LA VIDA LOCA

A personal place where I talk about my life as a Latino gay artist, as an immigrant, as an educator, a playwright, a man, and a human being.

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Of the 39 Broadway shows playing, the one I really wanted to see was ‘SPRING AWAKENING.’ Thanks to Kelly, whose roommate is a Broadway actor, I got tickets. The show is unlike anything I have seen in many years. The last time I had a “theatre life experience” was when I saw “Angels in America.” Since then, nothing I had seen was as powerful as Rudnick’s play. However, such dry period ended when I saw “SPRING AWAKENING.” Except for the choreography, which didn’t deserve to win a TONY (the show has no choreography but ‘stage movement’) the musical is an incredible, illuminating, educational, and elevating experience, something not seldom seen on Broadway.

De las 39 obras en Broadway, la única que yo quería ver era "SPRING AWAKENING." Gracias a Kelly, la cual tiene un compañero que trabaja como actor en Broadway, conseguí boletos. El musical es algo que no había visto en mucho tiempo. La última ves que tuve una experiencia tan iluminante en el teatro fue cuando vi "Angeles en América." Desde entonces, nada de lo que he visto se compara al poder de la obra de Rudnick. Sin embargo, este periodo "seco" terminó al ver "SPRING AWAKENING." Excepto por la coreografía, la cual no se merece el TONY que ganó (el musical no tiene coreografía sino movimiento escénico) el musical es increíble, iluminador, educacional, y una experiencia religiosa, algo que no se ve en Broadway todo el tiempo.

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