is SA a concept show?

Spring Awakening, is it a concept show? If so what is the framing device?

I remember nonintegrated numbers that did not necessarily advance the plot but still gave a certain feeling or idea across. What is the concept here? Is this some kind of new show and that is why “Broadway will never be the same?"

SA fans, help explain.

is it just "taboo" for the sake of being "taboo?"

So i guess, in a way, it really will change things. And i guess i am kind of glad it one the tony so that people will not be afraid to spice things up creativly.

i mean if you look at lennon or in my life... they are so different but didnt last. if this does well perhaps we will soon see a brand new type of musical? maybe?

As an avid poster on the "Down With Spring Awakening" thread with your jadded costar that got cut from SA Auditions in Boston, it amazes me that you're attempting to have somewhat rational, dare I say "intelligent" conversation about the show.

There is nothing particularly "taboo" about it. Much of the musical can be attributed to the source material, Wedekind's play.

A artistic or literary work can have a "framing device" without being a "concept show".

I'm not sure what you think concept show means. It's usually a show with a non-linear plot based around some general idea. COMPANY, of course, being the best example (as well as Love Life)...which are based around the idea of marriage.

SPRING AWAKENING is not this. It has a plot. It just uses the songs in a different way than the traditional musical. It's more quasi-Brechtian than anything, really. (Quasi-Brechtian seems to be its own art form, separate from the Brechtian concept, anyway.)

But if you mean concept in a general term - well, every show has a concept. It's why we care about the show. Learning to fit in or getting a car to fly. Those are themes or ideas - or concepts. They create the overall picture of the show. Concepts can also be the way we approach the material (such as the rock analogy in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR).

But the technical term for these is not "concept musical."

The based way to describe it is "a play with rock music." Or, like I said before, "a Quasi-Brechtian play."

Updated On: 6/13/07 at 11:41 PM

Marlene

I didnt audition for Spring Awakening.

ever. the end