Spring Awakening

Performing live April 27, 2011 at Fisher Auditorium, IUP Campus, Indiana PA.

The winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical,  Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with poignancy and passion you will never forget.  The landmark musical Spring  Awakening is an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock and roll that is exhilarating audiences across the nation like no other musical in years. Join this group of late 19th century German students on their passage, as they navigate teenage self-discovery and coming of age anxiety in a powerful celebration of youth and rebellion in the daring, remarkable Spring Awakening.  (Partial nudity and adult content.)

Show Bio

Based on Frank Wedekind’s 19th-century play, Spring Awakening features a score by Duncan Sheik, a book by Steven Sater and was directed by Michael Mayer, all of whom won Tony Awards for their work. The show began life in 2006 at off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theatre Company and opened on Broadway on December 10, 2006, with a cast led by Tony nominee Jonathan Groff as Melchior, Lea Michele as Wendla and Tony winner John Gallagher, Jr. as Moritz.

The show’s producers released a statement saying, “Spring Awakening was a glorious challenge from the very start, a challenge that a remarkable creative team took on and transformed into a life-changing experience.  And while our Broadway run will come to an end this January, Spring Awakening will continue to touch audiences across the country, through our national tour, and around the world, with productions soon to open in London, Vienna, Toronto, Helsinki and Seoul.” 

The Broadway company of Spring Awakening currently includes Hunter Parrish, Alexandra Socha, Gerard Canonico, Amanda Castanos, Blake Daniel, Matt Doyle, Andrew Durand, Christine Estabrook, Glenn Fleshler, Emma Hunton, Emily Kinney, Caitlin Kinnunen and Gabriel Violett.

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