler ☺️

[@imbreakingdown2683]

Ok tell me I'm not the only one. I'm a male yet the Urchins is one of my dream role 😂

[@mothycallahaint]

Saaaaaaaaame

[@nadialeigh8295]

I don’t blame you! Playing Ronette (one of the urchins) was the most fun I’ve EVER had

[@tresordelamer]

@@nadialeigh8295 you got to do it?? omg i am so jealous!

[@ericarichter5542]

Imagine if ur costume was thin and short sleeved out in that cold

[@Shane-dd7mg]

Erica Richter Audrey typically wears a smaller dress, but because it is so cold they change the costumes to make them warmer

[@kristoferwilson6593]

lol little mermaid performed the same year in their costumes...i felt so bad

[@jonsmith3030]

Kerry Butler and Hunter Foster were perfectly cast in this.

[@HeyItsSarah30]

Jonathan Smith everyone says Kerry was horrible and that she ruined the role of Audrey. I’m just over here like “how I just don’t see it?? 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️”

[@notsusan]

Kerry has a more...."generic Broadway voice" compared to Ellen Greene, she's not BAD per se but just.... lacking the personality that I think most people associate with Audrey. It's kinda unfair but what can you do? Hunter Foster sounds great here though

[@oscarphile]

@@HeyItsSarah30 I don't think anyone in 2003 was ready to accept anyone but Ellen as Audrey. But here's the thing: Kerry never actually tried to be Ellen. Her version of Audrey was completely her own, and was perfectly valid (I thought), and those naysayers who kept comparing her to Ellen were missing out on something new and unique because it didn't match their 20-year-old memories.

[@grantcurry4839]

Powerful voices and perfect harmonies. Magnificent!

[@thebraineatingcosplayer1788]

The puppeteer for Audrey 2 seemed to be having the time of his life out there, not having to lip-sync the puppet to anything

[@brattfacetasha]

tag yourself im Aubrey II just flailing in the background

[@HeyItsSarah30]

Natasha Adams I’m one of the narrator girls (whichever one DeQuina Moore played because she’s my favorite 😅)

[@kayleephillips9909]

audrey*

[@caras4322]

Wow mood

[@noonecares7425]

Oh my god this made me bust out scream laughing at my desk its not even 7am

[@neowest9919]

I just love the Urchins!!! I didn’t realize DeQuina Moore has been acting/ singing professionally for so long!!! So amazing!

[@crystalhoward5238]

My highschool did this and it was great. I played Mushnik my friend Michael played Seymour and we were both laughing and crying at the end because it was our last play together because it was our Senior year and we went out with a bang. The Bang meaning being eaten by a plant. Now when we joke around he calls me Mushnik as I call him Krelborn

[@joycemccue2984]

Crystal Howard my school just did it this fall

[@danialbrecht2982]

I did it three years ago!!! Psh in middle school

[@name-cd9kp]

Crystal Howard that's supper sad

[@thewall2636]

Crystal Howard lucky my school just did the wedding singer

[@catiecanu1953]

Crystal Howard I have also played mushnik !!

[@gaymenarepretty1015]

ok I can't stop rewatching this SOOO GGOOOODD! really amazing performancses

[@carlyjelinek3177]

i swear the girl who played audrey also played penny from hairspray

[@Flynnie1997]

Yes hahah she did. It's Kerry Butler and she was the original Penny

[@HeyItsSarah30]

Carly Jelinek she did! ☺️ that’s Kerry butler

[@nicholaswetzel7119]

Kerry Butler is in everything! 😂

[@theredtopreview2395]

And now Barbara mainland

[@Nez.Bizzle]

Carly Jelinek and Barbra in beetle juice

[@rosebyanyname]

This was the first exposure I had ever had to this show!

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

What was your reaction to The Dentist LoL?!!

[@imbreakingdown2683]

I mean how can they sing while dancing to such energetic song

[@roxassora2706]

Good breath control

[@kell_checks_in]

Well, now we know the real monster is the creep in the gray jacket with the mic...

