Thursday, August 14, 2008

Musical's Dope New Star

"Weeds" star Hunter Parrish joined the Broadway cast of "Spring Awakening" Monday night -- a week earlier than planned. While I seem to be the only person in the world who didn't love this play (a story about German teens in the 1890s who would kill themselves over pregnancy set to upbeat pop music???), I see the producers wasted no time in taking out this huge ad (above) in the Sunday New York Times to promote its newest star, who you may recall created quite a sensation earlier this year with his hot new bod.

7 comments:

Reviews For Jake said...

For the record: I walked out of Spring Awakening near the end of act one. BOOOORRRING, trite and useless. (and this is coming from the guy who sat through the understudies for the standbys of the replacements for the replacements of the original cast of The Producers... so I can sit through some terrible crap.)

Unknown said...

Hunter looks amazing.
I wonder how he packed on so much muscle so quickly.

Anonymous said...

Oh, I disagree with Micah. I can totally understand why this musical swept every major award. It's brilliant in its inventive staging, the juxtoposition of 19th century Germany with modern day, and the songs are beautiful. It's very rare for me to be completely enrapt...not in my "critical" head. I've seen it twice already and can't wait to see it with Mr. Parrish.

Tim and Angie said...

Jesus Christ, it's a musical, not a play.

Christopher said...

Finally ! I've found my people (You & Micah)...I thought Spring Awakening was ok, but just ok...I don't get what all of the (over)hype's about!

M. Christopher said...

You're not alone - I actually hated the show. I was bored, and uninterested, and annoyed that the audience was so "into" the show.

That being said...Hunter is dreamy. :-)

Anonymous said...

The production is brilliant! Different strokes for different folks, but it's hard to imagine anyone not recognizing the unique qualities of the show and all of the talent and creativity that went into it. The music alone is haunting, the staging is fresh and exciting and the book is anything but trite. The casts in NY have been exceptional (remains to be seen, though, if that holds true now that the original cast is only a memory).