Guide Note

Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening is based on the 1891 Frank Wedekind play of the same name. The original play was banned in Germany due to its controversial content including masturbation, rape and suicide.

The musical version premiered Off-Broadway in 2006 and opened on Broadway, at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, on December 10, 2006. The show received instant critical acclaim and was nominated for 11 Tony Awards, eventually winning 8, including the prize for Best Musical.

Fast Facts

1. Based on Frank Wedekind's 1891 German play of the same name
2. Opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theater December 10, 2006
3. Songwriter: Duncan Sheik
4. Lyricist: Steven Sater
5. Choreographer: Bill T. Jones
6. Received 11 Tony nominations
7. Won 8 Tony Awards:
   • Best Musical
   • Best Direction of a Musical
   • Best Book of a Musical
   • Best Original Score
   • Best Featured actor in a musical (John Gallagher, Jr.)
   • Best Choreography
   • Best Lighting Design of a Musical
   • Best Orchestration

Act I Musical Numbers

• "Mama Who Bore Me"
• "All That's Known"
• "The Bitch of Living"
• "My Junk"
• "Touch Me"
• "The Word of Your Body"
• "The Dark I Know Well"
• "The Word of Your Body"
• "And Then There Were None"
• "The Mirror-Blue Night"
• "I Believe"

Act II Musical Numbers

• "There Once Was a Pirate"/"The Guilty Ones"
• "Don't Do Sadness"
• "Blue Wind"
• "Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind"
• "Left Behind"
• "Totally Fucked"
• "The Word of Your Body"
• "Whispering"
• "Those You've Known"
• "The Song of Purple Summer"