Full Version of Spring Awakening on Broadway Lea Michele Jonathan Groff John Gallagher Jr.
Full version of
Spring Awakening on
Broadway.
Performed in February, the 2nd,
2007.
Spring Awakening is a rock musical
adaptation of the controversial 1891
German play of the same title by
Frank Wedekind.
It features music by
Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by
Steven Sater.
Set in late-19th century
Germany, it concerns teenagers who are discovering the inner and outer tumult of sexuality.
The original play was banned in Germany for a while due to its portrayal of masturbation, abortion, homosexuality, rape, child abuse and suicide
.
In the musical, alternative rock is employed as part of the folk-infused rock score.
Spring Awakening received eleven 2007
Tony Award nominations, winning eight, including
Tonys for best musical, direction, book, score and featured actor.
The show also won four
Drama Desk Awards, while its
London production won four
Olivier Awards.
Cast:
Melchior
Jonathan Groff
Wendla
Lea Michele
Moritz John Gallagher, Jr.
Adult Man
Stephen Spinella
Adult
Woman Christine Estabrook
Ilse Lauren Pritchard
Hanschen
Jonathan B. Wright
Georg Skylar Astin
Martha Lilli Cooper
Ernst Gideon Glick
Otto Brian Charles Johnson
Anna Phoebe Strole
Thea Remy Zaken
(
I am not sure about the players, since the libretto says, for instance,
Christine and then it says Krista as the gron-up woman. I don't know if it is a nickname or what is correct.
The same happens to Georg, according to
Wikipedia it is
Matt Schingledecker and according to the libretto it is Skylar Astin. Since I don't know any of those players, I ca't tell what is right)
Musical numbers
Act I
"
Mama Who Bore Me" -- Wendla
"Mama Who Bore Me (
Reprise)" -- Wendla and
Girls
"
All That's Known" -- Melchior
"
The Bitch of
Living" -- Moritz, Melchior and
Boys
"My
Junk" --
Girls and Boys
"
Touch Me" --
Boys and Girls
"
The Word of
Your Body" -- Wendla and Melchior
"
The Dark I Know Well" -- Martha, Ilse and Boys
"The Word of Your Body (Reprise)" -- Otto and Georg (not on the cast recording)
"
And Then There Were None" -- Moritz and Boys
"The Mirror-Blue
Night" -- Melchior and Boys
"
I Believe" -- Boys and Girls
Act II
"
The Guilty Ones" -- Wendla, Melchior, Boys and Girls
"
Don't Do
Sadness/
Blue Wind" -- Moritz and Ilse
"
Left Behind" -- Melchior, Boys and Girls
"
Totally Fucked" -- Melchior and Full
Company (except Moritz)
"The Word of Your Body (Reprise)" -- Hanschen, Ernst, Boys and Girls
"Whispering" -- Wendla
"Those You've Known" -- Moritz, Wendla and Melchior
"
The Song of
Purple Summer" -- Ilse and Full Company
One final note:
I can't be sure of the information I am using.
Both videos are performed in
New York in
2006, according to the libretto and the data found in Wiipedia.
Even so, if you see the making off of
Glee, when the cast goes to New York (2009), you will hear Lea Michele saying that it is her first time in New York(even if the production of Spring Awakening, that lasted for a whole year, took place there, three years before "Glee".