NYC high schoolers tackle 'Spring Awakening' with glee

[Wayman_Wong]

Beacon School, a public high school in Manhattan, is putting on reportedly the first 'Spring Awakening' revival in New York City. Kudos to the cast, crew, director/teacher and the school for tackling such topical yet timeless material. Their dedication and enthusiasm for the show is infectious. Anyone else seen other high school productions of 'Spring Awakening'?

[Jordan Catalano]

If this is the first, how can there be others?

[FindingNamo]

It's like pre-boarding on an airplane.

[SNAFU]

Pre arriving, before arriving!

[yankeefan7]

Would be interested to know how they are handling specific explicit scenes and language.

[dramamama611]

Well, they cant do the sex scene, but I can't imagine they'd change anything else. (I mean, why do SA if you need to change everything.)

And on another note: High Schools are begining to perform August: Osage County -- and its pissing people off.

http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x792223820/Hingham-High-performs-award-winning-dark-comedy-with-mature-themes

[yankeefan7]

dramamama611 - It would surprised me a bit if they sang "Totally F***" without changing the words.

[dramamama611]

The production of August mentioned above didn't change a word.

[willep]

The OP said that it is the first "revival" in NYC...NOT that it was the first high school production of the show...

[PennybankBill]

My High School in Texas did August, but we changed the pot scene between Jean and Steve to a drinking scene, and most of the language was replaced, for instance, "cooch" became "birth canal",

[dancingthrulife04]

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/165291-Three-Years-After-Broadway-Spring-Awakening-Rocks-NYC-Public-School

They are doing the unedited version of the show.

[ChildrenwillListen]

Good for them.

[Wayman_Wong]

Oops. Forgot to include a link to the N.Y. Daily News article.

The director told me she believed the Beacon production was the first New York City high school one. Have there been others?

She also mentioned what she hopes her students tackle next season: 'Sunday in the Park With George.'

Have there been many high school productions of that?


NYC high schoolers at Beacon School take a shine to 'Spring Awakening'

[FindingNamo]

I love that they keep running with this high school production as "the first nyc revival" line. Cracks me up.

[Mister Matt]

Reminds me of the "first Off-Broadway revival" of The Fantasticks I saw years ago. Turned out to be an amateur group that rented a tiny space near Times Square for a couple of weeks. There were probably six people in the audience and at most four after intermission though I can't verify that. I believe there were a couple of Equity actors in the production which made me believe AEA had an Amnesty Day and were just passing out memberships at Wal-Mart next to the Pepsi Challenge tasting booth. It was one of the worst productions I've ever seen anywhere in the world. And that's not hyperbole.