--- title: Jake Gyllenhaal, Taran Killam to Star in Little Shop of Horrors Off Broadway description: Killam will play the sadistic dentist, a role performed by Steve Martin in the 1986 film canonical: https://time.com/3821801/jake-gyllenhaal-taran-killam/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-14T20:41:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:23:54.715Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jake Gyllenhaal, Taran Killam to Star in 'Little Shop of Horrors' Off Broadway og:description: Killam will play the sadistic dentist, a role performed by Steve Martin in the 1986 film og:url: https://time.com/3821801/jake-gyllenhaal-taran-killam/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98b4607ea59f5872/6987eb0da988cad7356b02d4/jakegyll.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jake Gyllenhaal, Taran Killam og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jake Gyllenhaal, Taran Killam to Star in 'Little Shop of Horrors' Off Broadway twitter:description: Killam will play the sadistic dentist, a role performed by Steve Martin in the 1986 film twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98b4607ea59f5872/6987eb0da988cad7356b02d4/jakegyll.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jake Gyllenhaal, Taran Killam to Star in _Little Shop of Horrors_ Off Broadway ## Video: The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far) [Watch (HLS stream): The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/S3M25t5U.m3u8) (4:16)  _Published 2012-05-17. TIME movie critic, Richard Corliss lists his top films of the millennium (Thus Far). For the full, list go to time.com/entertainment_ by [Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly Apr 14, 2015 8:41 PM CUT  Jake Gyllenhaal (left), Taran Killam Jake Gyllenhaal (left), Taran KillamBruce Glikas—FilmMagic; Barry King—Getty Images by [Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly Apr 14, 2015 8:41 PM CUT Jake Gyllenhaal will make his stage musical debut as geeky florist Seymour Krelborn in the upcoming Encores! Off-Center production of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s _Little Shop of Horrors_. Originally slated as a one-night-only performance, the Dick Scanlan-directed concert production will now play three performances at New York’s City Center on July 1 and 2, 2015. _Saturday Night Live_’s Taran Killam will join Gyllenhaal as Orin Scrivello, better known as the sadistic dentist played by Steve Martin in the 1986 film. Ellen Greene, who originated the role of ditzy bombshell Audrey in the original stage production and film, will reprise her role, and Chuck Cooper will lend his voice to Audrey II, the carnivorous plant who tempts Seymour with promises of fame, glory, and the heart of his unrequited love, Audrey. The cast also includes Tracy Nicole Chapman as Chiffon, Marva Hicks as Crystal, and Ramona Keller as Ronnette. Patricia Wilcox will choreograph. Gyllenhaal last appeared on Broadway this season in the two-hander _Constellations_, opposite Ruth Wilson. Off Broadway, he made his debut just two and a half years ago in Roundabout’s _If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet_. _Little Shop_ marks Killam’s professional stage debut, although his [theater roots stretch far](http://www.ew.com/article/2014/06/16/ansel-elgort-hairspray-rent "undefined"). Encores!’ [summer season](http://www.ew.com/article/2014/12/15/sutton-foster-jonathan-groff-and-little-shop-coming-to-encores-off-center "undefined") will also include _The Wild Party_ with Sutton Foster and _A New Brain_ with Jonathan Groff. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/14/jake-gyllenhaal-taran-killam-star-little-shop-horrors-broadway?xid=IFT-Trending "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/ "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3821801/jake-gyllenhaal-taran-killam/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3821801/jake-gyllenhaal-taran-killam/"},"headline":"Jake Gyllenhaal, Taran Killam to Star in Little Shop of Horrors Off Broadway","datePublished":"2015-04-14T20:41:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:23:54.715Z","description":"Killam will play the sadistic dentist, a role performed by Steve Martin in the 1986 film","url":"https://time.com/3821801/jake-gyllenhaal-taran-killam/","keywords":["Theater","Jake Gyllenhaal"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98b4607ea59f5872/6987eb0da988cad7356b02d4/jakegyll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Entertainment Weekly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98b4607ea59f5872/6987eb0da988cad7356b02d4/jakegyll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jake Gyllenhaal, Taran Killam","caption":"Jake Gyllenhaal (left), Taran Killam","creditText":"Bruce Glikas—FilmMagic; Barry King—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3821801/jake-gyllenhaal-taran-killam/","name":"Jake Gyllenhaal, Taran Killam to Star in Little Shop of Horrors Off Broadway"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)","description":"TIME movie critic, Richard Corliss lists his top films of the millennium (Thus Far). 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