I adore how this production combines both humor and genuine affection... so many productions (even the original) just make it funny. Hanschën IS kind of self-absorbed and silly, but he does really care for Ernst, I think. He can do both. He doesn't have to just want to get into Ernst's pants for his character to work. I think it's much more interesting this way, and certainly more rewarding.
You can't see Ernst's voice, who is also the pianist, due to the zoom in but when they kiss for a second time Ernst's voice spins in his chair out of happiness over his new found love. That's why the audience laughs.
Andy is pretty much the only Hanschen actor to truly play the role with all its subtleties and make the scene a careful balance of humor and real intimacy.
Navy Gaming I prefer Andy’s more nuanced performance, cause you can actually tell he’s very much a fourteen year old trying to convince the recipient of his affections that their love isn’t evil or wrong whereas Jonathan, as he joked way back when the musical first opened, played Hanschen as a seductress who corrupts Ernst. Which made me uncomfortable because that’s an actual harmful stereotype about bisexual people.
This whole conversation works so well in ASL. The "you're laughing" moment, and the intimacy of the signs, sharing them on different bodies... I can't stop re-watching this.
The way Andy says "and so you should" is just.. It's sweet, it's not condescending, it's in a reassuring way, as if to tell Ernst "you should, it's okay to" and I just love it so much
Poppy Larkspur I think that line is so underrated because when done properly, it really takes the time period into consideration. I always thought that a lot of Ernst's apprehension comes from the fact that what they were doing was extremely frowned up on and illegal, and I always saw that line as hanschen saying "it shouldn't be, this is just as lovely and natural as anything else."
I love that in this version! I loved the OBC too; where Hanschen talks about emotion in his haughty monotone and is super narcissistic, but I love the sweet take here as well.
I like this scene more in the dwsa than the obc; not only does the sign language make everything more intimate, but their relationship in this is portrayed as more genuine and sincere then in the original, and you can tell hanschen really cares for Ernst, which makes this scene more rewarding overall.
You can uplift an audience with pleasant things. You don’t have to always got to comedy for that. This puts me in a better mood than the OBC because they cheapened and mocked it wayyy too much.
@@Therebesquare imagine thinking Spring Awakening was a musical created to put people in good moods. It's a tragic story of toxic behaviors and irresponsible characters.
Scenes like this can only be fully pulled off in the Deaf West version - using ASL really helps not only get the scene across perfectly but adds so much to it (that whole skimming-off-the-cream thing...)
Can somebody please explain to me the meaning of the cream thing? Why does everyone think that it's the gayest thing ever? I feel as tho I'm missing something…
this version of this song is beautiful. in the OBC version they made a comedy routine out of this song, but the deaf west version made this seem as beautiful as Wendla & Melchior' Word of Your Body. the entire deaf west production is so amazing
I love at 2:15 when Ernest leans away from Hanschen, Daniel David Stewart goes to the higher end of the piano, even though Ernest is at the low end. It reinforces his voice wanting to go with Hanschen, in a way
How Andy manages that perfect slide across the piano will always remain pone of life's great mysteries, but I just noticed that he very slowly moves closer to Ernst later in the scene, also without using his hands or with his knee seeming to bend. This just adds to my theory that he is sat on some thin sliding panel aided by a mechanism. The only other explanation is that Andy Mientus has a secret hidden talent for sliding across pianos, which would be strange.
Izzy Maurer there are Lon boards at the back of a piano that resemble 2x4s. He hooked his foot onto one of those. The top of the piano is heavily lacquered in general so it's easy to slide across.
Lol I always thought there was just someone hiding behind the piano that pulled Andy forward. I guess you could say I thought someone was pulling his leg😂
@@medusa-zz6wj It could also be because they know their relationship won't last (realistically speaking), so he doesn't want to talk about the risks they're taking by being in a relationship. He wants to savor this moment with Ernst, so he doesn't want to talk about wounds and bruises.
This is the most brilliant form of acting. Like they way he uses the signs to act his way and flow through the song. Like I may only be a 15 year old queer, obsessed with musicals but BITCH I KNOW PHENOMENAL ACTING WHEN I SEE IT
This is easily my favourite version of this song as they don't try and make it funny or mimic what the original cast did. It's so tender and loving which feels far more truthful. This proves that you can have a slightly cocky H and shy E (don't know how to spell the names) and it still be really affectionate
By far my favorite version of this song. Like, Josh and Andy have such excellent chemistry. In past productions, I feel like Hanschen and Ernst are kind of just static characters, but this performance makes them feel like they have a richer plot going on here, it makes you wonder if they're hurtling toward a destructive end, like Wendla and Melchior, or if, maybe, they'll be okay? Well anyways I've watched this and analyzed it way more than I'd like to admit so now it's time to sleep.
