Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 8/27/07
Cast: Jonathan Groff (Melchior), Lea Michele (Wendla), John Gallagher, Jr. (Moritz), Skylar Astin (Georg), Lilli Cooper (Martha), Blake Daniel (Ernst), Brian Charles Johnson (Otto), Christine Estabrook (Adult Women), Lauren Pritchard (Ilse), Phoebe Strole (Anna), Stephen Spinella (Adult Men), Jonathan B. Wright (Hanschen), Jennifer Damiano (u/s Thea)
Type: Audio
Pretty decent show. Groff sounded wonderful. Lea was decent. John sounded maybe a little too spazy. Skylar was excellent in Touch Me. Lilli was excellent in Dark I Know Well. Lauren was great in Blue Wind but I realized her acting isn't exactly great. JBW was not strong to me, I know some people say he's great but I'm not impressed. Phoebe may be one of the few Anna's who make me really like the character. Blake was great but sounded a little nervous. And Jenn was a decent Thea. She had some spunk to her.
Standout songs were Bitch of Living, Touch Me, My Junk, Totally Fucked, and Song of Purple Summer
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Day 64-1/22/10
Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 8/18/07
Cast: Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff, Gerard Canonico, Johnny B Wright, Gideon Glick, Lauren Pritchard, Remy Zaken, Phoebe Strole, Jennifer Damiano, Matt Doyle, Skylar Astin
Type: Audio
So this is a performance that I’m quite used to. It’s all over youtube and it’s good quality so I’ve used it in a lot of my videos and dream casts. Mama Who Bore Me was decent, I can definitely respect Lea’s strength in her voice. Although that’s pretty much all I like about her voice-the strength. And Groff’s Melchior is ever-wonderful. It’s a little different with Gerard’s than it is with John’s. With John…it’s sort of like the friend who everybody has that has super strict parents who don’t let them know anything about sex, or babies and whatnot. Well, John’s not asian, but the principle applies. I’m not sure if I’m making my point properly, so I’ll restate it. What I mean is that Groff’s Melchior and John’s Moritz are very much equals, but Melchior has the upper hand in some ways. I’m still not explaining myself well, so I’m going to resort to real life examples. Moritz is like Katherine, Melchior would be like me. Now, I’m smarter and I’m better in school and I’m better at talking to guys and all that and I share my knowledge with Katherine. (Was that a run on sentence or what?) But with Gerard, Moritz is like a seventh grader in a freshman in a freshman/sophomore split class. My point is that Groff adapts well to Gerards in a way that it still works and Gerard still takes on a very real character that is both relateable and understandable. Bitch of Living was great, but seriously, what is wrong with Marianna? I mean, I totally understand not calling Brian, Gabe, or even Anthony back? But why would you not return Matt/Otto’s call? She’s an idiot. Okay, it’s hard to focus right now, I have guys on either side of me talking over me and I swear I’m going to kill one of them. Or both of them. Can’t they move? Okay, My Junk was good despite Lea. I’m not trying to be mean, but she stands out in a bad way. Jenn, Remy, and Phoebe all sound like cute young girls and Lea does not. But I do really like Jenn’s Martha. Touch Me was many kinds of wonderful. Especially Matt. His voice is so pretty :D I’m retarded. Although I don’t like Lea’s voice, it works pretty well duetting with Groff. I don’t know why, maybe Groff just has a chameleon type of voice, maybe he adapts to whoever he’s with but he always seems to sound good. Jenn’s Martha, she sound’s really angry and a little bit spiteful in DIKW and I think that realty works. She’s haunting in a different way. Lea really just makes the Beating Scene lose a lot of its meaning, because I sort of want her to be hurt. Matt sounds so pretty in the Reprise. It’s interesting to hear him sing the same words, but make it sound so completely different. This is one of Gerard’s early Moritzes and it still completely OWNS And Then There Were None. Totally Fucked was wonderful, Groff really explodes in this song. Those You’ve Known didn’t quite fit together, Lea’s voice didn’t sound quite right with Gerard’s. Song of Purple Summer was gorgeous. Lauren’s voice is wonderful.
