8/29/08
8/22/08
Hey Bloggers!
Dropping a line to say hello to everyone! San Diego has been amazing thus far and very busy! We have been working non stop since we got here and finally opened on Wednesday! It has been a truly amazing and enriching experience. I have a confession to make, the first time time we sang "Song of Purple Summer" and the lights came up on us to take our bow, I was a mess. I don't think I can adequately describe how amazing and overwhelming it was to stand there and see all these people in the audience clapping and standing for us! Over the rehearsal process I think I forgot about how every night we get to share and go on this amazing journey with an audience. I am so lucky and very fortunate! So if you see my grinning from ear to ear or crying during curtain call, you know why!!!!!
XOXO,
Gabby
SA Boys at the Beach!
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> So on our day off this week, Perry, Chase and I went up to LA to bum
> around town and we ended up at a beautiful beach in Santa Monica. It
> was absolutely gorgeous, and I got to feeling even more lucky to be
> doing what we're doing- not only do we get to share this amazing
> show with people every night, but we get to do it in some of the
> most amazing places! Here are some pictures from the day. LA kids, I
> can't wait to be back in your town with the full show! ~andy
Blake and Steffi at the Wave House in San Diego
PLUS, everyone got their own tamagochi, afterwards..... SCORE!
Freddy & Christy at the Apple Store in San Diego
What were our star guitarist and our star Wendla doing at the Mac Store, you ask? It was a "Made On A Mac" seminar, hosted by our very own stage manager Eric Sprosty and A.S.M. Jason DePinto. Because the SPRING AWAKENING tour is All Mac, baby.... All Mac... Well, the stage management and the blog, at any rate...
8/20/08
The votes are in...
Final votes
Pirate ship - 34
Buttlerfly wing - 13
Child's suit - 91
Glowing moon - 10
Well congratulations are in order - it looks like most of you have your 'wall smarts' about you. Out of the four options, 1) a murky painting of a pirate ship, 2) an iridescent blue butterfly's wing, 3) a framed child's suit (lain out like in a coffin), and 4) a glowing image of a full moon...........(drum roll please)...........there is only ONE new item up on the wall of the SPRING AWAKENING tour set and it is 3) a framed child's suit!
Set designer Christine Jones was looking for a few items (there are some other new pieces, but you'll have to just come see the show to catch 'em all) to help replace one-of-a-kind items from Broadway and to cover a wall with very slightly different dimensions. The suit showed up for tech rehearsal and we all got a chill when we first saw the lighting for it when it's isolated during the show. Come see & you'll know what we mean.
For those of you who chose the pirate ship, it may have seemed like that was a new item because the ship up on the back wall doesn't exactly look like a pirate ship specifically - it's mostly in silhouette - but that's what it is, complete with lots of sails, guns, and the angled approach of a ship on the attack. It recalls Moritz and Ilse's conversation ("Remember when we used to play pirates?").
Pirate ship - 34
Buttlerfly wing - 13
Child's suit - 91
Glowing moon - 10
Well congratulations are in order - it looks like most of you have your 'wall smarts' about you. Out of the four options, 1) a murky painting of a pirate ship, 2) an iridescent blue butterfly's wing, 3) a framed child's suit (lain out like in a coffin), and 4) a glowing image of a full moon...........(drum roll please)...........there is only ONE new item up on the wall of the SPRING AWAKENING tour set and it is 3) a framed child's suit!
Set designer Christine Jones was looking for a few items (there are some other new pieces, but you'll have to just come see the show to catch 'em all) to help replace one-of-a-kind items from Broadway and to cover a wall with very slightly different dimensions. The suit showed up for tech rehearsal and we all got a chill when we first saw the lighting for it when it's isolated during the show. Come see & you'll know what we mean.
For those of you who chose the pirate ship, it may have seemed like that was a new item because the ship up on the back wall doesn't exactly look like a pirate ship specifically - it's mostly in silhouette - but that's what it is, complete with lots of sails, guns, and the angled approach of a ship on the attack. It recalls Moritz and Ilse's conversation ("Remember when we used to play pirates?").