I’m sorry to say it but it most likely didn’t end well. What the people made Wendla do when she got pregnant was had enough, imagine someone finding out about these two... it hurts me to say, but it probably ended bad. Trust me, I would love to think they were okay, but that most likely wasn’t the case....
David Wilds what if they lasted into the 30’s as two old men, then were discovered as being gay and sent to the concentration camps during the holocaust? I mean.. theyre 15ish in the 1890’s, the 30’s-40’s is only 40-50 years later... what a sad ending
This is my favourite version of Spring Awakening! It has that intimacy and the subconscious (within the voice actors) that you don't see in the others. Honestly, the ASL adds that extra layer of sweetness
i literally cant stop watching this. the asl mixed with the music is absolutely breathtaking, especially the way he signs “your bruise” on the other guys body, it’s so intimate
i just LOVE how andy denies with his head looking at josh’s hand in the third kiss like “no, we don’t have to worry about this, about bruising each other because WE LOVE EACH OTHER”
I love this cuz it really captures the intimacy that belongs in that scene. Some parts *are* meant to be funny but its really beautiful and i like this version a lot more than any others
hanschen taking ernst's hand and guiding it through the sing language is the equivalent of hanschen taking ernst's mic in the obc - it's at the same line too 'I'm gonna bruise you'
This is so great for so many reasons, the intimacy, the interactions between Josh and Daniel, the changes they made to portray this in a sweet and actually healthy way- and also the fact that no matter how many times I've watched this production as a whole, there are still things I pick up even in small numbers. Like, the fact that Andy doesn't sign the "you can't be serious" and Ernst can only see him say "You're such a sentimentalist" adds to the character development even if it's just one sentence hhhhhh
You can’t see it in this video but in the end of the song Ernst (Josh Castille) hops off the piano and goes to kiss and hug his voice( David) and goes off with Hanschen holding hands... that’s so sweet ❤️
Wow... this was rather sweet. And it's interesting the vastly diferent vibe and tone between this recording and the one in Stage Dork, with also Andy and Josh. In the StageDork one, Hanschen come off more as a manipulative person, who while might feel something as affection/atraction for Ernst doesn't REALLY care for him as a real person; in fact, you can read a lot of condescendetion, dismissiveness (snorting and pushing away Ernst hand at the implication of being possibly wounded by him) and smugness in his overall lenguage (he even sounds more angered in the moment he thought was been rejected). In here, he is more like a flirting person completly smitten by someone he think is naïve and completly adorable, and trying to be noticed by all means, being more sweet and intimate than eerie and cornering. Those are my two cents
I totally understand your frustration, Spring Awakening is a much more complex and high level story, but to be fair, a show about depressed, suicidal teenagers and abortions might not be the right tone for a school
This has to be my favorite version of this scene ever produced. It isn't played for laughs and the ASL adds so much intimacy to the scene that can't be found in any other versions. These actors are perfect for their respective roles and they do a good job of adding a layer of authenticity and realism to these characters which in other productions (at least to me) lack those things.
Honestly I love this so much I can't even explain it. Like this production did so well with Hanschen and he's my favorite character and ugh I'm just really happy and I just really love Andy Mientus.
I started memorizing the signing for the chorus I cannot express how much I love this performance they’re all so talented and I’m also very happy that the casting directors recognized the talent of Andy ALSO, MICHAEL AND ANDY ARE MARRIED AND I LOVE THAT THWY WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS
Every time I watch this I can’t Help but to notice the girl wiping away her tears in the background when they roll away the piano. That girl is honestly a mood
I appreciate this version a lot more than the original. It’s more intimate and sensitive. It shows that the characters really do care for each other and it’s not some comedic route. I love this version of the show nice job Deaf West!
this is such a different rendition of this scene. in non deaf spring awakening, hanschen is a representation of the anti-hero of the play othello, othello and him kissing and toying with ernst is showing what othello did to desdemona. the connection between othello and hanschen is shown in my junk which is comedic but crucial to his character. in this version, it seems as if hanschen isn’t othello, and that he has lost every trait othello has that he had. he, like othello breaks a heart (not by killing in othellos case but he does break a heart) but unlike othello, in the original, he does not feel remorse for playing with ernst’s feelings. i think that dwsa hanschen is more of himself, without all the baggage that comes with being othello. hanschen and ernst have been stripped of their roles in othello and become people in dwsa and i think that’s why this scene works so well.
