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D.J. Kramer and Dylan Henry as Audrey and Seymour in M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse's production of "Little Shop of Horrors," which opened Thursday. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)

CONWAY — “Little Shop of Horrors,” the musical based on the 1960 Roger Corman horror comedy about a man-eating plant, has been given an 1980s-infused facelift by director Eric Jordan.

The production, which opened Thursday, Aug. 15, at M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway, with performances Thursday through Sunday for the next three weeks, takes inspiration from the era in which the musical was first produced — it first opened in 1982, with a Rick Moranis-starring film adaptation following in 1986 — rather than the 1950s and ’60s sci-fi horror it is lampooning.

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Dylan Henry as Seymour with Audrey II in M&D's Little Shop of Horrors." (ASHLEY KERR PHOTO)

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Mark Sickler holds Dylan Henry in M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse's production of "Little Shop of Horrors." (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)

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From left: Ciara Neidlinger, Kristen Bolduc Jason Stevens Seddaly Stevens and Kayla Charles in M&D's "Little Shop of Horrors." (ASHLEY KERR PHOTO)

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June Desmond (left) provides the voice of the bloodthristy plant Audrey II while Sam Kilbride provides the puppetry in M&D's production of "Little Shop of Horrors." (ASHLEY KERR PHOTO)

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From left: Ciara Neidlinger, Kristen Bolduc and Kayla Charles as trio street urchins who act as a girl group Greek chorus in M&D's "Little Shop of Horrors." (ASHLEY KERR PHOTO)

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Clockwise: Cheyenne Lyons, Zoe Daigle, Seddaly Stevens and Kaitlyn Marshall play the homeless residents of Skid Row in M&D's production of "Little Shop of Horrors." (ASHLEY KERR PHOTO)

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