BU On Broadway’s newest production, “Little Shop of Horrors,” is a cartoon-like rendering of real-world emotions on stage, allowing the audience to experience love, lust, death and downright fun with the caricature-esque characters.

Call them creepy, kooky, mysterious or spooky, but everyone can agree that “The Addams Family” is a peculiar piece of pop culture. After the famous TV series from the 1960s, two feature films and...