Spring Awakening love — Page 35

Doyle was brought in for another reason. Trust me. I've heard he's wonderful too!

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OK, I'll bite, what reasons other than understudying Groff?

so...I just got back from New York a couple of days ago, saw Spring Awakening, and absolutely fell in love with it... Johnathan Groff...wow....I hope he gets a tony win! :) As for the rest of the cast, they were AMAZING as well... just a great show.

Yeah, so I saw the Saturday matinee for "Spring Awakening"....All I can say is I guess at the grand old age of 38 I've reached "fuddy duddy" status because I was underwhelmed to sat the least. I felt the raw energy and enthusiam of the cast, and was suitably impressed by the talent I saw.

I know I am setting myself for all kinds of abuse, but...all I got from the show was "yeah, it's LOUD." To the point where the screechy reverb of the some of the actors made WHAT they were singing indecipherable.

The anachronisms were hard to take, modern hairstyles and speech versus period costumes and story. I was actually perplexed by the overwhelmingly positive response the show has received.

I thought very little effort was made to distinguish between each adult role the adult actors were playing.

I tell you whas WAS awesome about the show was the set and the production values...truly impressive. Lea Michelle was wonderful, but overall, don't believe the hype.

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Not everyone will love everything. Thanks for posting mikewood.

For the record, I am a cranky, cynical 46-year-old who catches himself railing more and more often about today's youth culture....and I just abosultely adore SA! So don't chalk it all up to your advanced years. :)

to bway tourist and gymdude, it goes both ways im 18 and i really enjoy SA and i take my non theater friends to it all the time, there are some parts of the show that get to me mostly some of the lyrics, so there are younger people that dont think its the second coming of musical theater, but i do feel that it is nice to see something new, and out of all the shows i have seen it has impressed me the most as a whole this year

just a thought

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46 going on 47 here and I loved it too.

Haven't been so excited (or moved) by a show since I saw "Metamorpheses" (sp?). Went into that one pretty much blind and expecting something dry and was moved to tears several times.

Similarly, wasn't sure what to expect with "Spring" but was pretty much blown away.

Gymdudeva, is right. He was mainly for Melchoir but they needed more understudies anyways. But Matt has been learning the other boys tracks as well.

Totally switching gears, but starting tonight, the cast and crew are working non-stop (i.e. no days off) through June 16th. They're putting on the show 16 times between now and then.

C R A Z Y !

They are going to have to go Ebersole about Gallagher taking a vacation.

I read Matt Doyle's blog that someone posted in a different thread, and they all sound so exhausted. I feel like Broadway should take this week off every year so the nominees can get a chance to breathe. Why would they choose this week of all weeks to start messing with the show's schedule? Give these guys a break!

question:

"They are going to have to go Ebersole about Gallagher taking a vacation."

what does that mean? i hope johnny's there when i go again.. i go mostly to see him haha. i'm going again mid-august and i'll be crushed if i don't see him. *sigh*

changing gears..

i cannot wait for the tony's!! i wish the cast & crew & creative team the best of luck and i am hoping, thinking, and crossing my fingers for all of you! this show deserves to take home all 11 of those little silver statues.. so do us proud! i am so thrilled with this show it's unbelievable. it's been almost 6 months since i saw it for the first time and i am STILL in awe. what a powerful and meaningful experience. gorgeous, simply gorgeous. love & luck to you, spring awakening! <333

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Updated On: 6/5/07 at 04:58 PM

But wouldn't the voting close well before the Tonys?