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M ichael L eslie has brought
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The show comes to Kel ler Audi
torium from Oct. 19 through 24 as
part of Fred M eyer's Broadway in
Portland series.
Leslie, a New Yorker, is touring
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way.
Bringing a puppet to life for an
audience is a chai lenging role for an
actor, but Leslie has lots o f prac
tice. He was chosen by Howard
Ashman, the original writer and
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m otion claim s S n ed d o n 's h an
dling o f the investigation has re
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London and Los Angeles.
Leslie says he approaches it like
an actor, not a voice over, and ac
tually practices with the actors
onstage at rehearsals.
"You have to make the audience
believe that what is onstage is ac
tually coming from the stage and
not me in a sound booth offstage.
I do everything the puppet does,
twirling around and doing things in
the booth, so I’m a sight for the
crew and stage hands," Leslie says.
He adds, "I'm actually an actor,
not ju st someone standing in a
booth and doing a voice over. It
takes on a lot of hue when you are
an actor besides being a singer.”
“Little Shop o f Horrors” runs
Tuesdays through Fridays at 7:30
p.m.. Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m. and
Sundays at I and 6:30 p.m. Tickets
range from $23 to $64. For tickets,
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