#spring awakening those you've known 2022

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The Bitch of Living from Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known 2022

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『Spring Awakening: Those You've Known／春のめざめ -名作ブロードウェイ 再集結の舞台裏-』（2022）

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Spring Awakening Fandom Tag (answered by a diehard Wedekind 'Spring Awakening' fangirl)

(By @winter-asleepening )

1. how were you introduced to the show?

I read the Wikipedia synopsis back when I was sixteen, and was shocked - steered clear of it, but was curious about the source material. I read the original play when I was twenty-four, and fell madly in love with it. After that, I listened to some of the songs, just to compare the adaptation to the original - the music's definitely catchy. :) And I have some friends who've been in it, and other friends who like it a lot - I can appreciate the tunes (musically - not so much the lyrics, which sometimes are kind of cringe or don't make much sense, IMO).

2. Seen a production live?

No (I wouldn't feel comfy doing so), but I've seen a lot of 'slime tutorials,' especially of a production a few of my friends were in last spring (March 2022).

3. Dream role/character you relate to most

Wendla (in the OG play) - I love her optimism, thoughtfulness, and sweetness. She's the kind of girl I'd love to have as a friend (and she reminds me of my middle-school self).

4. Favorite male character

Hänschen (again, in the play) - he's a cynic with a heart of gold, such a cinnamon roll. I love the moment in Moritz's funeral scene when he calls out the other boys for bullying him. Second fave is OG Melchior; he's very cocky, clever, and rather charming - high-key reminds me of the boy I had a crush on in middle school, lol.

5. Favorite female character

Again, Wendla - if I have to pick a second fave, I'd say Ilse (in the play - she's a little loopy, but her heart's definitely in the right place).

6. Deaf West Revival or Original Broadway Cast?

Neither, actually - I'm partial to the cast my friends were in (it was a wonderfully talented group).

7. Favorite song

"My Junk" - singing it casually while doing housework this year has really improved my belt range. :)

8. Least favorite song

Like I've said, I'm not a fan of the musical (though I appreciate the songs' tunefulness), so I can't make a definitive call on this, but off the top of my head I guess it'd be "And Then There Were None."

9. Favorite quote/line

Ok - backstory: my friendship with my guy friend who played Hänschen in the 2022 production grew out of our discussion of the Desdemonalogue in the musical versus the play (I explained that he doesn't pleasure himself in the play), so because of that memory, I'm gonna say it's "Have you prayed tonight, Desdemona?"

10. Favorite TV performance

"Bitch of Living" on Letterman is pretty good.

11. Favorite cast member(s)

None - although Lea Michele's voice is lovely (and she herself is beautiful - a cast mate in a show I was in back in 2010 told me I looked like her - I had no idea who she was then, but now I realize it was a compliment & I appreciate it). :)

12. Favorite cast member moment

I'm not versed in the cast lore.

13. Do you write fan fiction?

Nope.

14. Do you make fan art?

No.

15. Do you cosplay?

No.

16. Don’t do Sadness or Blue Wind?

I enjoy singing "Blue Wind," so I'll go with that.

17. Word of your body or the Reprise?

The Reprise - specifically as performed by my friend and his Ernst (another friend of mine). Yes, I'm a biased girlie. ;)

18. Touch Me or My Junk?

"My Junk" - because of how singing it's improved my voice and because of that discussion of it with my friend who played Hänschen.

19. Explain the song of purple summer

In Spring Awakening: Those You've Known, Steven Sater talks about how the purple is the "bruise of love" the (living) characters will be carrying with them for the rest of their lives.

20. Explain the song of purple summer (wrong answers only)

Sater was higher than a kite when writing it.

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2022 MOVIE OF THE WEEK #21

spring awakening: those you’ve known. i watched this one yesterday with @actuallylukedanes​ and enjoyed it. i never have as much to say about documentaries when i review them, i’m not sure why. 

basically, this wasn’t my favorite musical but i did listen to it repeatedly for a while. and i didn’t connect it to cast members like john gallagher jr., who i knew from the west wing and the newsroom later--so i find that fascinating now. i also love jonathan groff, and i love stories about theater, how it works.

this documentary weaves together original performances from the very young cast and the story of how the show came into existence with the reunion performance from the same much-older cast during the pandemic, and their stories about how being in spring awakening affected their lives.

it’s fun and funny sometimes, dark and emotional at other times, and an interesting look at the cast relationships on top of that. basically, it lives up to its advertising. it’s nice and straightforward that way.

