SPRING AWAKENING: THOSE YOU'VE KNOWN Doc on HBO - Discussion Thread
SPRING AWAKENING: THOSE YOU'VE KNOWN Doc on HBO - Discussion Thread
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
SPRING AWAKENING: THOSE YOU'VE KNOWN Doc on HBO - Discussion Thread#1
Posted: 4/5/22 at 2:43pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/HBO-Announces-SPRING-AWAKENING-THOSE-YOUVE-KNOWN-Documentary-20220405
HBO Documentary Films has announced that Spring Awakening: Those You've Known, a new documentary directed by Michael John Warren and produced by RadicalMedia (HBO's "David Byrne's American Utopia"
, debuts Tuesday, May 3 (9:00-10:23 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#2
Posted: 4/5/22 at 2:52pm
It was such a perfect evening, I'm so glad more people will get to see how it came together.
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#3
Posted: 4/6/22 at 3:51pm
Groff was quite charming promoting the documentary on Jimmy Fallon. It raised big bucks for The Actors Fund during the height of the pandemic.
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#4
Posted: 4/6/22 at 4:30pm
I know it won’t happen, but I would love to see the ticketing issues and people RUNNING to the mezzanine when they opened it for general admission be included lol
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#5
Posted: 4/6/22 at 8:51pm
Based on a few people I know, seems many assumed this is a concert film of the actual recent concert reunion ignoring the word “documentary” used in promoting this. We WILL see snippets of the recent concert reunion but don’t expect full performance clips. Hopefully the footage of the actual full concert is used for a broadcast of the reunion concert itself one day.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#6
Posted: 4/6/22 at 8:57pm
Anyone who reads the description understands exactly what it is.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#7
Posted: 4/6/22 at 9:10pm
Sutton Ross said: "Anyone who reads the description understands exactly what it is."
Not yo momma.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#8
Posted: 4/25/22 at 12:46pm
Trailer released https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-HBO-Shares-SPRING-AWAKENING-THOSE-YOUVE-KNOWN-Documentary-Trailer-20220425
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#9
Posted: 4/25/22 at 4:22pm
jacobsnchz14 said: "Trailer releasedhttps://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-HBO-Shares-SPRING-AWAKENING-THOSE-YOUVE-KNOWN-Documentary-Trailer-20220425"
OMG I can’t wait to see this and so wish I could have been in NY for the performance. Crying just from the trailer.
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#11
Posted: 4/25/22 at 5:11pm
BrodyFosse123 said: "Not yo momma."
No, sir, let's talk about yo momma. Who's so dumb she got hit by a parked car!
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HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#12
Posted: 5/2/22 at 4:48pm
Anybody know what time this will be on HBO Max?
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HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#13
Posted: 5/2/22 at 5:37pm
Side note, Chris Jones has a favorable review in the Chicago Tribune of the Porchlight Theatre Production currently running in Chicago, singling out Maya Lou Hlava who plays Wendla.
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#14
Posted: 5/2/22 at 5:44pm
herewegoabc said: "Anybody know what time this will be on HBO Max?"
9pm. Same time it airs.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#15
Posted: 5/3/22 at 9:45am
Anyone plan on watching tonight?
Updated On: 5/3/22 at 09:45 AM
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#16
Posted: 5/3/22 at 9:49pm
I’m about 30 mins in. F*ck, this is so good. Bringing back a lot of memories.
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#17
Posted: 5/3/22 at 10:23pm
It’s beautiful. Takes me right back. I’m weeping.
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#18
Posted: 5/3/22 at 10:26pm
Watching Jon doing “Left Behind” with a tear stained face has me ugly crying.
Updated On: 5/3/22 at 10:26 PMBroadway Legend Joined: 3/14/04
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#19
Posted: 5/3/22 at 10:32pm
Did I miss when they changed the lyrics to Song of Purple Summer? I always thought "the gray-fly choir will mourn" was such a beautiful and evocative phrase.
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#20
Posted: 5/3/22 at 10:39pm
We’re watching a show about a girl who dies from an abortion and I’m thinking of how many more will also die in this country now. Man, this came out at just the “right” time. 
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#21
Posted: 5/3/22 at 10:59pm
It's a really cool insight into the development of the show, with a lot of great footage, both from the concert and the original production.
I'm curious as to why they didn't mention the Deaf West revival, or any of the cultural impact that followed the original production.
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#22
Posted: 5/3/22 at 11:03pm
I don’t mind that. This was a documentary about a specific group of people almost more than it was about the show, itself.
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#23
Posted: 5/3/22 at 11:07pm
I loved it. It was very different than I expected. I expected it to be more about the reunion and concert than the development, etc., but I enjoyed it very much. I was surprised they didn't use any of the footage they got from fan interviews that they were doing in the line. I watched them interview several people during that (very long) nightmare of a line before the concert. I was also surprised that the interviews were limited to 5 people and the majority of the cast were barely featured.
Overall, I loved it. It was so emotional, and to see this done for a show that personally means so much to me is something truly special.
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#24
Posted: 5/3/22 at 11:13pm
Jordan Catalano said: "I don’t mind that. This was a documentary about a specific group of people almost more than it was about the show, itself."
That's fair.
Speaking of that, I really did appreciate how much of it was dedicated to home movie footage of the cast spending time together, hanging out, being kids. It's something you don't see in a lot of behind-the-scenes footage (probably because most Broadway shows aren't all kids).
HBO Spring Awakening doc gets release date#25
Posted: 5/3/22 at 11:17pm
We never got that far with it but the third “Broadway the Golden Age” film was going to feature a lot of what I assume was now used in this. Jon had mentioned all this stuff that exists from the cast and we had talked about how much easier it was going to be to find footage and photos from newer shows since everyone took video and pictures everywhere, and that was even before iPhones.
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