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It could have been when I first sawJohn Gallagher Jr.s sky-high hairdo.
Its a show meant for everyone, but it is meant for kids to see it, he says.
Its kind of naive to think that kids arent really thinking about this stuff and grappling with these issues.
InRise, a Coach Taylor/Mr.
Why a show about sexually repressed teenagers coming of age in 19th-century Germany?
Lou says as he practices a speech to an empty auditorium in the pilot.
Because just like you, they are dealing with intolerant parents, teachers that dont get it.
These kids are you.
Their story is your story.
Sheik has only seen the first episode ofRise, but he approves.
(There was also a 2015 revival from Deaf West Theatre.)
It was like, oh my God, other people go through this.
Its not just me.
Chicago-based Janie Bryant, 28, originally from Indiana, got wind ofSpring Awakeningin high school from her friends.
Like Kusse, she became acquainted with the recording before seeing a performance.
It ended up being her first Broadway show.
I grew up a repressed religious kid, Bryant says.
The whole idea of these kids not knowing how to talk about sex.
I super-identified with that.
Elkin, who grew up in the New York suburbs, saw the show five times.
I went with people every single time even though it really was this very individual experience, she remembers.
It was very personal.
Wright remembers running back after leaving to tell Gallagher Jr. to thank him in his Tonys acceptance speech.
Now that I look back Im like, What the hell was I doing?
Tonight, shes planning to have a small gathering of friends over to watch theRisepremiere.
Or, as Lou Mazzuchelli might suggest, anotherGrease.
