Spring Awakening: A Deep Dive

the deaf production of this show is by far my favorite, it was so creative and innovative with how it combined sign language and choreography and the fact its tour got cancelled is an absolute shame! despite it opening the door for more disability inclusive theater not many shows have taken up its mantle, though seeing ali stroker, who was in this production, be cast in the oklahoma revival and win a tony was amazing. its tragic that the deaf version of the show will probably never exist in that form again, but it added new layers to the story in such a beautiful way that it really became the definitive version for me. the way the kids and particularly moritz are treated now contains elements of ableism, tying the original themes of the musical and reframing them without changing a single line, only the staging. and the stagingof the voices and their main actors also adds so much symbolism and haunting moments

My favorite Spring Awakening related story is when my parents didn’t know anything about it, just knew it was popular, they took my dad’s business clients to see it in NYC.

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As a gay fan of the show, I was perfectly content that “Word Of Your Body (Reprise)” was given to Hänschen and Ernst — it was my favorite moment in the show for a long time simply for the power of representation — until I found out here that the song was originally written just for them, but then was given first to the hetero couple, only to shorten and abridge the song for the queers. Still love it, and “Spring Awakening,” of course, but that put a bad taste in my mouth.

Spring Awakening is a super nostalgic musical for me, it was the first bootleg I ever watched (in 10 minute parts on youtube, so you know how long ago THAT was...). I was super into Glee at the time and the prospect of seeing Lea Michele semi-naked was tantalising for my baby gay self. I felt so scandalous. The production that's just as nostalgic for me is the original West End production, because Lucy May Barker uploaded rehearsal videos on her Youtube channel, which are still available in all their 2000s potato quality glory! Iwan Rheon was great as Moritz, as well.

I USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THESE OMG

i absolutely ADORE this show, i never see anyone talk about it despite how popular it is/was!! it's got one of my favorite soundtracks and had such an amazing cast. might have to convert some of my friends into spring awakening fans lmao

goddamn Patrick Page really has been in everything lol. incredible deep dive, thank you!

My high school did the show my senior year and it was genuinely one one the most eye opening experiences I’ve ever had in school. This show not only taught us so many important life situations but it also but put on in the middle of Roe V Wade. Our teachers were worried that there would be literal protesters outside (Luckily there weren’t). I fucking love this show and I love how my school wasn’t scared to push the boundaries during such a hard time with such a beautiful show.

There needs to be a movie adaptation of Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening is the musical that got me into musical theatre. I don't even remember how I found it anymore, but I was a teenager at the time, and I always remember thinking that I'm probably the only person who watched Glee because I heard the Spring Awakening people were in it and not the other way around.

YOU SHOULD DO A DIVE ON NEXT TO NORMAL!! there isn’t much on it at least not on youtube also i’ve loved spring awakening for years but i’ve never heard of the masked man until this watch he’s hilarious

god this needs so many more views!! such a lovely video! i was in nyc recently and when riding the subway, kept making eye contact w a guy bc he kept looking at my spring awakening tattoo. after a few minutes i realized it was alex weiss from dwsa! it was such a fun, surprising little meeting🖤

This is everything! Spring Awakening is my second favorite show, surpassed only by Les Mis. I adore the OBC and saw both national tour casts. Sat onstage for the second national tour, and at one point in the show George Salazar was sat right next to me!

Hi everyone! After some time out, we return this December with a video about a completely outside the season musical: Spring Awakening. Hailing from the mid-00's, this musical was a true mark of the time, though its various re-stagings alongside its timeless themes have kept it relevant since then. Hope you enjoy the video, please let us know if there's any other shows you'd like us to deep dive into like this one! Like, subscribe, share with your mysterious masked men.

that line about 'maybe i could be some kind of laundry line' is so ... ugh. it's so fitting for a musical that portrays teen struggles so well. i only discovered the musical as an adult but I absolutely love it

I wish this video had existed last year—my high school did Spring Awakening as my senior show, and it was hard to find good resources to research and prepare for such an endeavor. As the lead costumer, I felt responsible for a lot of the visual storytelling, and I’m very proud of what we all created as a team!

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I saw this production approx. 9 times with the original casts and others in both West coast and East coast, I guess you can consider myself a super fan and a bit obsessed and loved this coming of stage production.

enjoyed this video so much, especially in that you went into the play— very special to me and lacking in most Spring Awakening discussion!!