<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><font size="6"><br></font></div><font size="6"><br></font><div><font size="6">LAND OF CLEVE REVIEW: </font></div><div><font size="6" color="#ff0000"><b>'Spring Awakening' </b></font></div><div><font size="6">Stirs Up </font><span style="font-size:xx-large">Intense </span></div><div><span style="font-size:xx-large">Excitement at </span></div><div><font size="6" color="#a64d79"><b>Near West Theatre</b></font><br></div><div><font size="6" color="#a64d79"><b><br></b></font></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue Light",HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify;font-size:large"><i>Spring Awakening</i> is a very popular musical with young people... most likely because it's a musical about young people. B</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue Light",HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify;font-size:large">ased on Frank Wedekind’s groundbreaking and controversial play from 1890, <em>Spring Awakening</em> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue Light",HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify;font-size:large">is being presented at Near West Theatre </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue Light",HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify;font-size:large">as part of its Summer Teen/Young Adult Musical (featuring actors and actresses ages 16-25), so that means the musical is also being performed by young people!</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue Light",HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue Light",HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify;font-size:large"></span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue Light",HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue Light",HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify;font-size:large">But don't freak out, old people -- the emotions this show explores and the messages it shares are easy to relate to by audience members of all ages.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue Light",HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue Light",HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify;font-size:large"><br>Director Kelcie Nicole Dugger's powerful production at Near West Theatre might not be for the faint-of-heart, but it's definitely for the young-at-heart. She stages explosive group numbers and intimate interactions with equal aplomb, aided by assistant director Amanda Bender. Josh Landis has the performers kicking up their heels -- sometimes literally into the air -- as the show's creative choreographer (assisted by Melanie Campbell)...</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue Light",HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b><font size="4" color="#ff0000">READ THE FULL REVIEW:</font></b></div><div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><b><a href="http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2018/07/cleve-review-spring-awakening-stirs-up.html"><font color="#a64d79">http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2018/07/cleve-review-spring-awakening-stirs-up.html</font></a></b></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><font color="#a64d79"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><font color="#a64d79"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><font color="#a64d79"><br></font></span></div></div></div></div>