Archived Videos: Orphan Movie and After DC Cabaret

Spring Archives: 'Orphan' with a mix of 'Madness'!

A little bit of fun, a little bit of madness in Washington DC! While visiting our nation's capitol, our cast took some time to see the uber scary flick 'Orphan' along with Zachary Reiner-Harris, visiting us from the Broadway cast.

The second vid is some hotel room madness, fresh from the exhilarating success of the cabaret..the benefit, not the musical. Spring Awakening was able to raise more than $5000 for the Make A Wish Foundation as a result of this cabaret, helping to create moments of joy for children living with terminal illnesses. Enjoy the behind the scenes antics!

Video #1: Seeing Orphan in DC, or "There's Something Wrong with Anthony Lee Medina."




Video # 2: Post-Cabaret Hotel Madness

Totally Ducked!

Spring Awakening Tour: Totally Ducked!

Sometimes older means the wiser (obviously NOT the case with the Adults in Spring) but if you're a handful of young ducklings in distress, following the ways of one's parents might be the best way to get back home. Check out this "Totally Ducked" moment our cast caught while in DC at the Kennedy Center. A truly adorable moment not to be missed!

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Word got out about these ducks and "ducks" became the theme in DC! Here are cute pics of the cast with rubber duckies provided by our amazing fans. One even asked them to sign her duck! LOL

Anthony:


Andy:



Krystina:


Christy:




More pictures at our Flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/springawakeninggallery/ (you must be logged into Flickr to see the cast duck pictures as they were taken by a member of the group and not us).

Update on DC Cabaret

We're very sorry to say that it looks like the DC Cabaret will not be all ages.

This was the venue's stance: "Unfortunately, due to our license, we are nor allowed to have persons under the age of 18 in our building after 11pm. So, yes, that is the last word."

We tried...but at least you don't have to be 21! Here's all the info:

Date: This Thursday, July 30, 2009

Location: Town Dance Boutique
2009 8th St. NW
http://www.towndc.com/

Time: Doors open at 10 pm. Show at 11 pm.

Price: $10. Tickets are only available at the door on the night of.

All proceeds to benefit the Make A Wish Foundation.

Alert! Spring Awakening Cabaret in DC

The Spring Awakening cast will be doing a special cabaret scheduled for after the show on Thursday, July 30 at the Town DanceBoutique Night Club and Lounge:

2009 8th St NW http://www.towndc.com/The show will be all ages and will be a benefit for the Make A Wish Foundation. For more info, call 202-234-TOWN.

$39 Rush Tickets for Spring Awakening at the Kennedy Center, DC

The Kennedy Center is thrilled to announce... GUILTY PLEASURES.

You've helped to make Spring Awakening a hit in DC and we could not have done it without you! As a special thank you, a limited number of $39 tickets are now available on the day of performance one hour prior to show time (6:30 PM for 7:30 PM performances; 12:30 PM for 1:30 PM matinees) for any remaining seat (excluding box tier).

Be sure to mention the secret code “GUILTY PLEASURE” in-person at the box office only to qualify for this special price; limit 2 tickets per person; subject to availability. Call 202-467-4600 before you come to verify tickets are on hand; first come, first serve.

Come and see us again! Only two more weeks left in DC.

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I've also updated our DC review thread with the latest reviews as well as a video of Christy and Jake's interview on Let's Talk Live. Some hilarious reviews this time around with The Onion calling Melchoir's sex pamphlet an "illustrated, Germanic 'Are You There, God, It's Me Margaret," a quote from the "great, sage" Bristol Palin, and DC Met Blogs saying, "It’s like American Pie but classier and with music and dance!" BWHAHAHAHAAAA

http://totallytrucked.blogspot.com/2009/07/dc-reviews.html

Spring Awakening DC Events

DVR Alert!

Christy Altomare and Jake Epstein to do a LIVE In-Studio TV interview with TV hosts Natasha Barrett and Doug Mckelway.

NewsChannel 8 (Cable News) at 12:00 noon on Wed, July 15th. Tomorrow!

Will air live and then again at 3 pm the same day.

Cast Q & A
Join Krystina Alabado, Chase Davidson, Anthony Lee Medina, and Lucas Wells in an hour long pre-show Q&A for Spring Awakening on Wednesday, July 15 at 5:00 pm as part of the Kennedy Center's Theatre Look-In program. $12, in the Terrace Gallery. Go here for tickets: http://tinyurl.com/Kennedycenterlookin

The cast took a tour of the Supreme Court and the Capitol building today which was arranged as a result of a fan who contacted us through this blog. How cool is that? We love our fans!

