Speaking of Josh Radnor... Yesterday, I posted a video of actor Josh Radnor, from How I Met Your Mother, singing a song he wrote to the words of a Trump rant from his Trump rally. In searching for some related material, I came across something I wasn't aware of. A couple years back, I posted video here of a two-night concert revival of the musical Little Shop of Horrors that starred Jake Gyllenhaal and Ellen Greene re-creating her original role. As it happens, in 2018 there was another revival of sorts for the show -- a semi-staged concert production done at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. that had a scheduled limited run of two weeks. It starred Megan Hilty (perhaps best known for starring in the TV series about a Broadway musical, Smash, though also with credits on Broadway including starring in the musical adaptation of Nine to Five) and -- Josh Radnor. (Yes, I knew I'd eventually get around to him...) I haven't been about to find much footage of it, but what little there is makes the production look like it was a great deal of fun. This first video comes from what looks to be either a rehearsal or a press performance of the songs to help promote the show. It's a medley with excerpts of two songs. Also worth noting is the older actor who eventually shows up to Josh Radnor's left is Lee Wilkoff, who played 'Mr. Mushnik' in this production -- but starred as 'Seymour' (the Radnor role) 36 years earlier in the original 1982 show. And here is an extended excerpt of the song "Suddenly Seymour" from the full production of the show itself on stage.
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