Talk:Spring Awakening

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Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Infobox 3 Lacking background 4 Article improvement

[edit] Synopsis

If anyone who has seen the show is on here, could you give a summary of the show song by song and explain what happens in each one? that would be great. Posted by User:MyJunkIsYou, 21:02, 27 December 2006.

There is now a synopsis, but it's pretty long and rambling. Can anyone tighten it up? -- Ssilvers 14:52, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I believe this article needs to have a summary statement (perhaps 1-3 sentences), or at least a general indication, of what the play is about in the introductory paragraph (before the table of contents). -DoctorW 05:19, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

The Synopsis section definitely needs to be shortened. WP:WPMT/AS states that "the synopsis should be long enough to accurately convey the story-line, the main characters, and the main musical numbers, but need not be overwhelmingly long or detailed. (The film project suggests a 900 word maximum, but a complex plot could require slightly more.)" I ran a word count on the section in its current format, and it came up as being 1,612 words long, which is clearly much longer than it should be. I'd really appreciate it if someone who's familiar with the show would work on it a bit. —Mears man (talk) 21:27, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox

Yep, needs one. -- Annie D 09:34, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lacking background

I'll do what I can, but I know very little and haven't seen the whole thing (only excerpts). Experts would be better, but at the very least, we need to add more background on the making of this musical ... explaining why it took seven years, detailing how the actors were barely into their teens in some cases when first cast (e.g., Lea Michele), explaining how it came to be made, more about the critical reception, and so forth, all using verifiable, reliable published sources and avoiding peacock terms. (People who edit articles about musicals do tend to be major fans of the works, after all, and it's easy to lose objectivity.) Lawikitejana 13:42, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

This last bit of paragraph needs a little work:

"However in my alternate ending Melchior does attempt suicide, but Melchior hears a voice in the cemetary, he crawls over with a razor in his chest, to Morritz's grave to find Morritz, along with Melchior on the brink of death. Luckily, Wendla, alive and well, calls for help. Morritz was in the worse condition, and an inch away from truly dying. Melchior got the razor blade stuck between his arteries, and if the razor rips the arteries apart, Melchior dies. In the next scene Melchior and Morritz are about to check out of the hospital when all of a sudden the ne'er do-wells from the reform school beat them up. Wendla stabs them all with a syringe, but its too late:Morritz stobs breathing and Melchior's wound fell oppen, killing them both."

The first sentence is confusing (too many names to too many pronouns and "my"?). Some of the grammar and spelling should be checked as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.49.7.219 (talk) 00:25, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article improvement

This article needs citations to published sources. Please see WP:V and WP:RS. -- Ssilvers (talk) 14:20, 12 June 2008 (UTC)