Lastly, here's a fan/stage door video from our first performance in DC posted by Nikklis.

Reviews--Spring Awakening at the Kennedy Center, DC

Photo Credit: Joan Marcus for Spring Awakening

WASHINGTON POST

It's a lot hotter inside the Kennedy Center these days, and the thermometer hasn't budged one bit. The altered state is a matter of tone rather than climate, its source the turbulent stylings of the Eisenhower Theater's new summer tenant: that splendidly soul-stirring musical of raging teenage hormones, "Spring Awakening."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070902746.html

WASHINGTON TIMES (4 OUT OF 4 STARS!)

The radical scholar Melchior (Jake Epstein, from "De Grassi High: The Next Generation," appealingly broody and intense) is more textbook-experienced in sexual matters, and he strives to put his knowledge into practice with the almost tragically innocent Wendla (Christy Altomare, agleam with vulnerability and hope). Sexuality also is expressed as release — with Hanschen (Andy Mientus, a suave seducer) self-pleasuring in "My Junk" to the meter of Desdemona's death scene from "Othello" — or as a means of control, as Martha (an affecting Sarah Hunt) painfully relates in "The Dark I Know Well." Experimentation is even depicted, with an awkward attempt at S&M and, later, same-sex canoodling ("The Word of Your Body").

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/10/theater-a-spring-of-resonant-fantasies/#

Also some great features.

This one, in the Washington Post, talks about how rock music is changing musical theatre and Spring Awakening is featured prominently: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/03/AR2009070300067.html

Here's a Don't Miss! interview with our "Bitch of 40" stars, Angela Reed and Todd Cerveris on DC Theatre Scene:

http://dctheatrescene.com/2009/07/09/spring-awakenings-angela-reed-and-todd-cerveris/

Photo Credit: Joan Marcus for Spring Awakening

MORE REVIEWS: UPDATED 7/16/09

The Onion

As the great sage Bristol Palin once told People magazine, "If girls realized the consequences of sex, nobody would be having sex. Trust me. Nobody."
As the teens in the musical cope with their growing urges and nocturnal emissions, one sexually enlightened student, Melchior (Jake Epstein), writes an explanatory pamphlet—sort of an illustrated, Germanic Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
http://dc.decider.com/articles/spring-awakening-at-the-kennedy-center,30224/


DCist (Blog)
Invigorating! With so many cookie cutter musicals and anemic remakes coming out of Broadway, it feels almost a privilege to get a glimpse of one of the more experimental productions to find some New York success...Part of the thrill of Spring Awakening is watching the young but extremely talented cast, clearly in the early stages of their careers.
http://dcist.com/2009/07/an_invigorating_spring_awakening_at.php


DC Theatre Scene.com "Stunning" "Will Blow Your Mind."
Forget the cute marketing advertisements with a free-spirited young couple locked in a sweet embrace with the caption, “You’ll never forget your first time.” Those of us who have seen the show multiple times can attest to Awakening’s tough thematic content and the dark, somber reality of abuse, death, and fragile emotional breaking points just a heart beat away from a fatal snap.
http://dctheatrescene.com/2009/07/13/spring-awakening-3/

The Sentinel Papers (Suburban Newspapers)
Every generation thinks it is the generation that discovers sex. Currently at the Kennedy Center is a rousing production of the Tony Award winning musical Spring Awakening, which takes a century old play about rebellious youth and adds an adrenaline jolt of contemporary angst to the proceedings. Times may change, but human nature does not.
http://www.thesentinel.com/pgs/entertainment/Spring-Awakening

EDGE (GLBT Newspaper)
It’s won 8 Tonys, and has since gone to rock the theatre world with its presence.
This juggernaut production, which has had descriptions ranging from "rock opera" to "teenage melodrama", is best known as Spring Awakening... a no-holds-barred, extensively urgent tale of very small proportions, painting itself as half neo-realist, half dialectical theatre - a paradox in the making.
http://www.edgewashington.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=theatre&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=92584

DC Met Blogs
Spring Awakening Rocks The Roof Off Kennedy Center
With a strong entertaining story and bombastic musical performances, Spring Awakening is one of the most energizing pieces to come to DC this summer. It’s like American Pie but classier and with music and dance.
http://dc.metblogs.com/2009/07/16/spring-awakening-review-kennedy-center/

