Teenage angst and where babies come from are central topics of this rock-opera remake of 19th-century playwright Frank Wedekinds work.
Originally quite a somber and dark work, the modern version has been infused with a vivacous energy, with the cast leaping around the stage in constant motion.
The play centers around the lives and exploits of a brooding group of teens in 1890's Germany, particulary Moritz and Melchior, two school friends from whom most of the trouble in the play is generated.
Melchior is the suave, debonaire counterpart to the social awkwardness of Moritz, and tries to help his friend out at one point in the play by making for him an illustrated sex manual, according to an article in the Orange County register.
Melchior's smooth ways get him in trouble, however, when he gets the girl...and accidentally gets her pregnant, due in part to the fact that her mother never told her how babies were made.
As Paul Hodgins put it in his OC register article, "Spring Awakening is not for purists - or the prudish."
The play is directed by Micheal Mayer and choreagraphed by Bill T. Jones, with Blake Bashoff and Kyle Riabko in the male lead roles. It will be at the Ahmanson through december seventh.
Link to Ahmanson's page: http://www.centertheatregroup.org/
1 comment:
So I completely thought the guy that's second from the left was Elton John...then I was like....wait, no, he could never jump that high.
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