Hello, everybody! I am producing a Broadway musical which opened last night and we have received RAVE reviews from every single major NY critic...that never happens! I think Yale grads in particular will enjoy this "thinking man's" groundbreaking musical. Go to www.springawakening.com to hear clips from the show and to order your tickets now.
NY Times:
"This brave new musical, haunting and electrifying by turns, restores
the mystery, the thrill and quite a bit of the terror to that
shattering transformation that stirs in all our souls sometime around
the age of 13, well before most of us have the intellectual apparatus
in place to analyze its impact. BROADWAY MAY NEVER BE THE SAME!
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/theater/reviews/11spri.html
Variety:
"For anyone weary of pedestrian screen-to-stage adaptations or
cut-and-paste jukebox assemblies, the arrival on Broadway of a truly
original new musical like "Spring Awakening" is exhilarating. "
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117932285.html?categoryid=33&cs=1
NY Post:
Four Stars! "The good is rare enough in the theater, but the excellent
is . . . well, just excellent. And so it was at the Eugene O'Neill
Theatre last night when the gritty, groundbreaking "Spring Awakening"
gave an unexpected jolt of sudden genius to wake up the hidebound
Broadway musical."
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12112006/entertainment/theater/awake__sing__theater_clive_barnes.htm
Daily News:
"Great news for theatergoers who have craved a new musical with
attitude, youthful exuberance and a fresh, gutsy sound: "Spring
Awakening," which opened last night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, is
what they've been seeking. If Broadway audiences are lucky, it will
run for many seasons to come."
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/478963p-402928c.html
USA Today: Three and a 1/2 stars out of 4. "Transcendent! SPRING
AWAKENING OFFERS A TRIP UNLIKE ANY OTHER YOU'RE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE
THIS SEASON."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/theater/reviews/2006-12-10-spring-awakening_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA
Associated Press:
"Ramarkable! Potent!"
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/10/arts/NA_A-E_STG_US_Spring_Awakening.php
Bloomberg News:
"Shows can be innovative without being good or vice versa. But when
``Spring Awakening,' a new musical, is both, it is grounds for
cheering. It has been compared to ``Rent,' but in my view, it is more
original and, quite simply, better. THIS SPRING AWAKENING MAY WELL BE
THE FIRST TRULY 21ST CENTURY MUSICAL ON BROADWAY!
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/newspid=20601088&sid=akDdcnRDG0LQ&refer=muse
NY Newsday:
"Spring Awakening" did not merely open at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre
last night. The action was more like ripping open, more like breaking
out, more like tearing into the pretend pop and reused plots that pass
for new musicals on Broadway today."
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/stage/ny-ffthe5005532dec10,0,1677606.story?coll=ny-theater-headlines
NY Sun:
"Spring Awakening is, in my measured opinion, the most thrilling rock
musical ever. THE MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR."
http://www.nysun.com/article/44906
NJ Star Ledger:
" A gorgeous score. A passionate story. A charismatic production.
Everybody weary of jukebox shows, so-what revivals and tuners tepidly
derived from movies definitely should grab a ticket for this
compelling musical that premiered yesterday at the Eugene O'Neill
Theatre after a hit off-Broadway stint.
Bold, brooding "Spring Awakening" may shock ultra-traditionalists, but
it's THE MOST EXPLOSIVE NEW MUSICAL SINCE "RENT"
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/ledger/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/1165815354294600.xml&coll=1
Philadelphia Inquirer:
"If there is anything like justice on Broadway, Spring Awakening - the
breathtaking dissection of what it means to grow up - will become both
a high mark of the season and a landmark musical."
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/entertainment/16211205.htm
Theatermania:
There's no doubt this innovative, frequently brilliant piece of
theater will speak to many young theatergoers -- and thrill anyone who
is willing to meet this work on its own terms.
http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/9639
AM NY Radio ""When Broadway history is being made, you can feel it."
So said Franck Rich in his review of the original Broadway production
of "Dreamgirls."
Now, twenty-five years later, anyone who enters the Eugene O'Neill
Theater will be privileged to behold the wonder of theater that is
"Spring Awakening," arguably the most breathtaking American musical
since "Rent" or even "Sweeney Todd...."
http://www.amny.com/entertainment/stage/am-spring1211,0,6233017.story?coll=am-theater-headlines