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Spring Awakening

Opened 2006

859 performances

Musical, Modern

Tony Award for Best Musical, 2007

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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.

"SPRING AWAKENING ANEW MUSICAL": the show's own period marketing line.

Music
Duncan Sheik
Lyrics
Steven Sater
Book
Steven Sater
AdolescenceSexual AwakeningRepressionAuthoritySuicide

Productions4 productions: 3 on Broadway, 1 in the West End

2006
Eugene O'Neill TheatreBroadway Original, opened December 10, 2006, directed by Michael Mayer
859 performances, 8 Tony wins
2009
Lyric TheatreBroadway Opened January 23, 2009
2009
Novello TheatreLondon Original
2015
Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway Revival, opened September 27, 2015, directed by The Forest of Arden
135 performances

Songs18 songs

Mama Who Bore Me, The Bitch of Living, Totally Fucked, All That’s Known, My Junk, Touch Me, The Word of Your Body, The Dark I Know Well, And Then There Were None, The Mirror-Blue Night, I Believe, The Guilty Ones, Don’t Do Sadness, Blue Wind, Left Behind, Whispering, Those You’ve Known, The Song of Purple Summer

Recordings 4 recordings

2006
Spring Awakening (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Spring Awakening (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Verve, released December 12, 2006
Worldwide
2006
Spring Awakening: A New Musical
Spring Awakening: A New Musical Decca Broadway B0008020-02 IN03, released December 12, 2006
United States
2006
Spring Awakening: A New Musical Decca Broadway, released December 12, 2006
United States

Licensing 1 entry

US Music Theatre International Spring Awakening matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor

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