Here's the link to the video of Christy and Jake's interview on Let's Talk Live. (I took away the embedded version because it was automatically playing): http://www.letstalklive.tv/n_videoplayer.cfm?video=ltlmusical0715.wmv&id=347

Get your tickets now~ Spring Awakening plays at the Kennedy Center through August 2nd, 2009. http://www.kennedy-center.org or call 202-467-4600.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Spring Awakening is in DC! Kennedy Center July 7-Aug 2

After a week off, the cast is re-invigorated and ready to take DC by storm!

A couple of announcements and reminders:

Jake Epstein has already started tweeting on our Twitter feed. Follow us now to keep up with his official first week as Melchoir: http://www.twitter.com/springtour

The $49 discounts are going fast (some performances no longer available) and they are only good for this week, so if you've been sleeping, it's time to jump:

http://totallytrucked.blogspot.com/2009/06/spring-awakening-at-kennedy-center-on.html

Steven Sater will be doing a book signing after this Friday's July 10th performance. You can also purchase copies of "In The Flesh" there if you havn't already. http://bit.ly/16IKpt

DVR Alert! Michael Mayer will be in town for Jake's first opening night performance, so we're putting HIM to work!

Thursday July 9th

--LIVE In-Studio Interview with Michael Mayer on WUSA9 CBS sometime between 9 and 9:30 am.

--Taped interview on NewsChannel8 (Independent Cable Channel) which will air Thursday July 9th at 8:30 pm, Friday July 10th and Saturday July 11th at 10:30 pm and Sunday July 12 at 11 am.

Lastly, here's a video that one of our DC based fans posted today to welcome us to DC! Her name is Sarah (ATUGirl) and she's got lots of other great vids on her YouTube Channel. Thanks Sarah! Can you identify all the cast members who are singing...?? Leave a comment below:

"Break Legs!" to Krista Pioppi who will be going on as Thea tonight and to Jake Epstein on his first official night!

aaaand...as of yesterday, we are officially celebrating our one year anniversary! It's hard to believe that it's been a year when the cast all assembled in New York City to begin rehearsals. Congrats to all!

Spring Awakening at Kennedy Center On Stage Seats plus Discount!

Attention people in DC:
 
Stage seats are now on sale ($35 each). Not many people know about this yet. They are only available at the box office or by phone at 202-467-4600 (or Toll-free 800-444-1324).
$25 tickets to select performances JUST went on sale at 10 a.m. this morning to members of the ATTEND program. Anyone between the ages of 17-25 can join for free at: http://www.kennedy-center.org/tickets/attend/
 
PLUS please pass this on using the Share on Facebook button below, etc:

Orchestra tickets for only $49 for the following performances:
 
Tue, Jul 7, 2009 7:30 PM
Wed, Jul 8, 2009 7:30 PM
Thu, Jul 9, 2009 7:30 PM
 
Offer subject to availability.  Not valid in combination with any other offer.  Not valid on previously purchased tickets.  Offer may be withdrawn at any time. Service fees may apply.
 
Ticket purchase info:
(202) 467-4600 / Toll-free (800) 444-1324 / TTY (202) 416-8524 / Groups (202) 416-8400
 
The Kennedy Center Box Office is located at 2700 F Street NW, D.C. 20566.
The nearest Metro stop is Foggy Bottom-GWU.
 
Use the code ‘SPRING’
Mention offer code ‘SPRING’ to receive your discount at the Box Office or charge by phone (202) 467-4600, or enter code for online orders.
Direct link = kennedy-center.org/spring
 
 

What Would You Do? WASHINGTON DC

Our next extended stay on the tour is a four week stint in our nation's capital, Washington DC July 7-Aug 2nd.

The cast loves being in a city for a longer period of time. They get the rare opportunity to explore a city in depth.

Do you live in DC? Or know it well? Give the cast some advice. Where do the locals hang that tourists don't know about? What fun things and good food can't we miss?

We're also open to suggestions for fun video ideas specific to DC.

Please submit your suggestions as a comment below before end of day on Friday June 19th.

Do you have special access to get us in somewhere unique and special? If so, email us privately: totallytruckedblog at gmail dot com.

Your suggestions will be compiled into The "Fan's Guide to DC" for the cast. Thank you!