Also something that I thought of: I didn't like the Adult Men, he used no characterization and every thing sounded exactly the same
Date: 8/18/07
Cast: Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff, Gerard Canonico, Johnny B Wright, Gideon Glick, Lauren Pritchard, Remy Zaken, Phoebe Strole, Jennifer Damiano, Matt Doyle, Skylar Astin
Type: Audio
So this is a performance that I’m quite used to. It’s all over youtube and it’s good quality so I’ve used it in a lot of my videos and dream casts. Mama Who Bore Me was decent, I can definitely respect Lea’s strength in her voice. Although that’s pretty much all I like about her voice-the strength. And Groff’s Melchior is ever-wonderful. It’s a little different with Gerard’s than it is with John’s. With John…it’s sort of like the friend who everybody has that has super strict parents who don’t let them know anything about sex, or babies and whatnot. Well, John’s not asian, but the principle applies. I’m not sure if I’m making my point properly, so I’ll restate it. What I mean is that Groff’s Melchior and John’s Moritz are very much equals, but Melchior has the upper hand in some ways. I’m still not explaining myself well, so I’m going to resort to real life examples. Moritz is like Katherine, Melchior would be like me. Now, I’m smarter and I’m better in school and I’m better at talking to guys and all that and I share my knowledge with Katherine. (Was that a run on sentence or what?) But with Gerard, Moritz is like a seventh grader in a freshman in a freshman/sophomore split class. My point is that Groff adapts well to Gerards in a way that it still works and Gerard still takes on a very real character that is both relateable and understandable. Bitch of Living was great, but seriously, what is wrong with Marianna? I mean, I totally understand not calling Brian, Gabe, or even Anthony back? But why would you not return Matt/Otto’s call? She’s an idiot. Okay, it’s hard to focus right now, I have guys on either side of me talking over me and I swear I’m going to kill one of them. Or both of them. Can’t they move? Okay, My Junk was good despite Lea. I’m not trying to be mean, but she stands out in a bad way. Jenn, Remy, and Phoebe all sound like cute young girls and Lea does not. But I do really like Jenn’s Martha. Touch Me was many kinds of wonderful. Especially Matt. His voice is so pretty :D I’m retarded. Although I don’t like Lea’s voice, it works pretty well duetting with Groff. I don’t know why, maybe Groff just has a chameleon type of voice, maybe he adapts to whoever he’s with but he always seems to sound good. Jenn’s Martha, she sound’s really angry and a little bit spiteful in DIKW and I think that realty works. She’s haunting in a different way. Lea really just makes the Beating Scene lose a lot of its meaning, because I sort of want her to be hurt. Matt sounds so pretty in the Reprise. It’s interesting to hear him sing the same words, but make it sound so completely different. This is one of Gerard’s early Moritzes and it still completely OWNS And Then There Were None. Totally Fucked was wonderful, Groff really explodes in this song. Those You’ve Known didn’t quite fit together, Lea’s voice didn’t sound quite right with Gerard’s. Song of Purple Summer was gorgeous. Lauren’s voice is wonderful.
Also something that I thought of: I didn't like the Adult Men, he used no characterization and every thing sounded exactly the same
Friday, December 18, 2009
Day 31-12/20/09
Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 12/18/06
Cast: OBC, Robi as Ernst
Type: Audio :(
My gosh, somehow even though this was 8 days after the beginning it seems as close to perfect as a live performance could be. I'd say the gorgeous quality makes it seem even better. Lea surprisingly did not irritate the living crap out of me. She still sounded overly polished and precocious but I didn't cringe as much as I did last time. And wow, Johnny sounded so much younger and so wonderfully awkward. I imagine him as a kid who's been help back and is just pathetic, but sweet and sad. I realized that I haven't heard Lauren in pretty much forever. Because when I first heard her in Mama Reprise I realized I'd been missing a lot. She tears that song apart. When she comes into Dark I Know Well it adds this haunting that it requires. It seems effortless, like she's really just singing thoughts. Her Blue Wind has a haunting sadness and her dialogue with Moritz almost seems sad with a hope and some sentimental amusement. Her Song of Purple Summer was also beautiful, but the whole ensemble was really what made it good. Groff was good as Melchior. I can't say I buy it, but he sings wonderfully and you can tell he gives the character all he can. Some people weren't bred for a role, but he does pretty well. Phoebe and Remy were both very cute, and man they sound so young! Lilli was good, nothing sticks out that I remember. No one sounds like Gideon's Ernst, but I did quite like Robi's he has a regular/lowish pitched voice but he tunes into this innocence for Ernst which works great. JBW wasn't too bad although I'm still not a big fan. Touch Me pretty much just killed. Brian and Skylar both sounded amazing and just everyone together with all this perfection was soooo WOW. Same goes for Totally Fucked
Date: 12/18/06
Cast: OBC, Robi as Ernst
Type: Audio :(
My gosh, somehow even though this was 8 days after the beginning it seems as close to perfect as a live performance could be. I'd say the gorgeous quality makes it seem even better. Lea surprisingly did not irritate the living crap out of me. She still sounded overly polished and precocious but I didn't cringe as much as I did last time. And wow, Johnny sounded so much younger and so wonderfully awkward. I imagine him as a kid who's been help back and is just pathetic, but sweet and sad. I realized that I haven't heard Lauren in pretty much forever. Because when I first heard her in Mama Reprise I realized I'd been missing a lot. She tears that song apart. When she comes into Dark I Know Well it adds this haunting that it requires. It seems effortless, like she's really just singing thoughts. Her Blue Wind has a haunting sadness and her dialogue with Moritz almost seems sad with a hope and some sentimental amusement. Her Song of Purple Summer was also beautiful, but the whole ensemble was really what made it good. Groff was good as Melchior. I can't say I buy it, but he sings wonderfully and you can tell he gives the character all he can. Some people weren't bred for a role, but he does pretty well. Phoebe and Remy were both very cute, and man they sound so young! Lilli was good, nothing sticks out that I remember. No one sounds like Gideon's Ernst, but I did quite like Robi's he has a regular/lowish pitched voice but he tunes into this innocence for Ernst which works great. JBW wasn't too bad although I'm still not a big fan. Touch Me pretty much just killed. Brian and Skylar both sounded amazing and just everyone together with all this perfection was soooo WOW. Same goes for Totally Fucked