This Won't Be as Horrifying
By Sarah Carlson
April 19, 2007
As I sat in the dentist's chair this morning, wrapped in a blanket, wearing sunglasses (they made me) and listening to "Since U Been Gone" and "True Colors" and the like on the overhead radio, scenes from the "Little Shop of Horrors" production I saw last weekend kept popping into my head. Particularly the scene in which the abusive boyfriend dances around singing about killing puppies and choosing dentistry as his profession because it's the only way he can legally torture people (ahh, the pre-Bush administration days). Anyway, you can have a similar, albeit pain-free experience, by seeing ACU's "Little Shop of Horrors" this weekend or next. It's a tad uneven, and at times you'll be drawn out of the experience when you realize that you're watching a giant puppet of a giant man-eating plant sing, but it's got its charms.
Other plays opening tonight include Abilene Community Theater's "A Bad Year for Tomatoes" and "Murder at the Howard Johnson's" at McMurry University.
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