TheatreWorks' 'Little Shop,' set in S.F.'s Chinatown, reveals exciting possibilities for musical theater

Datebook: Outside Mushnik’s flower shop, murals of Bruce Lee and Anna May Wong watch over the block, while inside its proprietor stores some of his flowers in a giant soy sauce bucket. When he needs to drown his sorrows after yet another day of no customers, his go-to is Chinese take-out.