Spring Awakening Off Broadway: MWBM/Touch Me Reprise

[MrsKiarara94]

"Wendla, darling, this s someone who will help us..."

"...with what?"

Oh Wendla :(

[AngelaCatsaros01]

ughhh i wish they kept this song in, it wouldve made everything more intensne! i love it!

[DC11961]

@phonesthesia Yes it was. Actually, it's on YouTube. Just put "Comet on it's way 2001 workshops" and it'll come up. I was just listening to it Earlier today. =)

[WestEndGirl96]

at 1:10, Lea's "With what?" is so heartbreaking... she sounds so small and helpless :(

[phonesthesia]

Was Comet on It's Way even performed in any of the workshops? That one was cut pretty early on I thought. There Once Was A Pirate was cut when they decided that they didn't want Melchior to rape Wendla, they wanted it to be more loving between the two.

[acegamer94]

same this scene is so good....its horrible when wendla and frau bergman are walking around and wendla's like 'who lives in this house mama' all innocent and you just know whats going to happen next....plus combining mama who bore me and touch me is so perfect for this part, it sums up the situation for wendla perfectly.

[krispykritterlover]

Wendla's mama was not there every moment. :(

[Sophieste163]

oooohhhh i really like the touch me reprise... lea sings it beautifully :D it's a shame they cut it...

[sheltereDaydream]

@Sophieste163, It isn't Lea, it's Phoebe.

I so wish they'd kept it in. It made it so much more intense.

[LilMsCB]

i think this is instead of whispearing kind of.... which is kinda funny cuz now they sing bits of touch me during whispearing

[songlark]

Whispering was still there. This song was just cut and not replaced by any other song.

[stagedreamer]

I really wish they had kept this part in; I think it would make the scene flow better and be less rushed.

[embs1717]

I really wish they kept this. Its so beautiful and lets Anna really shine! The scene also makes more sense, in my opinion.

(btw I uploaded the video, hope you don't mind that I posted it as a video response)

[christineadorno]

is this when Wendla gets the abortion??

[anactornamedseth93]

yes, she is being led to it!

[TRASHYgah]

@christineadorno yes it is. ;) They are so talented. Shame they cut out touch me reprise.

[dewe52]

i'm not familiar with the final scene in broadway. what replaced this? (i only saw the off-broaway video.)

[wickedfan55]

its just the reformatory fight scene, and a small exchange between the abortionist and Frau Bergmann.

[easyprozac]

I have a video from the Off Broadway show. That is Phoebe Strole. She's amazing.

[x3kelly]

Could you post it or send it to me? I'd love to see how this scene is played out!

[SingingInTheRain499]

can you please send it to me? i'm very curious to know what else has been cut. thank you!

[GillyWhitfootHaysend]

I didn't know they beat him up....thanks for clearing up that unusual part for me!

[GeekInThePink45]

This part is so great! It's really sad they didn't keep it in the show. :/

[haydonobob]

sigh...phoebe gets me every time with this song...sigh...double sigh

[Springaer]

I actually like this, I wish they had kept it. It's easy to not notice Wendla being sent away, especially when you are onstage, this makes it prominent.

[michaelgwii]

i dont get it it was off broadway?!?

[xoangel2789xo]

Yeah it started off broadway then moved to broadway.

[blahdida13]

i wish they kept this in the show. phoebe sounds beautiful

[Love889]

See, I wish they would have kept this! It gave Phoebe/Anna more time to shine and I just thnk it made the whole thing flow so much better and much more sad.

[mae929]

I agree. I just watched Spring Awakening again yesterday and this part would have enhanced so much more. It's just a few verses of song, but definitely makes a difference.

[Renthead97]

yeah, during MWBMR i think....they tie him up and lower him into the hole and then they...you know

[Renthead97]

he doesn't get raped, they ejaculate on him.....they tie him up

[ajnxbonez]

i saw this on google video. During the oart when that practitioner takes her away, she shreiks out "MAMA." I don't know about everyone else's political views, but i think abortion is disturbing. And even though she was sick, it was obvious that the whole abortion would only make it worse. It's so, so sad.

[NOLabels]

.. she was sick because she got pregnant.

[ajnxbonez]

not sure. Maybe it might of been seen as disturibing to the audience?

[lovewarpeace]

no, he just beats the hell out of them after he finds out that she's pregnant, then run off. no rape in the musical

[iloveAPAforever]

When Wendla says "who lives in this house?" I die a little bit inside. It's incredibly sad.

[louisawhat]

agreed. :(

[ajnxbonez]

i always thought this scene was so incredibly sad, shocking, and horrifying at the same time

[bwayhopeful86]

I really wouldn't call it rape,

although in the off broadweay version, he fingers her and she says "yes"

then they have sex.

[jellybelly2626]

my favorite part is 0:52-1:02

[cheerleader5293]

me too

[kassiehp0593]

This song was cut from the show once the show made it to Broadway.

It's the scene where Wendla is given the abortion and then... well you know the rest. Melchior is also at the Reformatory and he is beaten up because of the letter he has received, which makes him look like a 'pansy'.

The song is Anna's and performed by the amazing, talented, and lovely Phoebe Strole.

[jellybelly2626]

do you know if any other songs were cut?

[IWillBeHers]

A Comet On Its Way (replaced by Bitch of Living) and There Once Was A Pirate (replaced by The Guilty Ones)

[togocardibroke714]

I love Brian Charles Johnson's face at 32 seconds...heehee

[lovesdanecook]

oh my god what the hell is happening to melchior??

[BroadwayLove727]

I think that part of this is during the reformatory scene

[Konstantine03]

it is the reformatory scene.

[joanna4659]

Can somebody tell me what's going on in this scene? I mean, is it played in the show?

[bayweenie]

Wendla's mother is taking her to a doctor that will give her illegal abortion pills. At the same time, Melchior is being beaten up by boys at his reformatory school for not wanting to take part in their group masturbation.

[haydonobob]

thank you so much...i'm crying...

[krisslovesu]

just letting you know that u can watch the entire off broadway version of Spring Awakening on google videos and it has pretty good quality

[nightflier021]

Could you send me the link please?

[krisslovesu]

i dont have the link so just go to google videos and type in Spring Awakening....then go to the little box that says durations and go to greater than 20 the 1st video that shows up should be it

[jbwlld]

BroadwayLove, you're amazing! Thanks for posting these amazing videos!