A Second Letter to the Folks Behind Spring Awakening
A Second Letter to the Folks Behind Spring Awakening
#1A Second Letter to the Folks Behind Spring Awakening
Posted: 6/11/07 at 7:32pm
To Shiek, Mayer, Sater and the whole gang-
Congratulations. I would just like to let you know that there are some producing aspects of your show that I don't agree with. I also don't like some of the choices within the show. SPRING AWAKENING is not perfect. However, I still love the show. I'm not one of those pathetic message board users who let politics of producing a show, its fanbase, or its Tony Award wins affect my feelings ABOUT the show. SCREW everything else - what I see ON STAGE is more important. I don't judge the contents of a show over the said politics in the previous letter from jv92. You have every right to be on your high horse - stay on it!
Regards,
CapnHook
PS: I totally don't like the show anymore because you won for Choreography. I know it's not your fault - I don't know what happened. You got this award you shouldn't have received and all of a sudden I hated everything about the show, even though I loved it up until then. Oh well. Guess that's the b*tch of winning.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#2re: A Second Letter to the Folks Behind Spring Awakening
Posted: 6/11/07 at 7:38pm
well i would have made it a little more "f**k you" but this works just fine
*applause
Can, can I have it?
#2re: A Second Letter to the Folks Behind Spring Awakening
Posted: 6/11/07 at 7:39pm
Dear folks behind Spring Awakening,
Sorry to keep going on about this, but I really am beginning to think I dreamt it and I'm going to keep asking until I get an answer one way or another.
Did you or did you not kiss Michael Cerveris on your way up to the stage to collect an award (probably the Music & Lyrics award)?
Also when will we get cast albums of Lestat, In My Life, Ring Of Fire, and other great shows that don't have a cast recording? ^_^
popular_elphie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
#3re: A Second Letter to the Folks Behind Spring Awakening
Posted: 6/11/07 at 8:28pmWeez, I noticed that, too! It was weird!
#4re: A Second Letter to the Folks Behind Spring Awakening
Posted: 6/12/07 at 10:06am
"well i would have made it a little more "f**k you" but this works just fine
*applause "
Why waste a good f*cking on them?
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
mightydog
Understudy Joined: 10/12/06
#5re: A Second Letter to the Folks Behind Spring Awakening
Posted: 6/12/07 at 11:05amMichael Cerveris was involved with previous readings and workshops of Spring Awakening. He was last involved with the Lincoln Center worshop where he played a character that was subsequently cut from the show. I imagine he has a close personaly friendship with a number of people involved with the production?
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