NewsPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: In Rehearsal for Spring Awakening: In Concert With Nathan ParrettSpring Awakening: In Concert, a theatre-concert hybrid that features Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's score from the Tony Award-winning rock musical, is offered July 20-29 at Downtown Los Angeles' Hayworth Theatre. Cast member Nathan Parrett ("The Voice") offers a behind-the-scenes look.
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July 20, 2012
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: In Rehearsal for Spring Awakening: In Concert With Nathan Parrett
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: In Rehearsal for Spring Awakening: In Concert With Nathan Parrett
Spring Awakening: In Concert, a theatre-concert hybrid that features Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's score from the Tony Award-winning rock musical, is offered July 20-29 at Downtown Los Angeles' Hayworth Theatre. Cast member Nathan Parrett offers a behind-the-scenes look. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Loading in at the Hayworth, our lighting designer Josh Holt has his work cut out for him with all the rock and roll cues.
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The view of the Hayworth stage from the booth. After a full run through, our cast is sticking around to help paint the set and sticker the walls to make it look like an East Village grunge club.
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Our Musical Director, Michael Christopher Luebke, and lead guitar Al Seller unwind after our morning music rehearsal. The recipe for a successful load-in is pizza and beer.
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The one and only Nathan Parrett, ladies and gentlemen.
Kelley Jakle, who will make her feature film debut with the upcoming movie "Pitch Perfect" and has been seen on NBC's "The Sing-Off," lends her voice to the character of Wendla. Featured vocalists also include Nathan Parrett ("The Voice"), Payson Lewis ("The Sing-Off"), independent recording artists Olivia Noelle and Anthony Starble, Caitlin Ary, Jonah Platt, Topher Rhys, Jamie Lee Barnard, Jilli Marine and Michael Christopher Luebke.
Rouding out the cast are Eric Schackne and members of the L.A.-based bands Young Harry Trumans and Back Pocket Memory; Paul T. Brindley and Alissa-Nicole Koblentz play the adult authority figures.
Directed by Kate Sullivan Gibbens with musical direction by Michael Christopher Luebke, Spring Awakening: In Concert, according to press notes, "focuses sharply on music and its story, recalling the energy of an East Village music bar as opposed to a traditional 'uptown' venue. Audiences will be left with art in its purist, most unadulterated form: the music, the dialogue and the message." Producers Topher Rhys, Jamie Lee Barnard and Nathan Gardner of glory|struck have joined with Love is Louder (founded by The Jed Foundation, MTV and "Hairspray" actress Brittany Snow) on Spring Awakening, noting "the music, just like the Love is Louder campaign, speaks volumes about young people and artists alike. And, through that connection we are able to sustain our community: a community of creativity, a community of collaboration, and a community of activism."
The Hayworth Theatre is located at 2511 Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles, CA. For more information and tickets, visit SpringAwakeninginConcert.com.
