The amazing Iwan Rheon and Lucy May Barker singing DDS/Blue Wind at the final matinee. WE DID NOT FILM. WE DO NOT OWN. Whoever filmed this, you have my eternal debt.
Moritz is definitely my favourite character in this musical, across OBC and international performances. He's just so well written and consistently well performed.
Years later, still the best acting of any Spring Awakening cast I've seen. Just the amount of expression and thought into every line of dialogue. Wish I could go back in time and see this again.
I don't think I can really compare 'favorite Moritzes' because every person portraying him take him in a different way. It's almost like comparing different characters, so I don't. Giving all Moritzes major props.
i think that people who haven't seen the show before don't understand that there are LITERALLY only a few "joking lines" for comedy. they can't tell them apart. i saw a video where people laughed when Melchior got hit in class by the teacher. they don't get it :[
I see what you mean. However, I think it's best to point out that this is the actual original tempo for this song, as exemplified by the American Cast Recording with John Gallager Jr.: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mJtjgFF9l-4.html But that's probably from when the show was still in previews: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oMbiwOM5rbM.html (at 1:08:24) Or maybe not: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uOrQXhLZpag.html (at 13:40) Maybe they just speed up the tempo during the original Broadway production, to save time spent on the other songs and scenes in this show, and it just stuck with this show, as well all the future productions of this show(Like ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g8rZnSgW-OY.html for instance), ever since. By the way, I just found this recording of the same guy here, singing at the current, faster, tempo: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9UUAG1bkpAo.html
I was watching Misfits and he looked so so so familiar because Spring Awakening one of my favorite shows for a long time, I remember seeing a man that looked like Iwan in a preview of SA and I was like SIMON... MORITZ.... WAIT
I'm playing moritz in a non musical version, this scene is just amazing, wish I could do it like this, I'm bitting my elbows with this character, its so amazing and complex
I found out about Lucy May Barker when I auditioned for a place at Lincoln College's 'BTEC Level 3 Performing Arts' course with a Spring Awakening song. When one of the tutors, mentioned HER in my interview and that she knew Lucy Barker. I was WOW! I knew singing 'All That's Known' would pay off!
That totally just happened at my college's production. We all laughed at the fact the audience laughed a that part because right after they all become silent and start to cry. The Adults had some funny lines in ours but aside from that, its been awkward laughs.
@OctaviaTheMusician It's called "playing the opposite." An oft-used technique, it happens sometimes in a scene where two people are having a fight, they play the love, or in a love scene, they will play it as though they hate each other. Also, the dialogue isn't meant to be a complete downer. There are moments of lightness. On top of that, the English concept of humor is different than the American.
@Lempp1 That's just the style of the show. They have handheld mics throughout. Personally, I think it adds a whole other level to the performance. It's different.
he's so good. even though it's so strange to hear his accent come out when it does in the song; i'm so used to john gallagher jr.'s voice. yeah, ilse's voice is a little... brassy? eh. not as much of a fan.
I don't get this. It seems like they slowed both parts of the song down (I'm okay with that), but it doesn't work as Blue Wind is so much slower than Sadness. Also, what is Ilse doing dancing and doing rockish movements. I swear she used to be much softer and her part was more ballady, that's what made the final part so haunting in my opinion.
He's okay. I liked John Gallagher Jr. better. Maybe it's because he was in the first performance I saw of this. But I also think he portrayed the character's desperation better. You could hear it in his voice. Iwan kind of sounds like he's just going through the lines...
Meh. I don't buy Iwan as Moritz. I feel like they slowed down the song so that he could actually hit the pitches better because that's what happens sometimes. I also feel like this is rehearsed I'm not feeling it emotionally from either. :/ Blake Bashoff to me is better.