[@TechnoHajikelist]

Well as they say in that “Land of the Lost” movie… “Matt Lauer can just suck it!”

[@willwalker24601]

Kerry Butler was AMAZING

[@yikes_lazzy]

Loved this! But also really wanted to hear Audrey II sing

[@robofistsrevenge3288]

Half the comments: Barbra was in Little Shop?! Me remembering Kerry Butler from way back in Batboy: 👴

[@vadersleftlung]

knowing how the puppet is controlled i just KNOW the puppeteer in Audrey 2 was having the BEST day in that plant

[@laurenherb3899]

*Me:* How come no one told me Kerry Butler was Audrey in 2003 Little Shop that’s illegal *My brain:* _Because you didn’t know or care that Kerry Butler existed until you got into Beetlejuice_ *Me:* :O

[@Kolly_er]

unfortunately same here 😔

[@benjaminnebenjamin6033]

hello fellow Netherling 😂 same

[@oscarphile]

It's cool, you three. Personally, as one who's been a devoted fan of Kerry's since the Macy's Parade the year before this one (when she performed as Penny with the Hairspray cast and I fell immediately under the spell of that voice), it warms my little wooden heart to see Kerry gaining a whole new generation of fans thanks to Beetlejuice. I've also had the pleasure of meeting Kerry three times, and I can assure you she is appreciative of and grateful to all her fans, whether we boarded the wagon during Blood Brothers '93 (her Broadway debut), Beetlejuice '19, or anything she's done in between.

[@supertastickangaroos2133]

God I love this cast

[@chloesimpson2744]

I love Katie's outfit at the beginning! The reddish-purple suits her really well

[@Ducky_logan]

This is soooooo goood

[@spiderj5287]

I would have only been four weeks old when this aired

[@williammclean1069]

The girls could have worn those jackets in the show and they would have worked with it taking place in late September and all

[@UnintelligibleCourtneyM]

I love Kerry Butler in this

[@DaniXXLovesXXDogs]

lowkey thought audrey was laura bell buddy

[@monomoonchild8066]

DanixLoves You mean Bundy.

[@DaniXXLovesXXDogs]

Destiny R. H. Yes yes yes, it was just an auto correct thing

[@HeyItsSarah30]

DanixLoves um how? She and Kerry look nothing alike?!?! Also I think Kerry has a better voice (but I love LBB WAY more so not hating 😂)

[@DaniXXLovesXXDogs]

Purp13luver It was only when they started zooming up on her, oops 😂

[@Yaiguess]

ME TOO

[@brookethekitten5607]

Me and this boy did a duet of this at my school it was kinda awkward because we had to love connection lol

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

What was the Dentist like lol 😂

[@paulaloader6963]

Suddenly seymour sounds like janie la manna and kevin chamberlin doing notice me horton from seussical

[@toystorylover5257]

Awesome show! They are good!

[@squidwacko]

Suddenly seymour is standin' beside me he don't give me orders he don't condescend suddenly seymour is here to provide me sweet understanding seymour's my friend tell me this feeling lasts till forever tell me the bad times are clean washed away please understand that it's still strange and frightnin' for losers like i've been it's so hard to say Suddenly seymour suddenly seymour he purified me he purified you suddenly seymour showed me i can suddenly seymour showed you you can learn how to be more the girl that's inside me (you) with sweet understanding

[@joshuaplotkin8826]

Why is the plant there if it doesn't have any lines. Screw the humans i want the plant

[@bigred8432]

Why do you think?

[@joshuaplotkin8826]

no idea. it doesn't make sense. couldn't they do Feed Me or Lean Green Mother or Suppertime? I want the plant, not the humans. they are all plant food anyway

[@bigred8432]

Mean Green Mother isn't in the stage show. As for the other two, they are pretty static and 'Suppertime' is pretty dark, in content for a happy Thanksgiving broadcast - not only is that not going to sell the show well to a broad audience, it's also a number that will not work very well in broad daylight outside of Macy's. It's better for a show, in terms of advertising to do something up beat and with some movement - the title song does that well and then you can segue into something a little more static such as 'Suddenly Seymour' partly because the song is fairly well known. I think the title song into 'Skid Row' would have been better personally but again the lyrical content isn;t very optimistic for Thanksgiving. Having the plant in the background is purely to give a flavour of the show as a whole, you need to think of this as a trailer of sorts.