This version makes me sob in the best way every time. Not many productions take their relationship seriously and this is just so fucking beautiful, plus I'm just so gay for Josh and Andy and aaahhhh
I just discovered this version and I love it so much! I just keep watching it because it makes Ernst and Hanschen's relationship so layered and perfect
This song gives me chills every time I listen. It’s so unique and just so... sweet. It makes me sad how I’m never gonna achieve this level of perfection. I know that it probably ended badly, but this gives me hope. And the melodies, the harmonies. So unique to this song. It’s special. It truly is. I love it. No other way to describe it.
andy mientus has been a 14 year old for like uhh 7 years im so proud of him
I adore how this production combines both humor and genuine affection... so many productions (even the original) just make it funny. Hanschën IS kind of self-absorbed and silly, but he does really care for Ernst, I think. He can do both. He doesn't have to just want to get into Ernst's pants for his character to work. I think it's much more interesting this way, and certainly more rewarding.
Prince Fado exactly! This proves that you can have a cocky H (can't spell the name) and a shy Ernst and it still be beautiful and affectionate
Cassie Osbourne Hans-chen
@@Therebesquare well the actual German spelling would be Hänschen but I'm guessing that letter isn't on English keyboards lol
You can't see Ernst's voice, who is also the pianist, due to the zoom in but when they kiss for a second time Ernst's voice spins in his chair out of happiness over his new found love. That's why the audience laughs.
Awww I wish I could see that! Sounds adorable x]
freaking Daniel is me. In every situation. Gosh.
derpderplul if you can ever find a video of this,, anybody,, PLEASE tell me
riles k I think there's a recording somewhere that has it.
awww that's so sweet
Andy is pretty much the only Hanschen actor to truly play the role with all its subtleties and make the scene a careful balance of humor and real intimacy.
I second this, to me Hanschen usually comes off as creepy, however I love him in this version so freaking much
I prefer Jonathan b Wright's creepiness
Navy Gaming I prefer Andy’s more nuanced performance, cause you can actually tell he’s very much a fourteen year old trying to convince the recipient of his affections that their love isn’t evil or wrong whereas Jonathan, as he joked way back when the musical first opened, played Hanschen as a seductress who corrupts Ernst. Which made me uncomfortable because that’s an actual harmful stereotype about bisexual people.
Fr dude
@@TychoTheAlienBaby is ernst gay or bi? and same as hanschen, is he gay or bi?
Hanschen using the sign for "trust" to pull himself closer to Ernst at 0:55 is such creative blocking. Love this revival.
This whole conversation works so well in ASL. The "you're laughing" moment, and the intimacy of the signs, sharing them on different bodies... I can't stop re-watching this.
I completely agree. Ive watched it like 10 times just today
Reason #234567654676535 why this is the best version of the show out there and nothing more beautiful will ever exist
And when Hanschen moves Ernst's arm when they're singing together.
Cassidy Byron facts
The way Andy says "and so you should" is just.. It's sweet, it's not condescending, it's in a reassuring way, as if to tell Ernst "you should, it's okay to" and I just love it so much
Poppy Larkspur I think that line is so underrated because when done properly, it really takes the time period into consideration. I always thought that a lot of Ernst's apprehension comes from the fact that what they were doing was extremely frowned up on and illegal, and I always saw that line as hanschen saying "it shouldn't be, this is just as lovely and natural as anything else."
YES!!! I hate how it was made a comedic line.
Poppy Larkspur same!
Wow, I never thought of it that way, I’m so glad you wrote this comment now
I love that in this version! I loved the OBC too; where Hanschen talks about emotion in his haughty monotone and is super narcissistic, but I love the sweet take here as well.
dudes josh castille gets to make out with andy mientus every night
dudes andy mientus gets to make out with josh castille every night
SaltMoth my thoughts in words
3 times
The both scored
i wanna kiss both of them even though im lesbian
and Andy’s husband directed this version
holy shit-
I like this scene more in the dwsa than the obc; not only does the sign language make everything more intimate, but their relationship in this is portrayed as more genuine and sincere then in the original, and you can tell hanschen really cares for Ernst, which makes this scene more rewarding overall.
