Keep Spring Awakening OPEN! — Page 3

It's on tdf right now for Jan 1st.
Gobble em up NOW!

"It's been proclaimed the best new musical of the season by Ben Brantley.

MattBrain- Ben Brantley never reviewed the show, and if he did say that I would like to see the link. If he never did say it, you are posting false information."

neddyfrank, Brantley said that on his "top 10" shows of the year list.This is what Brantley said
"Infusing Frank Wedekind’s 1891 play about young lust with rock ’n’ roll rawness, this sleeper hit easily qualifies as the year’s best new musical."

The link is here
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/theater/24bran.html?ref=theater

Updated On: 12/26/06 at 03:19 PM

Yeah he [Brantley] wrote about it in his top ten shows of 2006.

EDIT: The scan didn't work for some reason.

Updated On: 12/26/06 at 05:56 PM

I want to buy on-stage tickets for febuary, but I'm hesitating. I don't know if my mom will think the show is too racy and too sexual. Also, are the onstage tickets worth the money? THanks.

This show is a much harder sell than Gray Gardens

Whichever does not get the Tony will probably close if they are still around by June. I am not being cruel just realistic. Both are not exactly shows tourists will flock to - great reviews not withstanding. The next 3 months will be critical for both

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i actually found out I can probably see this on Saturday (i really hope so)


- Your parents are actually going to take you to see this? Didn't they flip out over RENT. How are the going to handle masterbation and sex scenes with nudity?

McFrenzied just tell your mom certain things that are going to happen like masturbation, sex scenes and, nudity.And, there's a lot of language. If she says she wouldn't like to see that then don't take her.

>Most of the posters there get on stage seats again and again.

Well, that's great to show their support for the show, but it's not supporing the bottom line (gross) unfortunately. If they want this show to survive, they need to pay the full price. They need those patrons who can and will pay the full price.

>"we're spring awakening, f*ck closing"

It sounds arrogant, but good to know that they have a confidence. This is one of the cast saying right? Not one of the producers? I hope not.

"I would never in a million years go with my parents!"

Ding Ding Ding! And that is exactly why this show is having trouble selling tickets.

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By the demographic represented in this thread, I'm an old fart, albeit one who took his 15 1/2 year old son to this show. We both loved it, and neither of us was seriously uncomfortable in the other's presence.

Parents, go for it. Kids, take the folks. It's a show about teenage feelings -- awakenings, yeah -- but it's not a show "for" teenagers, and it's not shaped as though formed with "insider" POV. It very seriously portrays a universal experience, coming of age, and explores it with great theatricality, style, and brimming emotion. Older people might find more to relate to here than in GREASE.

Young love and the attendant angst has been the stuff of musical theater from its inception. In many ways, it's closer in spirit to WEST SIDE STORY than, say, RENT. And it's not about a rarified world -- druggies on the lower east side. Anyone resisting should give it a chance.

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do they hold any stage seats for the student rush line?

Is the gay storyline a big part of the musical?