Spring Awakening

It's so great. It's the greatest musical of our lifetimes.

I was so thrilled to see this again. I counted every second until I was finally at the show. It was just as perfect as I had hoped. Better, in fact.

Since we've both seen it, I'll just talk about what was different in this West Coast premiere compared to Broadway. The female lead was much better. Stronger, less Mimi-esque and a lot more fun to root for. Melchior was BETTER- looked more like the other kids and sang SO WELL.

I think this show featured the "original" Melchior and Hanschen. Could be wrong? Can you verify? It said they debuted the roles on Broadway. Anyway, they were amazing.

The "My Junk" song was ten times more elaborate than I remember it- they added TONS- it was HILARIOUS. I could've sworn that the gay-makeout scene took place on the swing platform on Broadway... maybe I'm wrong? This time they just sat on the steps near the front of the stage and kissed.

Our audience was amazing. Ten minutes of laughter on every joke. It was SO FUN to see this show with such a vibrant audience!

The only other thing to add was that I noticed a line early in the show where Melchior is describing Goethe to Moritz and talks about this one story Goethe wrote called "-some girl's name- and Child." Melchior complains, "Everyone focuses so much on that story just because of an illegitimate child!" The lady in front of me was telling her husband that Spring Awakening's plot parallels that story- that was interesting- we should research that.

Anyway, I hope to see it a few more times before it leaves SF. It might be fun to try and score seats on stage too! Check out this review that dares readers to do what we joked about, sing from the audience!