Also they have insane chemistry.
This song also was written as a joke and its so much more evident in the obc where dwsa makes it seem so genuine
You can uplift an audience with pleasant things. You don’t have to always got to comedy for that. This puts me in a better mood than the OBC because they cheapened and mocked it wayyy too much.
@@Therebesquare imagine thinking Spring Awakening was a musical created to put people in good moods. It's a tragic story of toxic behaviors and irresponsible characters.
this is so much more romantic than the original lmao
Andy's "you can't be serious" is my aesthetic
I love that moment when Hanschen says "cream", and Daniel hits the piano keys while Josh kind of freaks out.
2:13
me too!
Kerah Bundy I hate the word "giggles" but that's what I erupt into lmao
It’s amazing
Scenes like this can only be fully pulled off in the Deaf West version - using ASL really helps not only get the scene across perfectly but adds so much to it (that whole skimming-off-the-cream thing...)
The original production of this, used this scene more as comedic relief. IN this version, it's more intimate and sweet
Can somebody please explain to me the meaning of the cream thing? Why does everyone think that it's the gayest thing ever? I feel as tho I'm missing something…
@@stephpiano2908 Because when he puts the finger in his mouth and Ernst's reaction. So gay. I love it
Steph Piano yeah... umm do we really need to explain this to you?
Steph Piano cream is also a nickname for jizz
this version of this song is beautiful. in the OBC version they made a comedy routine out of this song, but the deaf west version made this seem as beautiful as Wendla & Melchior' Word of Your Body. the entire deaf west production is so amazing
I think I've watched this more times than I've gone to church and I don't know how to feel about it
Sydney VP Big Mood
Almost forgot to watch this today
How could I ever forget?
I relate
HAh SAME
Omg SAME
Oh you have NO idea.
I'm loving this bisexual lighting
collectively courtney it’s not even super bisexual lighting, the lightings just bi because andy’s in it
@@user-ww5hm8lu1w Andy's bi? Cool I didn't know that-
@@bennyboy4795 he is!
@@Caitlinmperry theatre bi's unite :D Andy is our leader now
@@bennyboy4795 andy is maried tho micheal arden and the have dog togeter Huston
In real live
I just realized that when Hanschen is listing the three ways Ernst is counting them on his fingers 😊😊 how precious is that????
Katherine Byers also the way he follows the "expelled"
Katherine Byers I’m never unseeing this now.....THANK YOU!!!
#teamhernst
Ohmygod that’s adorable
It’s a grammatical feature of ASL- you count out a list so the person you are signing to can distinguish between them
hanschen: those bells... so peaceful...
ernst: hanschen I appreciate the conversation starter, but... I'm deaf?
I started choking from laughing skajwowhekwb
I was crying now im laughing LMAO
I love at 2:15 when Ernest leans away from Hanschen, Daniel David Stewart goes to the higher end of the piano, even though Ernest is at the low end. It reinforces his voice wanting to go with Hanschen, in a way
Omg that's adorable. I didn't think of it like that. 😍
i think it was supposed to be a jarring noise to symbolize his taken-aback-ness
This is the only version of the Vineyard scene that matters
Ikr it's perfect I love it so much ❤❤❤
An I oop-
You right
I love that they made it more "hauntingly beautiful" than "hauntingly eerie" like they did in the original. This is really awesome.
Moon I never found the original version creepy,maybe I wasn’t looking into it enough
@@gracejennings9034 It's not creepy in the slightest. :)
How Andy manages that perfect slide across the piano will always remain pone of life's great mysteries, but I just noticed that he very slowly moves closer to Ernst later in the scene, also without using his hands or with his knee seeming to bend. This just adds to my theory that he is sat on some thin sliding panel aided by a mechanism. The only other explanation is that Andy Mientus has a secret hidden talent for sliding across pianos, which would be strange.
Izzy Maurer there are Lon boards at the back of a piano that resemble 2x4s. He hooked his foot onto one of those. The top of the piano is heavily lacquered in general so it's easy to slide across.
Izzy Maurer OR Andy Mientus has the thighs of a god ;)
There's slats in the back of the piano and he hooked his heel around it to slide himself forward.
Or Ernst moved?
