'Little Shop of Horrors' begins at The Fly

Oh please....resentful parent? Are we supposed to take advice from you with that kind of username?

I'm afraid you must be confused, Resentful Parent, because you couldn't possibly have seen it, unless you're referencing sometime you saw it somewhere else. In which case, there's no way you can possibly judge this particular production.

Resentful Parent: Maybe you should change your name to Pathetic Jerk. Obviously, you are not a parent because if you were, you would keep your

pathetic opinions to yourself and not TRY to bring these kids down before their show. Let's see you hop your goofy little opinionated self up there and do any better. For your record, I've done 5.

I just saw this amazing production and I must say that I am blown away. This is the best play I have seen thus far from the Bedford County Youth Players. I must admit that upon purchising my ticket I expected no more than a simple song-and-dance show,but when the lights fell and the music began I knew that something spectacular was afoot. I had never before seen a production of "Little Shop of Horrors" and I was uncertain about the show. I had read a few summaries and decided that I definatly had to see how these youths were going to pull of such a difficult show.

To my pleasant surprise they pulled it off without a hitch. The performace of Brendan Taylor as Mr. Musnik was as always compelling and crowd pleasing with either humor or sincerity dripping from every word of dialouge. Brannon Potts and Nick Martin wowed the audience as the insidious Audrey 2 bringing us both moments of terror and also laugter. They melded these two spectrem-end emotions seamlessly and captivated us throughout the show.

Megan Thompson, Angela Anderson, Sarah Olsen, and Emily Winnette had us tapping our feet to a beat and dazzled us with their broadway style of singing while all around them the world seemed to be turning into a dreadfully frightful place. The helped to lighten the mood when approprate and brought us to the edge of our seats in suspense as the plot thickned.

Keith Wortham grabbed us from our seats and didn't let us go untill we fully understood the plight and tumultous life of his character, Seymour. He promises to be a crowd pleaser in all of his efforts.

I cannot write a review for this play without mentioning the stunning vocals and performance of two of my favirote youth thespians Jamie Meyers and Lindsey Slaughter and I offer them a fond kudos. As for the others, they all worked together to form a production I shall never forget and found to be well worth the meager six dollar admission. Thanks to all the cast for their hard work in this play.

One final thanks to the directing and behind the scenes staff of this play. The directors, artists, choreographers, managers, costume teams, set teams, and Lighting/special effect teams all deserve a round of applause of their own. Without them I am certain this succsess could not be.

Matthew Tibbs

Alright, here's the thing. I REALLY wanted to see this, mostly because more than one of my friends was in it. Sadly, I found out that I have a Staph infection, and was advised that going into a large group of people was a bad move, lol. However, I wanted to address the whole, Resentful Parent comment. It's fairly obvious that they didn't see the play. You know, what with the fact that their comment came BEFORE the actual play? Anyway....why can't we just laugh? Seriously, we shouldn't be offended by the comment, we should take it as a joke. Personally, I found it kind of funny, lol.