Gideon Glick, who grew up in Bala Cynwyd, shines as the lead in a touching Off-Broadway revival of the cult classic “Little Shop of Horrors,” writes Kurt Soller for The New York Times.

The queer actor managed to rise to the role of leading man in a musical despite being deaf in one ear.

Over the years, he mostly played gay characters in straight plays such as Stephen Karam’s “Speech & Debate,” Samuel H. Hunter’s “The Few,” and Joshua Harmon’s “Significant Other.”

In October, despite already staring in Aaron Sorkin’s Broadway adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird,”

Glick took over the main character role in “Little Shop of Horrors” for two weeks after Jonathan Groff had a scheduling conflict.

However, director Michael Mayer, was so impressed by his performance that he asked him to take over the role after Groff’s contract was finished.

Despite his busy schedule, Glick immediately accepted.

“I had wanted to do ‘Little Shop’ my whole life — I mean, it’s a musical about a man-eating plant!” he said. “It’s outrageous and it shouldn’t work and yet it completely does.”

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