love this. its dark and cynical, yet there is an innocence to it that is very touching. it should be mandatory for all high school students to read spring awakening, cuz there is a humanity to it that is not seen in alot of television, movies or even other musicals. that is why SPring Awakening is the best play and musical ever written.
I absolutely adore Brian Charles Johnson's performance as Otto (and as Moritz!), and I love his voice, but the way Matt Doyle sings that verse is just flawless.
Earnest hugging Moritz with just, so much love after finding out he passed was too much for my little heart. also Matt Doyle signing that one verse in Touch Me is perfection.
Too bad there aren't any subs. Since it's really hard to hear what they say/sing about. I don't know if you've all got that problem, but it's extra hard since english is not my native language..
@tashasearles I can't think of his name but I don't think he ever played Melchior. Jonathan Groff who did play Melchior was on Glee. Anw you're so lucky none of the theatres by me are doing this :(
@colliezoya yeah there are people sitting on the sides, and those seats are indeed cheaper because there would be times during the play that they are not able to see everything since the actors would not be facing them. but i imagine it would be thrilling to sit there since the actors also sit in that area.
@BBunny I was onstage when the tour came to my city and it was far and away the coolest thing freaking ever. It's sooooooooooooo worth the weird angle. At one point, one of the chorus members jumped OVER me, literally.
I'm so glad you put this up!!! I've wanted to see it for soooo long, but didn't have any way to. It's amazing! It's 4:15 in the morning, but I want to finish it before I go to sleep :L
Moritz is definitely the best character in this (not hating on the the other characters) and John Gallagher Jr. is the best Moritz. I wish this would come back to Broadway so I could go see it with the original cast.
@tashasearles That's Matt Doyle! (: And yeh, he's been Melchior before. He was Melchior on tour in Toronto, and he was the understudy for Groff. Love his voice.
This is my first time watching the show after learning about it 5 years ago. I was already shook when I found out Lea And Jonathan were in it cause I only knew them from glee but Skylar Astin from pitch perfect and Matt Doyle from Private Romeo too??? Anyone else wanna surprise me?!
@TheAllthatjazzgal I don't know whether it's better the stories are so different and AI is a rock opera, that being said I saw it live on Broadway and I LOVED it!
@tashasearles His name is Matt Doyle. :) He has played multiple different parts in the show before. He did understudy for Melchior, so he got to play Melchior some number of times. I looooooooooooove him.
@rcgn90 He originally was a Chair of Rock person and understudied all the male parts except for Moritz and the Adult Man. Then in February 2008, he took replaced for Jonathan B. Wright as Hanchen and stayed with the show until it closed back in January 2009! When I saw the show, I saw him as Hancehen when he understudied the role! From there, I saw him in Bye Bye Birdie as Hugo and now he is back on Broadway in War Horse at Lincoln Center! Evereytime I meet him, he is soooo nice!!!
@jenamitoitoi The soundtrack was recorded before the show was picked up for Broadway. Up until the show actually went to Broadway, certain parts of it were subject to change, whether it be song lyrics or lines in the script. If you were to get sheet music for the songs, they would have the updated lyrics. The original Broadway cast soundtrack will always be the same though. The words for "Touch Me" are different in parts and so ar the words in "The Song Of Purple Summer".
@tashasearles It's Matt Doyle! He's been in things like Bye Bye Birdie and is in War Horse, aaand he played Melchior in the tour :) (thank you wikipedia!)
@Bettyboopchick45 I've been playing it out in my mind where Kurt and Blaine sing "The Word Of Your Body (Reprise)" for Kurt's first time. I'm so hoping that happens. Lea has already said that she doesn't like to sing any of her own songs from the show when she does stuff from Spring Awakening. That's why she sang "Touch Me" for her Cabaret events a lot. I'm thinking they will have other characters from the show do a Spring Awakening song... as long as they can get the rights.
@TheAllthatjazzgal I haven't seen it, but a few of my friends have. I'm sure it's not as good as Spring Awakening, the concepts are totally different. If you are a Green Day fan then you'll appreciate and love it as much as my buddies did and as much as i know i would! And it'll definitely help to be familiar with the Rock Opera it's based on
@siennamendez I didn't hear someone laughing during that, and if they did, then that is horrible, but when one of the girls says "My Uncle Klous says "If you don't discipline a child, you don't love it"." some people near laughed at the end, or kind of snorted I guess, but to be honest that is understandable. I mean come on, if you don't beat them, then you don't love them? That is odd.
@leamusic4life Jes, I'm german. Isn't it wonderful to hear americans say words like "Knüppeldick" or "Großer Büstenhalter"? xD (Einmal ganz davon abgesehen, dass ich mich auch jedesmal ungemein freue wenn ich mal ne andere Deutsche hier treffe. Ich DENKE auf youtube ja schon auf englisch.^^ )
