Spring Awakening Quesions. (SPOILERS)

#1

Spring Awakening Quesions. (SPOILERS)

Posted: 1/11/07 at 10:13pm

Alright so I just bought the cast recording of Spring Awakening and I love it. Im just not sure with whats happening to some of the characters.

Alright so:
Who dies and how?
...I know Moritz dies but how?

If characters are dead at the end...how do they all sing The Song of Purple Summer?

Is there much dialogue in the show?

Will the script be released to buy?


Thanks everyone! I appreciate it!

Updated On: 1/11/07 at 10:13 PM

#2

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/11/07 at 10:14pm

Put a spoilers alert on your title.

#3

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/11/07 at 10:15pm

Moritz kills himself.
Wendla dies after having a back-room abortion.

They come back spiritually to sing the finale.

Yes, there is a lot of dialogue.

Yes, the script is published, but in it's original form - Frank Wedekind's play.

#4

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/11/07 at 10:16pm

Spoilers







"Who dies and how?
...I know Moritz dies but how?"

Wendla dies due to a botched abortion. Moritz commits suicide.

This musical script will not be available for a while but, Wedekind's play is available.

Updated On: 1/11/07 at 10:16 PM

#5

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/11/07 at 10:23pm

Is Moritz killed right after "dont do sadness"?
And is Wendla a Spirit when she sings "Whispering"?

You guys are a big help. Thanks so much!

#6

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/11/07 at 10:25pm

*SPOILERS*




Yes, moritz kills himself right after Dont Do Sadness

and no, Wendla is still alive durring Whispering its right after she's found out shes pregnant and its kind of... her coming to terms with that and deciding that its okay. There's a big scene between Whispering and Those You've Known, and its durring that time that she's taken to get the abortion

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Updated On: 1/11/07 at 10:25 PM

#7

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/11/07 at 10:26pm

Mtay, check your PMs

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#8

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/11/07 at 10:27pm

Moritz kills himself right after the Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind combined song after talking with Ilse. The cast then sings Left Behind.

Wendla dies right after Whispering I believe. It happens at one point while Melchior is at the reformatory which is right after Whispering.

#9

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/11/07 at 11:14pm

Question: What exactly is the significance of the dance done by the cast during Touch Me, and then again by Melchior during Mirror-Blue Night.

#10

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/11/07 at 11:24pm

^I've actually wondered that too! wait, do they do the mirror blue night dance in touch me?? somehow I'd totally forgotten that if they did! haha. I knew there was choreography and everything but I'd forgotten it was that same dance.

and yeah, I honestly am not sure of the answer. (when jon does it its very hot though :P)

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I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.

#11

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/12/07 at 3:28pm

i just assumed it was an interpretive expression of the characters finding their sexualities and more specifically their bodies. it was kinda distracting sometimes cause it was a little sloppy choreography, but i took it as they had to find out for themselves about their bodies, so they were just exploring all over themseleves. Anyone else have any explanations or take it a different way?

#12

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/12/07 at 3:54pm

Bandit, I thought the same thing.

I assumed it was a physical interpretation of the lyrics.

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#13

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/12/07 at 3:58pm

personally I didn't like the dancing. IT just didn't really work, it felt sloppy.

#14

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/12/07 at 4:09pm

I wanted to appreciate it, but it all just looked kind of goofy. Maybe I was missing something, but it seemed silly. Like it was trying to be artsy fartsy.

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"People that excel in the arts understand that the journey is the reward...the result an added bonus. Every day I act or train is a blessing and a dream come true. If Broadway beckons so be it. I have a personal definition of success that is unshakable by a possibly unobtainable goal." -HamletWasBipolar

#15

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/14/07 at 12:34pm

it did seem silly. like i said, i tried to appreciate it and i tried to understand what they were trying to say, but it was a little silly. but don't get me wrong, i loved the show a lot, but that was just one of my critiques, but i guess until i have made it on broadway i shouldnt be dissing

#16

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/14/07 at 3:28pm

Maybe a little off topic, but how big is Remy Zaken's role?

#17

re: Spring Awakening Quesions.

Posted: 1/14/07 at 3:33pm

Remy doesn't have a very big role. Just a few solo lines and speaking parts. Her part is a little bigger than Phoebe Strole's though, I think.