Spring Awakening

What better way to kick off a series of reviews than with a musical I am sure only 20 percent of you have heard of!!!????...yeah. Well, for the 80 percent, here is some background information:The Austrian musical "Elisabeth" is one of the most successful German language musicals of all time. It tells the story of the historical Empress Elisabeth of Bavaria, who was married to the Emperor Franz Josef of Austria at 16.She was legendary for her beauty and her free spirit, rejecting the restrictions of court life. However, her life was very tragic. She faced a critical mother-in-law, and the deaths...

"Pippin" is a musical composed by Stephen Schwartz ("Wicked") and directed/choreographed by stage and dance legend Bob Fosse. It is one of the longest running musicals known and has a revival that's currently already starting to run. The plot takes place in the middle ages where Pippin, the son of King Charlemagne, feels unsatisfied with his life and tries different lifestyles in order to seek his purpose. And without giving away anything that happens, and that's the show in a nutshell. Although Pippin and Charlemagne were both famous figures in history, this show is about as historically reliable...