Baby can wait
Baby can wait is a musical about the sex education of young people in Germany. The plot was written by five students in consultation with Martin Stanscheit. Professional musicians like Andy Susemihl - known as the guitarist of UDO - wrote the songs. Directed by Thomas Goll. Ray Lynch and his son Marcus Lynch were responsible for the choreography.
The musical should set an example in the education of German young people. It wants to address young people in their language in one important aspect and thus make a contribution to making young people aware of the consequences of sexual intercourse and how they can deal with the consequences. Other schools were included in a competition.
With funds from the pharmaceutical company Wyeth GmbH and concept development from the marketing company Martin Stanscheidt Corporate Navigation-MSCN , the musical could be realized. The premiere was in March 2007 at the Abtei-Gymnasium Brauweiler .
content
First Scene
The first scene takes place in Luigi's ice cream parlor. It begins shortly after the main character Leila falls in love with her tutor Moritz, who is two years older than her, and they are a couple. Now she is questioned about her new boyfriend in Luigi's ice cream parlor by her friends Anna , Maren , Kitty and Vanessa . Full of joy and happy about her love happiness, she sings the first song I take it easy . Also Moritz comes with his friends Benny and Tom to the cafe and invites Leila and her friends to a party in the evening.
Second scene
While Moritz helps with the party preparations in Tom's garage, he tells his friends that he would like to take Leila with him after the party because his parents are not at home. Benny and Tom immediately begin to speculate about Moritz's possible success. When the party starts and Leila and Moritz are very busy, Leila's friends also begin to speculate about Moritz's intentions.
Meanwhile Moritz tries to get Leila to stay with him. She makes it clear to him that there is neither with nor with , since they have only been together for two days. Leila sings the song Baby Can Wait .
Moritz witnesses a fight. When he comes back into the garage and wants to ask Leila if she would like to come to the lake with him and a few friends, he only finds Vanessa. Out of jealousy, she tells him that Leila has already left. In fact, Leila was only in the bathroom. Vanessa persuades Moritz to take her with him because Leila is no longer there. When Leila comes back and finds out that Moritz has left, she and her friends leave the party frustrated.
Third scene
The next day all the girls meet in Leila's room. After a phone call with Moritz, she is in a good mood again and goes to the kitchen with her friends to get something to eat. Only Vanessa stays in Leila's room because of an alleged diet. While the others are in the kitchen, Leila's cell phone beeps. Vanessa uses her chance and answers a text message from Moritz and then deletes it. During the course of the day, Leila is surprised that Moritz has not contacted her. Finally she has the feeling again that he left her behind. She expresses her frustration with the song Your Views .
Fourth scene
In the ice cream parlor, where it all began, Leila unloads all of her frustration with her friends. When Moritz comes to the café with his friends and is angry himself, the situation escalates into a dispute between the two, expressed by the song More . Leila finally storms out of the ice cream parlor angrily. Moritz continues to argue with Anna, Maren and Kitty. In this dispute it turns out that Vanessa is all to blame. Happy that the situation has been clarified, everyone begins preparations for a reconciliation party in Luigi's ice cream parlor. The girls get Leila. After Moritz tells her the real story, they are reunited. Finally, the two main actors sing the duet Forever, Forever .
reporting
The musical became known through press reports in local and national media even before the premiere. In addition to reports in the Bild newspaper , Bravo and Bravo Girl , the Kölnische Rundschau commented : “A good hour of catchy pop songs, groovy rhythms (...) and above all scenes from your own life on the threshold of the adult world”.
premiere
The premiere took place at the Abtei-Gymnasium in Brauweiler, directed by Thomas Goll.