Lol I always thought there was just someone hiding behind the piano that pulled Andy forward. I guess you could say I thought someone was pulling his leg😂
That part at the end when Hanschen shakes his head and then kisses him!!! I'm dying!!!
And the way he pushes Ernst's hand aside as if to say "we've done enough talking!" I'm crying it's so beautiful
Omg yes!!! It's the best part in the entire scene!!!
I feel like when Hanchen moves his hand and shakes his head is saying that Ernest won't bruise him, that he won't let it happen
@@medusa-zz6wj Your interpretation wins, you have me crying over here thinking about it like that.
@@medusa-zz6wj It could also be because they know their relationship won't last (realistically speaking), so he doesn't want to talk about the risks they're taking by being in a relationship. He wants to savor this moment with Ernst, so he doesn't want to talk about wounds and bruises.
This is the most brilliant form of acting. Like they way he uses the signs to act his way and flow through the song. Like I may only be a 15 year old queer, obsessed with musicals but BITCH I KNOW PHENOMENAL ACTING WHEN I SEE IT
This is easily my favourite version of this song as they don't try and make it funny or mimic what the original cast did. It's so tender and loving which feels far more truthful. This proves that you can have a slightly cocky H and shy E (don't know how to spell the names) and it still be really affectionate
I just realized at the end, you see Katie wiping away tears in the background.
Kerah Bundy, great observation
Andy is the Hanschen of my dreams.
Isn't he everyone 😂
Andy plays such a charming Hanschen :'^)
i love how at 4:50 andy brushes off josh's hand and laughs slightly, it's so pure and adorable
🥺🥺 it's crazy! the emotions that single performance can give you -- even when you haven't even seen the show!
Play this video at my actual funeral. Like, I want it to be my funeral service. Just this video.
^^^^^^^
By far my favorite version of this song. Like, Josh and Andy have such excellent chemistry. In past productions, I feel like Hanschen and Ernst are kind of just static characters, but this performance makes them feel like they have a richer plot going on here, it makes you wonder if they're hurtling toward a destructive end, like Wendla and Melchior, or if, maybe, they'll be okay?
Well anyways I've watched this and analyzed it way more than I'd like to admit so now it's time to sleep.
I’m sorry to say it but it most likely didn’t end well. What the people made Wendla do when she got pregnant was had enough, imagine someone finding out about these two... it hurts me to say, but it probably ended bad. Trust me, I would love to think they were okay, but that most likely wasn’t the case....
Germany in the 1890s? I'm sure they have a good long run together, but I don't thing it ends well.
David Wilds what if they lasted into the 30’s as two old men, then were discovered as being gay and sent to the concentration camps during the holocaust? I mean.. theyre 15ish in the 1890’s, the 30’s-40’s is only 40-50 years later... what a sad ending
@@Therebesquare you hurt me so damn much with that,,, why
Issy Campbell 👊🤠. Which part made you the most sad?
My heart stops when I even think about this performance!! They are both phenomenal actors!!!
I’m gonna say it
This Hanschen is objectively better than the original Broadway one
This is my favourite version of Spring Awakening! It has that intimacy and the subconscious (within the voice actors) that you don't see in the others. Honestly, the ASL adds that extra layer of sweetness
This was so sensual and delicate...it gave me chills, and the "trust me" scene was amazing!
i literally cant stop watching this. the asl mixed with the music is absolutely breathtaking, especially the way he signs “your bruise” on the other guys body, it’s so intimate
There's something just so soft and romantic about the way this is done. I feel breathless.
i just LOVE how andy denies with his head looking at josh’s hand in the third kiss like “no, we don’t have to worry about this, about bruising each other because WE LOVE EACH OTHER”
"He can rock the boat, like melchior..." THE PEOPLE ALL SAID SIT DOWN! SIT DOWN YOU'RE ROCKIN' THE BOAT!