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[HQ] Darren Criss and Lea Michele attend the premiere of "Spring Awakening: Those You've Known" at Florence Gould Hall on April 25, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

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Jonathan's growing interest in Buddhism or Buddhist practices

From the limited information he presents to us, Jonathan's interest in Buddhism or Buddhist practices seems to have started with reading 'The Pocket Pema Chodron', which Lin's hairdresser Fred owned, and Jonathan, Jasmine, Oak and Fred read backstage (a page a day) at Hamilton.

In the interview with Katie Pees Arber and her students on 19 February 2021, Jonathan said he was reading a chapter from Pema Chodron's book every night after buying the book during quarantine. Discussion at 25.45 and 35.00. From a summary of the talk:

* His new motto is ‘playing to play’, and taking enjoyment in the process, rather than the outcomes. The book of teachings he is currently reading (and he read it backstage at Hamilton) is ‘The Pocket Pema Chodron’ by Pema Chodron. One key line is ‘What if we don’t play to win or lose, what if we just play to play’. 

In the 'Spring Awakening: Those You've Known' documentary, you can see a Tibetan singing bowl (used by Buddhist monks in meditation practice) on the bookshelf of Jonathan's old apartment (filmed in November 2021, still from unknown tweet).

In a Playbill interview to promote 'Spring Awakening: Those You've Known' on 3 May 2022, Jonathan said he was practising transcendental meditation in the lead-up to the concert due to the stress.

Groff: I started to do transcendental meditation because of the emails, meetings, and union stuff. 

In a video interview at D23 on 9 September 2022 around 3.00, Jonathan said he had been on a 10 day silent Vipassana meditation retreat 'last month'.

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HEY!

Okay, so I'm specifically using our personal Spotify Blend to do this bc we're besties like that.

Opening Credits: Those You've Known - Spring Awakening Waking Up: Being Alive - Company (2022 Recording) First Day At School: Everyday - Noah Reid Falling In Love: She's in Love With The Boy - Trisha Yearwood Fight Song: Punk Rock Princess - Something Corporate Breaking Up: Serious - Legally Blonde, The Musical (DUDE WHAT THIS IS SO GREAT SLKDFOIHD) Life’s OK: Check Yes, Juliet - We The Kings Getting Back Together: Bring Me To Life - Evanescence (HM) Wedding: You Matter To Me - Waitress Birth of Child: When the Sun Goes Down - In the Heights Final Battle: Shelter - Joy Olkadokun Death Scene: Gulliotine - Jon Bellion, Travis Mendes (LMFAO) Funeral Song: Statue's in the Stone - Noah Reid (!!!) End Credits: Don't Lose Ur Head - Six

This is the BEST. I can't.

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Darren Criss attending HBO's 'Spring Awakening: Those You've Known' Premiere held at Florence Gould Hall on April 25, 2022 in New York City, NY (Photo by Steven Bergman/AFF-USA.COM)

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Darren Criss at the premiere of Spring Awakening: Those You've Known Documentary (April 25th, 2022) | Source

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Darren Criss and Lea Michele attending HBO's 'Spring Awakening: Those You've Known' Premiere held at Florence Gould Hall on April 25, 2022 in New York City, NY (Photo by Steven Bergman/AFF-USA.COM)

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[HQ] Darren Criss and Lea Michele attend the premiere of "Spring Awakening: Those You've Known" at Florence Gould Hall on April 25, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

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[5UHQ, 4HQ] Darren Criss and Lea Michele pose at the NYC Premiere of The HBO Max Documentary "Spring Awakening: Those You've Known" at Florence Gould Hall on April 25, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/WireImage)

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Darren Criss and Lea Michele attend the premiere of "Spring Awakening: Those You've Known" at Florence Gould Hall, New York, USA - 25 Apr 2022 (Photo by Erik Pendzich,Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock)

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Darren Criss attends the premiere of "Spring Awakening: Those You've Known" at Florence Gould Hall, New York, USA - 25 Apr 2022 (Photo by Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock)

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Darren Criss and Lea Michele attend the premiere of "Spring Awakening: Those You've Known" at Florence Gould Hall, New York, USA - 25 Apr 2022 (Photo by Photo Image Press/Shutterstock)

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Darren Criss attends the premiere of "Spring Awakening: Those You've Known" at Florence Gould Hall, New York, USA - 25 Apr 2022 (Photo by Dave Allocca/StarPix/Shutterstock)