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 mientus has been a 14 year old for like uhh 7 years im so proud of him

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.

Hanschen using the sign for "trust" to pull himself closer to Ernst at 0:55 is such creative blocking. Love this revival.

dudes josh castille gets to make out with andy mientus every night dudes andy mientus gets to make out with josh castille every night

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.

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.

I love that moment when Hanschen says "cream", and Daniel hits the piano keys while Josh kind of freaks out.

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

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...)

Andy's "you can't be serious" is my aesthetic

I just realized that when Hanschen is listing the three ways Ernst is counting them on his fingers 😊😊 how precious is that????

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

this is so much more romantic than the original lmao

I think I've watched this more times than I've gone to church and I don't know how to feel about it

hanschen: those bells... so peaceful... ernst: hanschen I appreciate the conversation starter, but... I'm deaf?

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.

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

Almost forgot to watch this today

I'm loving this bisexual lighting

This is the only version of the Vineyard scene that matters

That part at the end when Hanschen shakes his head and then kisses him!!! I'm dying!!!

I love that they made it more "hauntingly beautiful" than "hauntingly eerie" like they did in the original. This is really awesome.

i love how at 4:50 andy brushes off josh's hand and laughs slightly, it's so pure and adorable

I just realized at the end, you see Katie wiping away tears in the background.

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

ERNST'S PURE ASS SMILE AT 1:54 HEL P MY WEAK HEART

Andy is the Hanschen of my dreams.

Andy plays such a charming Hanschen :'^)

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.

are you trying to give the boy a heart attack jesus hanschen

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”

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'

I’m gonna say it This Hanschen is objectively better than the original Broadway one

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

My heart stops when I even think about this performance!! They are both phenomenal actors!!!

Play this video at my actual funeral. Like, I want it to be my funeral service. Just this video.

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!

There's something just so soft and romantic about the way this is done. I feel breathless.

hanschen saying "you can't be serious" when ernst's name literally means serious is iconic

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.

they rlly said “how seductively can we make andy sign the word cream” and the answer was yes

"He can rock the boat, like melchior..." THE PEOPLE ALL SAID SIT DOWN! SIT DOWN YOU'RE ROCKIN' THE BOAT!

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 ❤️

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

WE WERE ALMOST GOING TO DO THIS AT MY SCHOOL, BUT WE'RE DOING FRICKEN' INTO THE WOODS INSTEAD AND I AM PISSED

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

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

I love how before the last kiss of this scene, Andy chuckles. I never noticed that until now.

2:15 the cutest thing I have ever seen,, ernst,, my son

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.

i almost forgot to watch this today

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

This Hanschen has the perfect voice for the role. It’s exactly how I imagine him sounding when I read the script.

WHO TOOK THEIR LITTLE KID TO SEE SPRING AWAKENING????? You can hear a kid whining at one point...

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.

love how this is treated like an actual scene instead of like a joke, like in the 2006 version.

The way he says "envy" is the hottest thing ever

And they ride off into the sunset on a piano

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 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 is the most beautiful performance i have ever seen out of this song

When i become fluent in ASL imma rewatch this musical.

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! 😍😭😭

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 always come back to this video and admire the beauty and genius that andy mientus is

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!

josh castille is the most adorable human

andys hanschen is the best ever. He gives him so much depth

Okay but, when Daniel whacks the keys, the look Andy gives him is AMAZING xDDDD

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

IM CRYING IN THE CLUB HE PULLED CLOSER ON TRUST ME AND THEYRE SO CUUUUTE

Honestly I’ve never seen dwsa before, but he’s one of the best hanschen’s I’ve seen

I want this musical as a movie.

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

every couple days i come back to this video and cry bc i love this sm

I'm so unhappy that I missed my chance to see this musical.

If anyone has read Carry On, tell me I'm not the only one who sees Hernst as a kind of parallel to Snowbaz

I shouldn't have started laughing. I just imagined if Andy had fallen while climbing on the piano

I never thought about it but DDS starts playing the song while still saying lines like a LEGEND

This is the purest thing I have ever seen

how many times am I going to watch this is the real question

The amount of times I’ve watched this is probably unhealthy but I love the chemistry between Hanschen and Ernst in this production...

andy mientus is the only hanschen that matters

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

In most versions Hanschen very aggressively makes out with Ernst but in this it seems more romantic, plus the signing makes the whole thing more intimate

This remains to this day the most beautiful video I have ever seen in my life

this may be one of my favorite KZfaq videos ever

This is SO much better than the original. So much more beautiful. I am IN LOVE this revival.

Andy as Hanschen is honestly the most hilarious/ best thing ever! I love him so much get amazing ♡♡

1:51 omg josh is so adorable

I've been learning sign language for over a month and I can finally do this song!

I love this so much it's hurting me

Hanschen's "cream" is more than a little suggestive. :) Nice work.

this is my fav version i feel like there' more chemistry

I keep on coming back to this - dwsa will always be my favourite version, it is just so so well done