Steven Speilberg at Spring Awakening 12-28-06

[educator06]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:40pm

Yes it's true, he was there. Now that is cool!

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:41pm

No, he's not making a movie of it.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:43pm

I heard he is - starring the ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST!!

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:45pm

That's cool. Whenever a director is at a show someone's like "They're going to make a movie of it!"

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:46pm

Damn it Rath, you weren't supposed to leak the news.

Fine. Yes it's true. Spielburg. SPRING AWAKENING. 2009. He is replacing Lea Michelle though because she's actually 45 years old (shh!). Word is Rosario Dawson is in talks.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:46pm

Billy Joel is adding a couple of new songs.

SWEEEET.

[MotorTink]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:48pm

And they are stealing ideas from Sweeney/Company and will have the actors playing the instruments while they sing through the movie script.

[Craig]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:51pm

I heard that Sondheim will be re-working the score and that the film will be presented in the same structure as Merrily We Roll Along and the action will take place backwards.
Borrowing from Follies, each cast member will also have an adult counterpart

Menzel, Chenoweth, Pascal, Rapp, Cerveris and LuPone are all on board as well :)

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:58pm

"And they are stealing ideas from Sweeney/Company and will have the actors playing the instruments while they sing through the movie script."

I heard Moritz will be on the guitar.
Updated On: 12/29/06 at 12:58 PM

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:13pm

No the Adult Women will play the guitar. Mortiz is playing the flute.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:17pm

I've seen the Julie Taymor puppet sketches for the film version, as well.

Brilliant!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:20pm

*fingers crossed that they let Cherry Jones play her award-winning SA role on film*

[MotorTink]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:20pm

But how will they make "Totally f**ked" adaptable to make the PG-13 rating? What word will they substitute?

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:21pm

Freaked.

[Craig]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:22pm

Forgotten

They always replace F*** with forget so that people say "FORGET YOU!!!"


In other news, they are already planning a tv spinoff of the movie.

[MotorTink]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:29pm

james Van der Beek as melchoir and Dustin Diamond as Mortiz?

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:31pm

The CG FX on this one are going to be MASSIVE.

Spielberg's already working out the details with Lucas and ILM.

[Jersey Boys]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:31pm

Michael, Lea Michelle is 20 years old, she was born on July 29 1986

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:32pm

Michael, Lea Michelle is 20 years old, she was born on July 29 1986

*head desk*

Updated On: 12/29/06 at 01:32 PM

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:33pm

andallthatjazz pretty much summed u p that statement.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:33pm

Don't worry about her age, she's being replaced by Andy Serkis as Gollum from LOTR anyway.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:34pm

I heard Zac Efrom from High School Musical is going to do the TV series!

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:35pm

But first there will be the MTV "Plugged Up" special...

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:35pm

Hey, Jersey Boys, have you heard that John Lloyd Young is up for the part of Martha?

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:37pm

Zac Effron will be playing a role that is yet to be announced. Drew Seely will be doing the vocals.