Acting, singing first-rate in 'Little Shop of Horrors'

Moonlight Stage Productions ends its summer season with the musical “Little Shop of Horrors,” playing at the Moonlight Amphitheatre in Vista.

The play is based on the Roger Corman movie, however, it varies somewhat from the movie version – especially the ending – but the singing and acting are just as superb. Music and lyrics for the play were written by the Oscar-winning team of the late Howard Ashman (lyrics) and Alan Menken (music). Moonlight’s version is directed and choreographed by Kirby Ward.

The play is set in a flower shop located in New York’s Skid Row. John Massey does a great job i...