I love this cuz it really captures the intimacy that belongs in that scene. Some parts *are* meant to be funny but its really beautiful and i like this version a lot more than any others
hanschen taking ernst's hand and guiding it through the sing language is the equivalent of hanschen taking ernst's mic in the obc - it's at the same line too 'I'm gonna bruise you'
wait you're so right. this is incredible
This is so great for so many reasons, the intimacy, the interactions between Josh and Daniel, the changes they made to portray this in a sweet and actually healthy way- and also the fact that no matter how many times I've watched this production as a whole, there are still things I pick up even in small numbers. Like, the fact that Andy doesn't sign the "you can't be serious" and Ernst can only see him say "You're such a sentimentalist" adds to the character development even if it's just one sentence hhhhhh
hanschen saying "you can't be serious" when ernst's name literally means serious is iconic
ERNST'S PURE ASS SMILE AT 1:54 HEL P MY WEAK HEART
are you trying to give the boy a heart attack jesus hanschen
Honestly Andy can give me a heart attack and I'll thank him
@@xxdarkknight420xx2 he already gives me a heart attack
Everytime I watch this I feel like I'm having a heart attack IM IN LOVE WITH ANDY
that made me ship it HECKIN MOOD
@@werebunniee I'm at school right now fangirling like oh my god help me
I'd like to pretend that I haven't watched this at least 100 times in just this year but we all know that'd be a complete lie.
hedwig and the angry bitch hey mood
Also your name is wonderful
only 100?
I relate to this more than I probably should
This has to be one of the most beautiful and genuine versions of this i've seen, its just stunning and the signing adds a whole new dimension to it
You can’t see it in this video but in the end of the song Ernst (Josh Castille) hops off the piano and goes to kiss and hug his voice( David) and goes off with Hanschen holding hands... that’s so sweet ❤️
Wow... this was rather sweet. And it's interesting the vastly diferent vibe and tone between this recording and the one in Stage Dork, with also Andy and Josh. In the StageDork one, Hanschen come off more as a manipulative person, who while might feel something as affection/atraction for Ernst doesn't REALLY care for him as a real person; in fact, you can read a lot of condescendetion, dismissiveness (snorting and pushing away Ernst hand at the implication of being possibly wounded by him) and smugness in his overall lenguage (he even sounds more angered in the moment he thought was been rejected). In here, he is more like a flirting person completly smitten by someone he think is naïve and completly adorable, and trying to be noticed by all means, being more sweet and intimate than eerie and cornering. Those are my two cents
WE WERE ALMOST GOING TO DO THIS AT MY SCHOOL, BUT WE'RE DOING FRICKEN' INTO THE WOODS INSTEAD AND I AM PISSED
_Apparently_ a musical about high schoolers isn't appropriate for high schoolers
we're doing this at my school and I'm a little scared tbh (but also so so excited)
+Take 5 Band lucky. Hope it goes well!
I can proudly say i was the 69th like.
I totally understand your frustration, Spring Awakening is a much more complex and high level story, but to be fair, a show about depressed, suicidal teenagers and abortions might not be the right tone for a school
I love how before the last kiss of this scene, Andy chuckles. I never noticed that until now.
Some Random Nothing's ITS NOICE ISNT IT
this is BY FAR my favorite version of this reprise. everything from the singing to the asl works so good together.
This has to be my favorite version of this scene ever produced. It isn't played for laughs and the ASL adds so much intimacy to the scene that can't be found in any other versions. These actors are perfect for their respective roles and they do a good job of adding a layer of authenticity and realism to these characters which in other productions (at least to me) lack those things.
they rlly said “how seductively can we make andy sign the word cream” and the answer was yes
Honestly I love this so much I can't even explain it. Like this production did so well with Hanschen and he's my favorite character and ugh I'm just really happy and I just really love Andy Mientus.
i always come back to this video and admire the beauty and genius that andy mientus is
Don't we all 😂😂❤❤
I was gonna like this comment, but I also want to leave it at 69...
@@iheartdjo I had to unlike it because I realised the same thing😂
i almost forgot to watch this today
erin.M shame on you lol
I started memorizing the signing for the chorus
I cannot express how much I love this performance
they’re all so talented
and I’m also very happy that the casting directors recognized the talent of Andy
ALSO, MICHAEL AND ANDY ARE MARRIED AND I LOVE THAT THWY WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS
this is the most beautiful performance i have ever seen out of this song
This is honestly the most romantic thing I've ever seen in any production - MY HEART IS SO FULL OF FEELINGS IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BURST! 😍😭😭
This Hanschen has the perfect voice for the role. It’s exactly how I imagine him sounding when I read the script.
I know Andy mientus is literally so perfect for this
2:15 the cutest thing I have ever seen,, ernst,, my son
Is it just me or does anyone else love the way Andy sings "wounded"??
