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Spring Awakening is a coming-of-age rock musical with music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater. It is based on the 1891 German play Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind. Set in late 19th-century Germany, the musical tells the story of teenagers discovering the inner and outer tumult of adolescent sexuality.
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May 5, 2022 · In Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known, a new HBO documentary from director Michael John Warren, 37-year-old actor John Gallagher Jr. reflects on the journey of a fictional 19th century German...
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Jul 9, 2015 · Spring Awakening is based on the highly controversial and oft-censored 1891 play by German playwright Frank Wedekind. Spring Awakening was Frank Wedekind’s first play. He had it published at his own expense in 1891, but it was not performed until Wedekind started his own repertory company in 1906.
Based on Frank Wedekind’s groundbreaking and controversial play (once banned in Germany), Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s brilliant rock score and searingly emotional book take the story of sexual awakening, youth revolt, and self-discovery into a new century.
From Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele to Skylar Astin and Jennifer Damiano, find out where you can find the original cast members now. By Eli Cohen. Jonathan Groff, John Gallgher, Jr., Jonathan B...
Joan Marcus. It’s been over eight years since the Tony Award-winning Spring Awakening opened on Broadway—and re-defined the landscape for rock musicals. Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff, John...
Dec 17, 2021 · Based on the 1891 play by Frank Wedekind, the piece had a gradual conception, with seven-years' worth of workshops, concert stagings and more before it finally premiered off-Broadway in 2006, making the leap to the Great White Way that same year.
