BWW Video Show Preview: Spring Awakening

[Craig]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 8:27pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=14555

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 8:33pm

YAY! Updated On: 12/21/06 at 08:33 PM

[little_sally]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 8:41pm

Awesome video!

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 9:06pm

Ahh! So good, I need to see this again.

[bigbigbill]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 9:08pm

Me too.

[McFrenzied]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 9:12pm

I'm watching it over and over again.

I dunno, though..I almost think it needs a *spolier* label. I mean, they give away so many great moments. Would that ruin the wonder for people who have never seen it?

I guess the most important thing is that it MAKES people want to see it.

I'm glad to have it.

[singingshowgirl]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 9:20pm

i liked it! i'm seeing it on saturday, but this scared me a little because my onstage seats are closer towards upstage than downstage. i hope i'm still able to see stuff, not just backs

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 9:24pm

WOW!!!! great video. They are so close with the actors...I just loved it! Such a great Hanukkah gift.

[Bbrun720]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 9:29pm

I love spring awakening! This video is going to be great for whenever I am wishing I was back at this show!

[sidneybruhl]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 9:34pm

Makes me want to hop a plane to NYC.

[Mistress_Spouzic]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 10:37pm

finally! ive been waiting for this!

[MrAmySpanger]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 11:28pm

aaaamazing=]

[PARISinNYC]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 11:43pm

No joke, I think I just blacked out from anticipation.

[Joelbeans]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 11:51pm

Ok I have listened to the CD, didn't think I was going to like it, and I am in love with it. Now I saw the video, and GOD I wanna be in NYC right now. What a great Christmas present it would be to get a ticket to NYC right now, but that isn't going to happen. Man this show looks great. You say there are a lot of spoiners given away, from the video I couldn't tell. I just know the music, I haven't had a chance to read the synopsis in the CD or anything, I have just gone by what I have heard and watched. Now I k now what all of you are talking about. What great lighting effects, and wonderful costumes. Wow something new and wonderful in Broadway history right here. Like REnt changed the history of Broadway with a new type of musical, I think Spring Awakening will do the same thing.

[MrSweetNAwful]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 2:07am

John is gonna break his foot in I Don't Do Sadness :)

I'm betting I'm gonna watch this 20 times before Christmas.
I love bww.com for making these previews!

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 2:13am

That was a great video! I think I'm seeing it in a week or so. Can't wait to see how the show has improved since Off-Broadway.

~Steven

[PARISinNYC]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 3:21pm

I want this on my iPod! Gah, is that AT ALL possible?

Posted: 12/22/06 at 3:28pm

Oh, Steven, it's improved a LOT since off-Broadway. The changes they made in Broadway previews alone made a huge difference. The size of the space takes some getting used to, but it's a small sacrifice.

-Remy

[StageManager2]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 3:47pm

The music sounds too teenyboppy for my taste. Not to say that I'll never see it (never say never), but it doesn't incite my interest. The set and costumes look great, though.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 3:49pm

teenybopper? It's folk-rockish. No teenybopper bubblegum pop in sight.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 3:51pm

Bitchin'!

[StageManager2]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 4:05pm

Could've fooled me, broadwayguy2.

[sean3]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 4:59pm

I was very interested in sampling this, given the critical acclaim. After viewing the video a few times, I was left with the impression that it is probably a very engaging show, but disappointed by the "pieces" of music I heard. I don't know if I'd call it bubble-gum, and surely wouldn't call it folk-rock, but it sounded awfully ordinary. A little like John Mayer (whom I find awfully ordinary to start with) but "popularized" if that's not redundant.
I liked the spare staging for the slice of a period of life material, and I've no doubt the cast is great from everything I've read, but 25th Annual Spelling Bee had that that plus interesting music. Not fair to judge from excerpts, but there's my impression from this video.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 5:00pm

having seen the show, i found the score very interesting and haunting and not in the least bit teenybopper infused.

[dramaqueen2]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 5:04pm

AHHHHH THANK YOUUU!

that was 4 minutes and 30 seconds of pure bliss!

i just got tickets for january, i'm SOOO EXCITEDDDDDD!

the spring awoke!

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