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Posted: 4/9/08 at 11:51pm
I saw Spring Awakening tonight for the 8th time. There was some kind of a reporter with a big television camera there asking people in line about the show, and she had me talking for a good 5 minutes.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that during the B-way Cares speech, Jonathan Groff mentioned how everyone should go see Passing Strange because the SA company was invited to see the Wed matinee today of Passing Strange by that company. Jonathan said he had never been so moved before by theater.
So I sat in the 3rd row of the orch, on the left side of the left aisle (does that make sense?). I've never sat anywhere near that close before. As much as I enjoyed sitting that close, I think the front mezz is better so you can see the whole "picture" and I like to see the lighting effects on the side walls of the theaters.
I think this was only my 2nd or maybe 3rd time seeing Blake Bashoff as Moritz, and he was so incredible. However, when he ran out after "Guilty Ones" with his NO NO NO!, his hair, which had looked the regular way, all messed and hairsprayed, was now standing straight up like Kid N' Play (early 90's rappers). What was supposed to be a shocking emotional moment was ruined when what sounded like a large group of teenage girls cackled mindlessly and loudly when he ran out---they pretty much drowned out his "no no no!" I couldn't believe how much he cried during his scene with Ilse---the tears were streaming down his face!
Which brings me to Ilse. Hmmmm. Hmmmmmmmm. I've seen another actress do the part besides the original girl, but the new Ilse, Emma Hunton, I just dont' know. All right this is going to sound mean, but I dont like her appearance for the role of Ilse. Ilse is supposed to be a screwed-up homeless girl. That's why the long wild hair, the smallish body of the original girl worked so well. Also, it was great that she had that distinctive, throaty, almost scratchy voice, which was so different from the other girl's voices. It was another way to separate her character from the other girls.
Emma Hunton is I guess big-boned you could say? Her little pixie haircut complete with perfect bangs and well-fed body do not go well with this supposedly homeless girl character living life in a wacky artists' commune. Her voice was average. It did the job, but it didn't knock you out like the original girl...man I need to dig out a playbill and find out her name.....that's it Lauren Pritchard. Emma is no Lauren.
It was great to have Christine back as the adult women. She really hams that part up.
Oh and before the show, the woman in front of me put her coat over her chair, so that it covered my knees, so I whispered to my friend "this coat is all over my knees" and she darted around and said "is there a problem? Do I need to move my coat? Are you going to be ok with my coat there?" And I was like " no no I'm fine I'm fine! You're fine! The coat is fine!" I think it was that she looked like such a typical mom, that I couldnt be a snotty and be like "yeah move your coat it cant touch my knees" And I felt bad I even whispered about it.
Oh and by the way, my friend is in town visiting, and he is poor as hell, so I got us these tickets tonight, and what does he say when he sits down? "I'd rather sit in the balcony. These seats are too low, I'm gonna have to look up at the stage the whole time. I'd rather be more in the middle. I'd rather sit a little further back." It was also his first Broadway show ever, so he joked about how he would try and make faces at the actors to break their concentration. I had no idea if he was serious or not at the time. Needless to say, we had a big fight after the show and he just left my apartment to go for a walk. Thought you'd all like to share in the drama!! : )
EDIT: I forgot to mention that during the B-way Cares speech, Jonathan Groff mentioned how everyone should go see Passing Strange because the SA company was invited to see the Wed matinee today of Passing Strange by that company. Jonathan said he had never been so moved before by theater.
So I sat in the 3rd row of the orch, on the left side of the left aisle (does that make sense?). I've never sat anywhere near that close before. As much as I enjoyed sitting that close, I think the front mezz is better so you can see the whole "picture" and I like to see the lighting effects on the side walls of the theaters.
I think this was only my 2nd or maybe 3rd time seeing Blake Bashoff as Moritz, and he was so incredible. However, when he ran out after "Guilty Ones" with his NO NO NO!, his hair, which had looked the regular way, all messed and hairsprayed, was now standing straight up like Kid N' Play (early 90's rappers). What was supposed to be a shocking emotional moment was ruined when what sounded like a large group of teenage girls cackled mindlessly and loudly when he ran out---they pretty much drowned out his "no no no!" I couldn't believe how much he cried during his scene with Ilse---the tears were streaming down his face!
Which brings me to Ilse. Hmmmm. Hmmmmmmmm. I've seen another actress do the part besides the original girl, but the new Ilse, Emma Hunton, I just dont' know. All right this is going to sound mean, but I dont like her appearance for the role of Ilse. Ilse is supposed to be a screwed-up homeless girl. That's why the long wild hair, the smallish body of the original girl worked so well. Also, it was great that she had that distinctive, throaty, almost scratchy voice, which was so different from the other girl's voices. It was another way to separate her character from the other girls.
Emma Hunton is I guess big-boned you could say? Her little pixie haircut complete with perfect bangs and well-fed body do not go well with this supposedly homeless girl character living life in a wacky artists' commune. Her voice was average. It did the job, but it didn't knock you out like the original girl...man I need to dig out a playbill and find out her name.....that's it Lauren Pritchard. Emma is no Lauren.
It was great to have Christine back as the adult women. She really hams that part up.
Oh and before the show, the woman in front of me put her coat over her chair, so that it covered my knees, so I whispered to my friend "this coat is all over my knees" and she darted around and said "is there a problem? Do I need to move my coat? Are you going to be ok with my coat there?" And I was like " no no I'm fine I'm fine! You're fine! The coat is fine!" I think it was that she looked like such a typical mom, that I couldnt be a snotty and be like "yeah move your coat it cant touch my knees" And I felt bad I even whispered about it.
Oh and by the way, my friend is in town visiting, and he is poor as hell, so I got us these tickets tonight, and what does he say when he sits down? "I'd rather sit in the balcony. These seats are too low, I'm gonna have to look up at the stage the whole time. I'd rather be more in the middle. I'd rather sit a little further back." It was also his first Broadway show ever, so he joked about how he would try and make faces at the actors to break their concentration. I had no idea if he was serious or not at the time. Needless to say, we had a big fight after the show and he just left my apartment to go for a walk. Thought you'd all like to share in the drama!! : )
Updated On: 4/9/08 at 11:51 PM