[@Sodapop-gi4bu]

Joshua Plotkin 2 Things 1) Mean Green Mother isn’t in the musical. Only the movie 2)Even though the plant isn’t talking here they want people to come see the show! Shows perform on Good Morning America, Macy’s Parade, And other stations/events for publicity. Audrey 2 (the plant) is the main character/entire plot of Little Shop Of Horrors so they put it in instead of just random actors singing which wouldn’t really makes sense

[@Chandlert]

Joshua Plotkin

[@bearythebear69]

I loved little shop of horrors when I was a little kid

[@logantyree6103]

Holy mackerel!! That was cool!!!!!!

[@dalekbieber]

Awesome

[@zorrosik9086]

During covid times anyone?!

[@papajuan818]

fuck me up kerry butler so damn good

[@venerate7706]

Kerry fuckin' Butler

[@faeriescottage]

my gf absolutely loved little shop & 10/10 song

[@k80st]

Simpler times

[@grace-bp9zv]

RIP matt lauer

[@broadwayisbest2.0formerbab62]

grace he's not dead

[@Chantholli89]

broadwayisbest 2.0 former bably tnay His career is though.

[@broadwayisbest2.0formerbab62]

Chantholli89 loooool

[@livelaughlove0209]

@@Chantholli89 what happened?

[@nikkigiovanni5723]

Lol

[@jtrobins1]

I love it!!!

[@Cheesefist]

Wait, Kerry Butler? Is she in everything?!?

[@oscarphile]

We wish!

[@bugloverspiderlover8490]

I remember this one!

[@tresordelamer]

i never saw this! i love how the plant keeps trying to chomp on the girls 🤣

[@airhead_heiress739]

Who would win? Barbara and Adam (beetlejuice), brad and janet (Rocky horror picture show), or Audrey and Seymour (well, little shop of horrors of course) all 3 very wholesome couples from musicals are faced with a person or thing not of this world and it ends up changing their lives or (afterlives) forever. Pick your fighters

[@Razputinsgoggles]

Audrey and seymour, they faced an evil plant and lived to tell the tale(well not in the original version but you get the idea)

[@oscarphile]

I mean, as much as I'd like to root for either of Kerry's character pairings to win this, Audrey and Seymour die at the end of Little Shop of Horrors (along with, presumably, the human race), and - SPOILER ALERT - Barbara and Adam die at the beginning of Beetlejuice! So I think I'll have to hand this one to Janet and Brad, the last two standing at the end of their show.

[@kivrinsagchannel791]

I am digging for that aundry 2 😂

[@michaelhowell637]

Im a theater nerd

[@daddyapple8280]

Aaron Burr pardon me are you aaron burr sir?

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

ME TOO!!!!!! VIVA FRANCE!!!

[@JadenYukifan28]

I remeber that a few of my Schoolmates and I were going to do this, I was asked to play Audrey. I even tried to pull-off the high, squeaky voice she had.

[@dickiegreenleaf750]

The mics are off on the background girls. My poor ears

[@chvrlotte1342]

Shame they have to lipsync for these thanksgiving performances :( they do manage to sell it quite well tho :) xx

[@BeesBeesBees248]

Um no there are clear differences from the cast recording but I can see why you'd think that

[@chvrlotte1342]

@@BeesBeesBees248 yes ik there are clear differences but do you really think they'd be able to sing live consider the weather and wind. The freezing cold? I've seen a bunch of these things and quite a few artists admit to it but I don't see it as a bad thing x

[@BeesBeesBees248]

@@chvrlotte1342 I know but they normally don't for the Broadway performances and I've sang, quite effortlessly, in the freezing cold as well. Sure you might need more warm ups but I think they would take the time for that