8/19/08
8/17/08
We Are The Guilty BONES...
Hey dog-luvin' Guilty Ones... If you come see us on the road, maybe you'll see our dogs with us too! Photos of dogs on tour with us:
producer Abbie Strassler's dog, Cashew:
wardrobe supervisor Eva Maciek's dog, Crackers:
Angie Reed's (Adult Female) and Todd Cerveris's (Adult Male u/s) dog, Butley:
SPRING AWAKENING: it's not just for humans, anymore...
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producer Abbie Strassler's dog, Cashew:
wardrobe supervisor Eva Maciek's dog, Crackers:
Angie Reed's (Adult Female) and Todd Cerveris's (Adult Male u/s) dog, Butley:
SPRING AWAKENING: it's not just for humans, anymore...
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Bringing families together...
A reply to the previous post...: " okay, so i love reading this blog and was really shocked when i saw my own video come up on the page...my sister singing my junk. i was even more shocked when i checked it today and saw an email from my older sister about the video. thanks for making her okay with me putting kelly on youtube! haha :) i'll definitely keep the videos coming too. any requests guys? haha.
<3 Ryan"
...Now isn't that kind of acceptance what SPRING AWAKENING is all about? :) Congrats and best wishes to Kelly, Ryan, and their family from all of us on the SPRING AWAKENING TOUR family!
<3 Ryan"
...Now isn't that kind of acceptance what SPRING AWAKENING is all about? :) Congrats and best wishes to Kelly, Ryan, and their family from all of us on the SPRING AWAKENING TOUR family!
Whaddya know?
E-mail from a blog-reader (name withheld): "i have never checked out this blog before but my sister had mentioned it to me so i thought i would...the first time i did i could not believe the latest video that was posted..my little sister...singing my junk =)..i almost died..so have all of you watched this b/c that is too funny if you have...my sister loves to record [her] singing and i didnt think it was necessary for her to post it on youtube..however, i think that this made me change my mind about the whole thing! <3"
Looks like the circle is complete! Glad you enjoyed our enjoying your sister's enjoying our show!
Looks like the circle is complete! Glad you enjoyed our enjoying your sister's enjoying our show!
8/12/08
It's real now - we're in San Diego!
(Ok - so we've been here a week already - but with tech and all, we've been a little busy!)
8/8/08
First day of tech!
First day of tech in San Diego. Everyone was very glad last night to get into the hotel and unpack, stretch out, have a good dinner and get to sleep. Tech started today at 1pm at the Balboa Theater in San Diego, an old and beautifully restored theater right downtown in Horton Plaza. (Complete with twin working waterfalls on either side of the proscenium!)
We all arrived and checked out our dressing rooms. We got the intro speeches from Kimberly, our company manager, and Eric, our stage manager, met the crew and house staff, and then we got the backstage and dressing room tours.
Tech – always a long process, but everyone’s in good spirits. The set’s almost exactly the same as Broadway – same dimensions and everything – but there’s one wall hanging on the back wall that’s new. (If you’re in San Diego and a fan of the Broadway production, see if you can spot the addition!)
We all arrived and checked out our dressing rooms. We got the intro speeches from Kimberly, our company manager, and Eric, our stage manager, met the crew and house staff, and then we got the backstage and dressing room tours.
Tech – always a long process, but everyone’s in good spirits. The set’s almost exactly the same as Broadway – same dimensions and everything – but there’s one wall hanging on the back wall that’s new. (If you’re in San Diego and a fan of the Broadway production, see if you can spot the addition!)
8/5/08
Runthrough on the Broadway set
Last rehearsal in New York (before we head to San Diego). One the Broadway set - and for the Broadway cast!
8/3/08
8/1/08
Smile for the camera...
We shot video of rehearsal today, for promotional use - first time with the cameras.
