Sunday, April 19, 2009
SPRING AWAKENING
Ever since hitting Broadway 2006, critics and fans have not stopped praising the controversial rock musical, Spring Awakening. Spring Awakening recieved 8 Tony awards and is currently on a tour across North America.I first heard of Spring Awakening when a friend of mine saw it in Toronto. She raved on about how incredible it was, and how I HAD to see it. Not knowing much about it, me and my grandmother bought tickets to the April 18th matinee. In the days leading up to the performance, I did a little research to see what the show was all about. When reading the synopsis on Wikipedia, these were the words/ phrases that stuck out: dreams of erotic nature, masturbation, sexual abuse, and abortion. At this point I started freaking out. With this type of subject matter, how will I be able to get through a 3 hour long performance with my grandma!
When going to Spring Awakening, though I was completely prepared to have the most awkward and uncomfortable of my life, I was 100% wrong. The musical was AMAZING and even my grandmother loved it! The show touches on controversial and racy subject matter, but it is put together in a natural and tasteful way.
My favourite part of Spring Awakening was definitely the music. The performers were out of this world incredible, and the songs were catchy and heartfelt. I even bought the soundtrack afterwards!
The only thing that I'm mad about, is that I didn't discover Spring Awakening until just recently. Today is their closing show in Toronto, which means I won't be able to see any more performances. If you are in a city where Spring Awakening is playing, GO SEE IT! You definintely won't regret it.
Here is a tour montage on YouTube which plays one of my favourite songs in the background:
And here is a tour music video of one of my other favourite songs, 'Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise)'
PS. That song you hear in the background of my blog, is a recording of the Broadway cast's performance at the 2007 Tony Awards.
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