Ethan Slater (Wicked film, SpongeBob SquarePants on Broadway) will join the musical as Seymour, alongside Tony Award nominee Betsy Wolfe (Death Becomes Her, & Juliet) as Audrey, beginning Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Little Shop of Horrors is now in its seventh smash year at the Westside Theatre (407 W. 43rd Street). Tickets are on sale now through January 23, 2028.

Slater recently starred on screen as Boq in the Oscar-winning film Wicked, which earned a SAG nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and he reprised the role in Wicked: For Good. On the stage, he received a Tony Award nomination and won Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his breakout performance in the titular role of SpongeBob SquarePants on Broadway, and co-wrote and starred in last season’s Marcel on the Train at Classic Stage Company. Wolfe is a Tony Award nominee for her performance as Anne Hathaway in the hit Broadway musical & Juliet, and is currently starring as Madeline Ashton in the musical comedy Death Becomes Her. Her past credits include leading roles in the musicals Joy, Waitress, Falsettos, and The Last Five Years.

“We feel incredibly fortunate to welcome two of the theater community’s most gifted artists to Mushnik’s flower shop! Ethan and Betsy have each built extraordinary, multifaceted careers driven by heart and humor, and we cannot wait for audiences to see them inhabit these two beautiful characters. It will be a truly special chapter for the Little Shop family!” said producers Tom Kirdahy, Robert Ahrens, and Hunter Arnold.

The musical’s current stars, Jordan Fisher (Moulin Rouge, Hadestown, “To All The Boys”) and Tony Award winner Nikki M. James (The Book of Mormon), will play their final performances as Seymour and Audrey on Sunday, July 19, 2026. Continuing in the cast are Drama Desk nominee Claybourne Elder (HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” Company) as Dr. Orin Scrivello D.D.S., Tony nominee Reg Rogers (The Dazzle, Merrily We Roll Along) as Mushnik, Christian McQueen as The Voice of Audrey II, Christine Wanda as Ronnette, Savannah Lee Birdsong as Crystal, and Morgan Ashley Bryant as Chiffon, alongside Teddy Yudain, Weston Chandler Long, Mecca Hicks, Jeff Sears, Aveena Sawyer, Christopher Swan, Alloria Frayser, Chani Maisonet, Johnny Newcomb, Jon Hoche, Jonothon Lyons, and Noel MacNeal.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS features a book and lyrics by Grammy and Academy Award winner Howard Ashman (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast), and music by Tony and Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Aladdin, Newsies), the 2020 Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama Desk Award-winning Best Musical Revival of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Spring Awakening).