Which do you prefer: GREY GARDENS or SPRING AWAKENING?

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Which do you prefer: GREY GARDENS or SPRING AWAKENING?

Posted: 12/19/06 at 11:45pm

They both came from off-Broadway origins. They both received mixed critical/patron reaction. They both have merits and flaws placing it into a borderline position.

Which show do you prefer? If you had to see one again, which would you see?

My answer is Act I of SPRING AWAKENING and Act II of GREY GARDENS. But honestly...I think I'd have to go with SPRING AWAKENING. Whilst I think GREY GARDENS was more solid, I just wanted to give SPRING AWAKENING another try. I didn't leave the show moved, I left it wanting to be moved. Unfulfilled. And I feel like if I see it again, I will be...(but perhaps not?)

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#2

re: Which do you prefer: GREY GARDENS or SPRING AWAKENING?

Posted: 12/19/06 at 11:47pm

Apples and Oranges, honey.

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#3

re: Which do you prefer: GREY GARDENS or SPRING AWAKENING?

Posted: 12/19/06 at 11:48pm

I Like them both.
But I think GREY GARDENS is more to my taste.

#4

re: Which do you prefer: GREY GARDENS or SPRING AWAKENING?

Posted: 12/19/06 at 11:48pm

Yes and no, honey. lol

It can certainly be difficult to answer. But if I had to choose between an apple and an orange right now, I'd choose an orange.

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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

#5

re: Which do you prefer: GREY GARDENS or SPRING AWAKENING?

Posted: 12/19/06 at 11:51pm

Grey Gardens.

#6

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Posted: 12/20/06 at 12:02am

I preferred Grey Gardens to Spring Awakening. I went into Spring Awakening having heard one song and knowing the premise, and I was really excited about it, and though I enjoyed it I wasn't particularly moved like I thought I would be. I went into Grey Gardens knowing nothing about it except that Ebersole was supposedly giving a legendary performance, and I left absolutely floored by it and her.

I would like to see both again, but if I get to the city again anytime soon I know it will be Spring Awakening, because no one I know will want to see Grey Gardens.

#7

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Posted: 12/20/06 at 12:07am

I liked them both but I pick Spring Awakening

#8

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Posted: 12/20/06 at 12:08am

Don't mind Foster. He just likes to see himself post.

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#9

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Posted: 12/20/06 at 12:10am

Oh and as long as we're comparing apples and oranges, I choose oranges.

#10

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Posted: 12/20/06 at 12:13am

I feel like an orange, too.

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#11

re: Which do you prefer: GREY GARDENS or SPRING AWAKENING?

Posted: 12/20/06 at 12:50am

I like CORN.
So does Jerry.

#12

re: Which do you prefer: GREY GARDENS or SPRING AWAKENING?

Posted: 12/20/06 at 1:08am

I changed my mind. Apples. I mean God please just let those apples fall.

#13

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Posted: 12/20/06 at 1:20am

Apples are forbidden.

Oh, wait. Wrong show.

Never mind.

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#14

re: Which do you prefer: GREY GARDENS or SPRING AWAKENING?

Posted: 12/20/06 at 1:52am

Apples are Forbidden.(You cracked me up)
I loved both shows for different reasons.
Christine Ebersole gave one if not the most riveting performance in GG. She moved me twice.
The music in Spring Awakening is a lot of fun. They are such different shows. That being said, I love both very much.
I can't stop listening to Spring Awakening but Ebersole made Grey Gardens for me.
PS Kristin Chenoweth made me smile the most this season in Apple Tree. I love her!

#15

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Posted: 12/20/06 at 2:08am

You beat me to it, Andy....

Apples and Kumquats!

#16

re: Which do you prefer: GREY GARDENS or SPRING AWAKENING?

Posted: 12/20/06 at 7:05am

I'm seeing Spring Awakening Friday, but I am pretty sure my answer will be Grey Gardens. One of my favorite shows andjust terrific in every way!

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#17

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Posted: 12/20/06 at 7:56am

I liked Grey Gardens a lot and thought Ebersole was amazing....I LOVED Spring Awakening beyond words!! I'm not really sure how you can compare the two but having to pick one it's w/o a doubt Spring Awakening.

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#18

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Posted: 12/20/06 at 9:21am

Definitely Spring Awakening. No comparison.


Grey Gardens was a good show, but I don't think I would want to sit through it again right now. I could definitely see Spring Awakening many more times.

Updated On: 12/20/06 at 09:21 AM

#19

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Posted: 12/20/06 at 9:39am

is it worth going to see spring awakening if all you can do is sit onstage (i.e., $36 tickets)?

there's no participation involved, is there?

#20

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Posted: 12/20/06 at 9:48am

This is like comparing apples to oranges. They're both very different shows.

Updated On: 12/20/06 at 09:48 AM

#21

re: Which do you prefer: GREY GARDENS or SPRING AWAKENING?

Posted: 12/20/06 at 11:49am

Loved Spring Awakening but can't comment on Grey Gardens. Seeing it next week however, so I'll let you know. I love the original cast recording though.

It's true, they are totally different shows. Why not love both?

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#22

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Posted: 12/20/06 at 12:23pm

the score for Grey Gardens, as I have said,comes of as apretentious vanity piece to me.. the commercial makes me rollmy eyes every time I hear "another mask for a masquerade around and round I twirl."

I'll take SPRING over Grey.

#23

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Posted: 12/20/06 at 11:24pm

GREY GARDENS hands down. Best musical since PIAZZA, and before that, who knows.

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#24

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Posted: 12/20/06 at 11:28pm

Never saw the documentary before I saw GREY GARDENS -- and had no interest in it...was so bored...and didn't get Christine's "nuanced" performance...as had no context to put it in...

hands down...

SPRING AWAKENING.

#25

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Posted: 12/20/06 at 11:40pm

Oh, Grey Gardens. I'm obsessed!

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