[@meetingmarvin7710]

MATT LAUER

[@tsheavenly]

Period

[@fernymedina889]

she did amazing but no one holds a candle to ellen greene as audrey

[@Under_Sky_Third_Gaia]

2bd best performance

[@kenaverett5978]

Hmmmm... do you think that performance was lip-synched? No disrespect to the performers, you know they have the skills, I love them!! Where's the band? I didn't see the drummer for one second! Jeez, I hate MSM (mainstream media). I guess life != broadway 8-(

[@juliatrojan9889]

Ken Averett All performances of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade are lipsynched. Every single one.

[@christophergraham6571]

Nicole Roberts i dont think this one was lip synced i know the song pretty well things sounded live and real compared to recent parades

[@tiffanypayne4613]

all the broadway macy's performances are pre recording and then they lip synch it, because it is far to cold for them to sing:) (as you can see they have no mic's)

[@monomoonchild8066]

Ken Averett Clearly you have never sung and danced in the cold. It's dangerous. Of course they lip synch. If you love Broadway so much, you'd know that.

[@christophergraham6571]

Destiny R. H. dancing in the cold is not that dangerous lmao, its a sport and a ton of people play in the cold and as for singing i guess they dont wanna damage their voices

[@sophiainez1625]

Kerry sings Suddenly Seymour better than any other Aubrey SO GOOD

[@benlutostanski7755]

Um, excuse me? Have you ever heard Ellen Greene?

[@BPC1980]

No she doesn’t. The woman who originated the role, both on Broadway and the movie, Ellen Green is far superior. Kerry is good though.

[@maxxmanzi3116]

Why wasn’t feed me in it

[@maxxmanzi3116]

Game over, man. Game over! Translate

[@Addy0302]

Is it just me that thinks this Seymour looks like Harry Hill with hair?

[@ourtravelingzoo3740]

Seymour sounds great but looks like abcreeper

[@dannythecubemaster]

Sadly this video features Matt Laurer 😢!

[@horrormgirl4979]

Why are the thanksgiving parades always lip synced?

[@LittleShopArchive]

I think because there are just too many factors at play -- the choreography, the cold, the audience, the time of day, the technical challenges of micing performers for a live outdoor performance for TV -- it's just just easier and more practical to have the performers lipsync.

[@thenutmeg365]

I was in a thanksgiving parade a couple of years ago and my school and a bunch of other schools got to sing a couple of songs in it along with a bunch of other schools. They played some other kids singing In the background on loudspeakers and on tv it was just the other kids recordings. I don’t get why we were there then.

[@carharttcowgirl]

Is that what people wore back then?

[@adanielle8629]

Sarah Reichard No, the setting was made to be in the dingy area of downtown. The urchins (the trio in skirts) are costumed in a urban downtown fashion while Audrey's character use to be a frisky lifetsyle working in the "gutter" therefore she usually wears old tacky tight dresses and cheetah print. Seymour usually wears slacks and a dingy button down shirt (he's a poor nerdy fellow)

[@Stella-cf4cl]

Lol back then. it was only 2003😅 what are you 12?

[@carharttcowgirl]

Stella Bella no I’m 11

[@Stella-cf4cl]

Sarah Reichard and you just proved my point

[@HeyItsSarah30]

Stella Bella geeze give her a break she’s 11. If you were a baby like her you wouldn’t know any better either

[@Coryclemmings]

Was that sexual harassment in action, on tape? Morning Show couldn’t be more fucking accurate. Wow

[@brittanyortiz7539]

Ice age 2 kidz bop music soundtrack

[@langefamily9834]

23+’,,, on

[@dannys942]

No one can recreate the perfect tune from the movie

[@michaelstenta5884]

Ellen Greene is the only woman.who can sing this

[@tolegonianfella5423]

That was good but they should’ve brought back Ellen Greene lol

[@Marcel_Audubon]

creepy, creepy Matt Lauer 🤢🤮

[@DeeJunes]

This was Mediocre but still good. I was expecting a little more from the singers.