There was no luck at TKTS, but persistence paid by going to the Spring Awakening Box Office. We were able to score 3 standing room tickets. Although some may wrinkle their nose at standing for a whole show, this is the PERFECT show to have to stand for many of the numbers make you want to move anyway - so when you are standing in the back you are free to move...freely. ;) (There are seats on stage too - which would be great as the actors would move around you. However, depending on the side you were seated on, you'd have a "full moon" shot of one of the actors, twice.) The only drawback to our "seats" was that they were in front of the bathroom, so background noise loomed...
One of my friends was lucky enough to see this production before it hit Broadway and had blogged about it. So I had heard about this show a while ago, then once it won a Tony this year - I really wanted to see it, hoping it would live up to the hype...and it did. (The songs are STILL running thru my head!- check out some clips on youtube and on the official website.)
Now that I've seen the musical, I would like to read the original play script it was inspired by. As my friend pointed out, so many of the things that were written about in 1891 - still resonate today, because they are still taboo. Forward thinking on the playwright's part or sadness that society hasn't progressed that much since then...?!
The show is full of an incredibly talented cast that look like they are having fun (well, in the "fun" parts...) - and some are just starting their careers! What a way to start!
Am curious to know if fams with pre-teens have gone and if they've used it to open discussion and possibly make it a little more comfortable for the subject(s) to be brought up between parents and their kids. Oh yeah, I forgot...that's what the internet is for... ;)
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