Every time I watch this I can’t Help but to notice the girl wiping away her tears in the background when they roll away the piano. That girl is honestly a mood
I appreciate this version a lot more than the original. It’s more intimate and sensitive. It shows that the characters really do care for each other and it’s not some comedic route. I love this version of the show nice job Deaf West!
this is such a different rendition of this scene. in non deaf spring awakening, hanschen is a representation of the anti-hero of the play othello, othello and him kissing and toying with ernst is showing what othello did to desdemona. the connection between othello and hanschen is shown in my junk which is comedic but crucial to his character. in this version, it seems as if hanschen isn’t othello, and that he has lost every trait othello has that he had. he, like othello breaks a heart (not by killing in othellos case but he does break a heart) but unlike othello, in the original, he does not feel remorse for playing with ernst’s feelings. i think that dwsa hanschen is more of himself, without all the baggage that comes with being othello. hanschen and ernst have been stripped of their roles in othello and become people in dwsa and i think that’s why this scene works so well.
Honestly I’ve never seen dwsa before, but he’s one of the best hanschen’s I’ve seen
Update, apparently I saw “hanschen” (Andy) as Boq in the wicked tour, and yes, I
Am super in love with him now. Hence the name and the profile pic lol
The way he says "envy" is the hottest thing ever
I though he was saying "enemy" but it was "envy" the whole TIME gosh I'm dumb.
I WAS JUST THINKING THE SAME THING STOP READING MY MIND
When i become fluent in ASL imma rewatch this musical.
love how this is treated like an actual scene instead of like a joke, like in the 2006 version.
andys hanschen is the best ever. He gives him so much depth
every couple days i come back to this video and cry bc i love this sm
I never thought about it but DDS starts playing the song while still saying lines like a LEGEND
This version makes me sob in the best way every time. Not many productions take their relationship seriously and this is just so fucking beautiful, plus I'm just so gay for Josh and Andy and aaahhhh
Okay but, when Daniel whacks the keys, the look Andy gives him is AMAZING xDDDD
josh castille is the most adorable human
IM CRYING IN THE CLUB HE PULLED CLOSER ON TRUST ME AND THEYRE SO CUUUUTE
This is the purest thing I have ever seen
I want this musical as a movie.
I just discovered this version and I love it so much! I just keep watching it because it makes Ernst and Hanschen's relationship so layered and perfect
The amount of times I’ve watched this is probably unhealthy but I love the chemistry between Hanschen and Ernst in this production...
I'm so unhappy that I missed my chance to see this musical.
biggest mood.
this may be one of my favorite TH-cam videos ever
I second this
how many times am I going to watch this is the real question
a lot of fucking times yall
Forever. I’m lonely!😥
I’m never gonna stop
Ikr
This remains to this day the most beautiful video I have ever seen in my life
WHO TOOK THEIR LITTLE KID TO SEE SPRING AWAKENING????? You can hear a kid whining at one point...
Zach DePaolo that poor child has seen too much
Omg
it's me. I'm sorry
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starting them young
This is honestly so beautiful.
Andy as Hanschen is honestly the most hilarious/ best thing ever! I love him so much get amazing ♡♡
He's*
This is SO much better than the original. So much more beautiful. I am IN LOVE this revival.
This song gives me chills every time I listen. It’s so unique and just so... sweet. It makes me sad how I’m never gonna achieve this level of perfection. I know that it probably ended badly, but this gives me hope. And the melodies, the harmonies. So unique to this song. It’s special. It truly is. I love it. No other way to describe it.
Hanschen's "cream" is more than a little suggestive. :) Nice work.
I love this so much it's hurting me
I have now watched this every day for this week??
I might have an obsession...
Oh well!
Might as well watch it all year
I keep on coming back to this - dwsa will always be my favourite version, it is just so so well done
my life is a lie, I just realized this is from the pre-broadway production! I could only tell by the uniform they're wearing
This is the reason why I'm still alive. Honestly, Andy is AMAZING and I just love this whole song anyways uuUUUUUUGHAHAHAHHHH
I've been learning sign language for over a month and I can finally do this song!
If anyone has read Carry On, tell me I'm not the only one who sees Hernst as a kind of parallel to Snowbaz
Elina Marie .... Bless you I completely see where you're coming from
I'M SCREAMING THIS IS WHY I LOVE THE INTERNET
Elina Marie yEs
IS BAZ ERNST HDJDJDJDJ
thespianreads OMG I HOPE SO
And they ride off into the sunset on a piano
they just pull a grease and fly into the sun on the piano
I shouldn't have started laughing. I just imagined if Andy had fallen while climbing on the piano