Spring Awakening Tony

#1

Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 8:34pm

I've never seen Spring Awakening, but does anybody think it should have won a tony for Best Musical?

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#2

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 8:40pm

Lots of people do.

Lots of people don't.

Not trying to be difficult...but there is almost never a clear cut "fan" favorite.

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#3

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 8:44pm

will you find anyone that 100 percent agree on a tony win?

#4

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 8:48pm

First of all, this discussion is a couple of years too late.

You will find people who think it should have won, and others who think it shouldn't have. I have a feeling that the majority of the people here will say "no."

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#5

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 8:51pm

I think it did

#6

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 9:03pm

i think it did

#7

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 9:11pm

I think it did.

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#8

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 9:17pm

I think it did.

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#9

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 9:21pm

I don't think it did deserve most of the tonys it won.

#10

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 9:24pm

I think that it was, for lack of a better word, the most "solid" musical of the year. Grey Gardens was great, but not until the second act, and even then couldn't match up to SA.
Good show, not the best book, great direction, great music.
Yes I think it did deserve it.

#11

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 9:39pm

I think it should have won. In fact, I think it deserved most of the Tonys it won. Is it the best show written? No. But I thought it was the best overall show that year.

~Steven

#12

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 9:41pm

Nope. Grey Gardens deserved it.

And choreography? Really?

But this is a beaten horse.

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#13

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 9:44pm

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#14

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 10:37pm

It did deserve best musical.
Cheography though was rediculous. Who new jumping up and down was award winning?

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#15

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 10:39pm

Do we REALLY need this again?

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#16

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 10:49pm

I look at the choreography as the fluidity of the entire piece which goes hand in hand in the direction. Touch Me and the places each actor is on stage, with Ilse walking alone in the back to the piano while doing the breast rubby movements gets me everytime. In that case I think it was original and it spoke well to the piece, which is why it won.

If you look at choreography as kicks and twirls and gay chorus boys, then Spring Awakening doesn't have that. (Their gay boys sit in chairs on the side)

#17

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 11:18pm

I agree with you, fromthecity. Spring Awakening's choreography had a wonderful fluidity to it, something that I could almost compare to the choreography in In the Heights (and of course I'm not comparing the technicality of the choreography). Every movement had a specific reason. There is nothing arbitrary. I think it's inspired. Many Tony voters apparently thought so too. Anyway, I thought "The Bitch of Living" was the most electric and exciting song staged that year. There are no pirouettes or anything, but it's great choreography. It works for the show. It was the best use of choreography that year.

~Steven

#18

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/26/08 at 11:36pm

"Who new jumping up and down was award winning?"

Do we have to go through with this again? No, Spring Awakening did not have choreography like what you saw in Curtains, 42nd Street, Legally Blonde, Hairspray, etc. The choreography was intended to bring out the characters' inner feelings, which I think it pulled off successfully. As HeyMrMusic said, every movement had a specific reason, and that is what helped it snag the Best Choreography Tony. People need to have more of an open mind.

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#19

re: Spring Awakening Tony

Posted: 10/27/08 at 12:07am

I think it did, but do we really have to discuss this AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN...It's like watching High School Musical with my godkids at this point...