Spring Awakening Tour — Page 2

I have a friend who is on the tour who says that of all the guys who have played the role, Jake Epstein is her favorite (he's an actor, whereas most others are singers first and actors second).

I also heard from my friend that several people on the tour are leaving it within the next couple of months (about 4-5 of them). It seems that some of them have taken time off from school for the tour and want to go back. But they all have the option to stay on through the end of the tour if they wish.

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Here is Peter Marks' review from today's Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070902746.html?hpid=artslot

Most likely as he just joined the cast. But he may have a more limited contract.

Bashoff has been my favorite thing about Spring Awakening for a looooong time....and certainly my favorite thing about the tour.

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My sister is a major Degrassi fan, so she'll be pleased to see him. I have no clue what she sees in that show, honestly.

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I caught the tour on Friday night at the Kennedy Center. I saw the original Broadway production (with the original cast) once and liked it quite a lot. The tour was in pretty good shape. Much better shape, in fact, than The Color Purple tour which is also at the Kennedy Center. In any case (I don't have my playbill in front of me), I thought the actor playing Moritz was quite excellent. The voices were quite strong. The acting was quite decent all around, especially the male cast members. I thought the actress playing Wendla was a slightly weaker link vocally (and to a lesser extent, acting-wise) to the rest of the three major leads, but not bad by any means. Though it was a good production, I remember the transitions between the dialogue and "inner-thoughts songs" being much more seamless on Broadway, but it could just be I don't remember it well enough. It just seemed to flow better on Broadway.

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Updated On: 7/12/09 at 01:03 AM

Change of plans, my parents want to see Spring Awakening in Atlanta. So I'll be seeing SA in Atlanta and ITH in Ft. Lauderdale (in the same month!).

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I have a friend who was in the touring cast but I'm not sure if he is still performing. Does anyone have the program from a recent performance?

His name's Perry Sherman, he goes to Carnegie-Mellon.

Perry Sherman is a "chair-acter"...understudying Melchior, Otto, Hanschen, Ernst, and Georg.

Perry's still in the cast. Next Sunday is his last show.

The chair-actors are in seated in the onstage seating area. I even saw an usher show them to their seats as if they were regular audience members. Then in one of the numbers they stood and sang with the rest of the characters in the show. That was one of the few things I actually liked about the show, as it was totally unexpected.

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Is there a way to know which days the understudies will be on? I'm going to be so upset if I don't get to see Jake Epstein! Seriously lol. D: