Saw the original broadway version today on a dark boot-legged copy. It is sad that my sudden discovery of Jonathan Groff led me to look it up. But then again going by the belief the show propounds, "I believe all will be forgiven".
Needless to say the theater bug is back, bigger, stronger and more immune to my resistance. I am torn nearly in the middle between my love for reason, rationality and discovery and my passion for performance, music and communication. Add to this the greed I have for experiencing life, it dooms me to swing perpetually, feverishly between short-lived recurrent obsessions.
Back to Spring Awakening though, it is beautiful, powerful and sweeping. Second only to Rent in message and pathos. It manages to reverberate with the audience. The music soars with your emotion in triumph right before plunging into darkness in the depths of your mangled heart.
Lea is brilliant but more importantly Jonathan is heart-wrenching. Simply amazing as Mechior, he truly is a brilliant singer, actor and more importantly an incredibly good-looker. The character of Melchior itself is so enchanting, the bright, intelligent, athiest up-in-arms against the regressive society. The brave explorer, the discoverer.
The sex scene between Melchior and Wendla is the best make-out scene I have ever witnessed. It truly and very artistically en captures the essence of their passion, love, fear, and their urgent longing for each other, yet amazingly it leaves their innocence intact!
You cannot help but rejoice for them though why does Melchior not understand the consequences when he is the only kid who knew everything is beyond me. I will presume for my own happiness that he wanted her too much and was ready to take responsibility for his actions. Lea and Jonathan's real life friendship only makes the entire scene more adorable. It is rare and beautiful to see two dearest friends from the opposite sex, who are just that.
Anyway, the whole show is gorgeous, intelligent with beautiful music. Right from "Mama who bore me" with its obvious pun, to "The guilty ones", "The bitch of living" and so on.
I admit I have a full blown crush on Jonathan Groff and yes I do know he is gay. That does not help sadly.
