Madeline slowly lifts her chin to face Audrey II.
Madeline: So, you see… My family panicked when I became infected afterwards… They did everything in their power to try to prevent things from becoming worse.
Audrey II: [laughs] Oh, doll, if only they'd known how stunning it'd look on ya!
Madeline: [curls a vine from her hair around her finger] You really think- Oh! Don't give me that!
Audrey II: But doll, don't ya want me ta help you look even more attractive? I can help ya grow that gorgeous hair out if you'll only feed me!
Madeline jumps to her feet and begins marching defiantly towards the register on the opposite side of the shop.
Madeline: Ah non! Je ne y allez rien! I have met too many compassionate human beings in my life to let them down, now.
The score from "Feed Me/Git It" begins.
Audrey II: Feed me, Madeline! Feed me all night long!
Madeline: No, I am not listening to this! [Madeline covers her ears]
Audrey II: Listen, kid! You can do it!
Feed me, Madeline! Feed me all night long!
'Cuz if ya feed me, darlin'…
I can grow up big and strong! Heheheheh…
Madeline: Your enchantments are not going to work on me, Audrey Deux!
Audrey II: [getting slightly frustrated but trying to remain seductive]
Would ya like a Cadillac car
Or a guest shot on Jack Paar?
How about a date with Seymour Krelborne?
You gonna get it! If ya want it, baby! Hehe!
Audrey II begins to reach his vines towards Madeline, wrap them around her and pull her back towards himself.
Audrey II: How'd ya like ta be a big deal?
Dinin' out four every meal! I'm the plant can make it all real! Ya gonna get it~
Hey! I'm your genie, I'm your friend! I'm your willin' slave!
Take a chance! Feed me, eh? You know the kinda red-hot treats,
The kinda sticky, licky sweets I crave! Woah!
C'mon, sugar, don't be a putz! Trust me and your life will surely rival King Tut's!
Take some initiative, work up some guts an' you'll get it!
Madeline: I will not… I will not… 'Cuz I know how you plants are… I won't go and perform mutilations!
Audrey II: [curling some of his vines] Hehehehehe… You had somethin', now you got me!
So c'mon babe, what will it be?
Family?
Guys?
One particular guy- how about meee? Think it over!
Audrey II makes a kissing face which causes Madeline to try to struggle a little more.
Audrey II: There must be someone you could eighty-six real quiet-like, and get me some lunch!
Think about a room at the Ritz! Wrapped in velvet, covered in glitz!
A little lovin' might just be in your midst, and you'll get it!
Madeline: I think I'd like to avoid
Causin' any trouble! That's not coy!
Making all the people in the world go green? Ugh!
Audrey II: Just go get it! If you wanna be profound, if ya really gotta justify!
Take a breath and look around, a lot of folks deserve ta die!
Madeline rips her other arm free from a vine, appearing distressed.
Madeline: Non, non, non! You've got it all wrong! That's not a very nice thing to say!
Audrey II: But it's true, isn't it?
Madeline: No! I have never known anyone that deserved to be chopped up and fed to a hungry plant!
Audrey II: [caresses Madeline] Oh, doll, there must have been some people cruel enough to die! What about anyone who mighta picked on ya for your hair growin' up, huh?
Madeline: Well… It is true I was bullied back in Paris…
Audrey II: Well, then, doll…
If you wanna rationale, it isn't very hard ta see, no, no, no!
Stop an' think it over, gal! Those guys sure seem like plant food ta me!
Those guys sure seem like plant food ta me!
Madeline: (I don't want to rationale! I find it very hard to see, oui, oui, oui!
Stop and hear me out now, Deux, no one's ever plant food to me!
No one's ever plant food to me!)
I know they were nasty, treating me rough!
Audrey II: Yeah! Smackin' you around an' always talkin' so tough! I need blood and they've got more than enough! I need blood an' they've got more than enough!
(Madeline: You need blood, but I've a better idea! You need blood, but I've a better idea! You need blood, but I've a better idea!)
Audrey II: I need blood an' they've got more than enough!
So just go get it, doll!
[End of Act 1]