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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.
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- Based on Frank Wedekind's 1891 German play of the same name
- Opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theater December 10, 2006
- Songwriter: Duncan Sheik
- Lyricist: Steven Sater
- Choreographer: Bill T. Jones
- Received 11 Tony nominations
- 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
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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.
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Playbill News: Spring Awakening to Launch National Tour in Fall 2008
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I'm severely bothered that I still remember all the lyrics to Spring Awakening. Sigh.
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Check out Spring Awakening at the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati Jan. 12 - 24! I'll be at almost every show. Tix & Info: http://bit.ly/40jIzu
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Spring Awakening: A Play - $13.00
First performed in Germany in 1906, Frank Wedekind’s controversial play Spring Awakening closed after one night in New York in 1917 amid charges of obscenity and public outrage. For the better part of the twentieth cen...
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Spring Awakening (2006 Original Broadway Cast) - $18.98
Decca Broadway presents the cast recording for the acclaimed new Broadway production, SPRING AWAKENING. Written by pop music composer Duncan Sheik and playwright/lyricist Steven Sater, the musical explores emotional earthquakes in the lives...
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View All Spring Awakening Questions (239) | Ask a QuestionDoes anyone know where I can find a karaoke track for "Left Behind" from ''Spring Awakening?'' (1 Answer)Hello! I found the karaoke song you were looking for! First go to: http://www.singingstore.com/karaoke__may2008.htm The Press Ctrl + F A search box will appear. Paste: LITHL01164 __ MUSC.THEATR.ANTH. BK/CD V.5 ... read moreHow much water is being bubbling up in Big Spring, Missouri? (1 Answer)-quote- "Discharge at Big Spring - average 465 cu ft/s (13 m3/s) 1981-2006 - maximum 2,000 cu ft/s (57 m3/s) - minimum 236 cu ft/s (7 m3/s)" -end of quote- read moreAnyone know where I can find performance rights for Frank Wedekinds Spring Awakening? (1 Answer)Depending on what kind of performance rights you are talking will very from venue to venue. For a more thorough answer to this question to help narrow down exactly what ... read moreIf you had to choose only one, would you see Spring Awakening or Wicked? (3 Answers)I'd see Spring Awakening, because Wicked is such a huge hit that it will probably be performed many times in many productions down the road, and you'll get a chance ... read more
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Fast Facts
- Based on Frank Wedekind's 1891 German play of the same name
- Opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theater December 10, 2006
- Songwriter: Duncan Sheik
- Lyricist: Steven Sater
- Choreographer: Bill T. Jones
- Received 11 Tony nominations
- 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




