Why do so many people hate......

Why do so many people hate Spring Awakening? I honestly can't see what there is to hate about it. The set and lights are fabulous, the cast is young and energized. The music is modern but sounds better than most music on the radio. If you people could just give some of your reasons, maybe this will give me a better understanding. I am not downtalking anyone and I can see if people just don't care for the show but, looking at some of the boards on this site, there are many people that think it is the worst show ever made. Please help me to understand, thanks.

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I'm torn on "Spring Awakening". Its the only show left on broadway we havent already seen, and we planned on seeing it in August. Then it won every damn Tony out there and that really excited us... but then i came here and the amount of hate people seem to have for it kind of dampened the mood.

now i dont know what to do. tickets are so expensive i cant afford to throw my money away.

I didn't hate it at all, buy I think it is way overpraised and is not "changing" Broadway in any way.

My feelings on the show can be found here:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=939609&boardname=bway

as long as many others on this board (both in and out of agreement)

I don't hate it. I find it overhyped and it won more Tonys than it should've. It does a have a good cast and some lovely music though.

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I don't hate it per se, but I find it vastly overrated. I don't think it's as innovative as its creators would like to think it is. And it is definitely NOT the "next RENT". Sorry. It's not.
My thoughts exactly.

Not to mention that the lyrics are laughable.

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The thing that makes me dislike it is the book. You never get to care about the characters, except Moritz. I'm much more inclined to love something that moves me emotionally, and I think the awful book makes that not happen. You see these characters come in once, talk about their problem, and never hear from them again.

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cuban: Check out the "Do You Reccomend Seeing Spring Awakening" thread.

I think a lot of it is backlash...maybe understandably so. It seems that when it opened it got almost all rave reviews. It was the refreshing little show that surprised everyone. Then the hype, 1,000,000 internet discussions, crazed fans, Tony noms for everything, etc. and poof! the magic was gone in a way. And of course being so popular, it got analyzed and criticized to death. Whereas it was once not cool to admit you didn't like it, now it was a little embarassing to come out as loving it, lest you seem to have the same taste as teen fangirls.

But it's the same wonderful show that opened in December. It's not everyone's cup of tea, and there is no show that some won't hate, but I think that if you can put aside what eveyone else says and thinks, it's a good show.

"The fact that the entire chorus of a song consists of the word "Blah""
Very well said jordangirl It makes "Popular" sound like Sondheim!

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While I agree that the "Guilty Ones" are overhyping the show to death, just because it won Tonys that it shouldn't have isn't a reason to hate it. Blame the voters.

from what i know, its a good show, and since GG is closing, I would like to see it when I'm in NY in August. I have a problem with the fangirls, really... sceaming, swooning, OMIGODYOUGUYS fans really turn me off of shows, movies etc... I feel they detract from the meaning of the show, and I am reluctant to say I am a fan of a certain show and be counted with the fangirls... Plus, the play was brilliant, there is no way to top it...

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Well, one thing I kinda "hate" are the board posts that don't really say what they're about in their title.

Posts like, "Have you ever noticed..." and "I couldn't believe..." and "Why do so many people hate..." Wastes time if it's not something a reader's interested in. People think that a tease is good marketing and a way to get people's attention, but it can just be annoying sometimes.

I wouldn't comment on this if this wasn't a growing trend on this site. And "hate" may be a strong word, but it is getting annoying...

You never get to care about the characters, except Moritz. I'm much more inclined to love something that moves me emotionally, and I think the awful book makes that not happen. You see these characters come in once, talk about their problem, and never hear from them again.

Precisely my criticism of the show, ashley. I don't care about them. They come across largely as a bunch of whiney, hormonal teens, which I am certainly not anymore. And I don't feel anything at the end emotionally. If they had digressed from the source just a little, this might have been a good show.
IMO-the award it truly didn't deserve was best book.

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