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***MUST SEE!***
Perry Sherman and Christy Altomare perform "Word of Your Body" on Fox Morning Show.
http://www.fox8.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=3513757
NBC WKYC
Blake Bashoff and Steffi D perform "Blue Wind/Don't Do Sadness" on the show "Good Company."
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=108647
(this video was slow to load on my Firefox browser. Anyone else having problems?)
CBS WOIO
Blake and Steffi also performed the same song on an afternoon news program; their segment was repeated again for the evening news.
90.3 NPR
Live Radio interview with Andy Mientus and Ben Moss now online:
http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/an/25176/
They were also interviewed by Jen Toohey and asked to guest DJ on Q 104, WQAL (I can't find it on their confusing site. A little help?)
STILL TO COME:
WGAR 99.5 FM
TUE MARCH 10TH 8:15 am In-studio Radio Interview with Jared Stein with hosts Jim Mantel, Laurie Hovater and Captain Tony.
Playhouse Square is doing some really great events around our show. Don't miss:
BROADWAY BUZZ PRE-SHOW TALKS--One hour before all KeyBank Broadway Series performances, audiences are invited to the Idea Center at Playhouse Square to join in a free 30-minute show presentation. Get the inside scoop on the show before the curtain rises.
POST SHOW CHATS WITH THE CAST March 5 and 12--The cast answers your questions immediately following the Thursday night performances.
TEEN NIGHT March 14--Teens can enjoy a DJ, Karaoke, Pizza, and hang with the cast after the Saturday, March 14th show. Just show your ticket stub from that night's performance. Your Teen Magazine will also host a panel for parents of teens that night to discuss the issues raised in Spring Awakening. More info:
http://broadwayworld.com/article/SPRING_AWAKENING_Holds_Teen_Night_at_Clevelands_PlayhouseSquare_Arts_Center_March_14_20090219
MASTER CLASS WITH JARED STEIN AND FOUR CAST MEMBERS! Wed, March 11th
Music Director Jared Stein and four members of the cast will lead a vocal master class on Wednesday, March 11, 3-4:30 PM. You will be taught Purple Summer. Ages 14 and up only, please. Participation is FREE but registration is required. Please call 216-348-7909 or email reeds@playhousesquare.org to register.
DISTANCE LEARNING Tue March 10th
Playhouse Square has arranged a Q&A for Tuesday, March 10th at 1:00pm at The Idea Center for high school students interested in a career in theatre. This is part of their Distance Learning Program – participants will be video conferencing from high schools all over Ohio. Additionally, there will be 20-30 students from a local high school physically present for the Q&A with the cast. Very Cool and forward thinking! Kudos to Playhouse Square!
If you havn't seen us yet in Cleveland, what are you waiting for? We leave March 15th! Don't take our word for it:
CLEVELAND REVIEWS
Cleveland Plain Dealer
'Spring Awakening,' a timeless, iconoclastic look at adolescence
"Spring Awakening" is no Broadway musical. Which is why it's a Broadway musical for today.
http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2009/03/opened_at_playhousesquare_tues.html
CoolCleveland.com
Not much has changed in over 100 years. Parents still struggle to talk about sex with their kids, and kids still have sex cluelessly, get pregnant and have abortions. Some kids are still committing suicide because it's all too much, and we still don't understand why. But finally, there's a show that tells the truth. A very entertaining show with great music and intensely emotional songs by Duncan Sheik, and a totally, devastatingly real story. We've been waiting a long time for Spring Awakening.
http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php?n=Main.Springawakeningphs
BroadwayWorld.com
Though it seems almost sacrilegious to admit, this very well might be the strongest ensemble in "Spring Awakening's" history. As a whole, the cast is not only energetic and frighteningly talented, but they also embody a sense of innocence mixed with early maturity that has never been evident before. Sure, the original cast (almost all of which have become stars in their own right) might have had more individual stand-outs, but they never seemed even close to innocent: They were adults playing children. And the final Broadway cast was very innocent-perhaps too innocent for the material. The touring cast is a perfect mix of both, and interprets the material in new and interesting ways that remain true to the original book and score. More than that, they function best as an ensemble, not just a group of performers who happen to be acting together on the same stage.
http://cleveland.broadwayworld.com/article/Spring_Awakening_Tour_Review_Cleveland_20090304
Spangle Magazine
With its difficult subject matter, Spring Awakening is a show that plays best in its intimate moments — something that might be missed by those in the back of the large Palace. Among the players, the standout is Blake Bashoff, playing the tormented Moritz with grace as his distress quietly grows more pronounced. Other notables include Steffi D and Sarah Hunt (Ilse and Martha), especially in the first-act scene in which they reveal the home torture by their fathers. Christy Altomare is well-cast as the innocent Wendla, and Angela Reed and Henry Stram show dexterity in their semi-monolithic roles playing all of the adults.
(On opening night, understudy Perry Sherman tackled the vital role of intellectual Melchior with an engaging passion.)
Former Top-40 heartthrob Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s score remains a pulse-quickening ride, and the production design is stellar.
http://www.spanglemagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=212:review-spring-awakening&catid=46:theater&Itemid=70
FEATURES
**MUST READ**Tribune Chronicle--Spring Awakening Cast Gets An Education On The Road (interview with Ben Moss and Gabrielle Garza) http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/518499.html?nav=5026
The Plain Dealer
http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2009/02/spring_awakening_in_cleveland.html
Canton Rep (includes interviews with Kyle Riabko and Christy Altomare)
http://www.cantonrep.com/archive/x1802692209/Brave-new-musical-Spring-Awakening-comes-to-Cleveland
Cleveland Playhouse Square Examiner
“The theatrical event of the year. Promises to be one of the most exciting entertainment experiences of a lifetime.”
http://www.examiner.com/x-3802-Cleveland-Playhouse-Square-Examiner~y2009m2d24-Spring-Awakening-theatrical-event-of-the-year-opens-March-3rd?comments=true
7 comments:
I was really excited to see the Spring Awakening clip with Perry and Christy. I'm a little worried that Perry thinks that scene is when Wendla and Melchior first meet, but other than that, that was amazing! thank you so much!
http://www.fox8.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=3513757
That's a direct link the the Perry/Christy video, without having to do a search.
Ooh, thanks, Anonymous! I'll edit the blog with your direct link.
Perry,
Watching that video of you and Christy singing Word of Your Body was abolutely fantastic.
I totally just fell in love with you!
What's this about Kyle leaving?
(and Matt Doyle replacing him?!)
kyle's leaving the show? why?
Perry, I've officially fallen in love with you! Technically it was before this video came out, but the video finalized it.
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