The real question about Spring Awakening is...

can anyone really answer that? Not addressing that at you but, how can one tell until we see playbill.com figures.

I think that maybe with all the rave reviews shows like "The View" may take notice, or the show can actually get some more money and in turn promote the show more effectively.

I have reviewed SA for Corine's Corner.

Look for the review sometime after the 1st of the year.

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They couldn't have asked or hoped for better reviews. It's all in the hands of the marketing department now.

Serious question...
Can anyone recall a show that received this much critical acclaim and flopped?

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I hope it makes it to April? Does anyone know if they will open a new bolck of tickets? I would like to get tickets for April.....

Well SA is a much smaller show than Passion and Side Show, so at least it has that going for it.

Not musicals, but last season The Lt. of Inishmore and Well received nearly across the board raves and still flopped.

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January is Corine2's coming of age.

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My memory is that apart from the Times, the Side Show reviews were distinctly mixed and nothing like the almost universal raves that SA has received.

You might actually look to last year's Sweeney Todd, which was a success but by no means a smash despite getting nearly universal raves.

But for a new musical to get almost universal raves and not have at least a pretty good run, you might have to go all the way back to The Golden Apple.

omg just got the cast recording on itunes...it's feirce as F*CK!!

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hey there i saw spring awakening and it blew me away. I rdered the cd from amazon and should arrive today i cant wait to relive the experience.

I hope it runs. This is a show that deserves a teen/young adult following at least as much as the more sentimental and feel-good RENT. The subject matter is universal in the best sense, and despite the 1890s setting, unlike RENT, its not about a rarified corner of the sub-culture and their issues -- heroin addiction and HIV on the lower east side (and the characters' youth and naivete resonate. None of that "why don't they appreciate me for my art; better shoot-up" POV The angst here IS universal.

I am an old fart, in terms of a "taget" audience, and I adored it, top to bottom, mics and all. It's just a true piece of musical theater, not rock songs grafted onto something cute and "ironic." It's daringly EARNEST by the standards of the day, when teens are forever portrayed in "whatever" mode, indifferent to everything but reality avoidance and technology dependence. I expected something more precious and inaccessible -- yep, ironic, too. But this show is the real deal, it's moving, emotion-rich, and the musicalized moments deeply enhance the foreground Wedekind scenes. It would be a shame for itto not find its audience. Should it not, the songs and score will be in the repetoire forever.

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