Spring Awakening,
after beginning previews on Thursday, November 16th, opened on Sunday,
December 10th at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (239 W. 49th St.). The star-studded after-party took place at Tavern on the Green.
Spring Awakening, previously a hit at the Atlantic Theater Company, features music by Duncan Sheik ("Barely Breathing"), and book and lyrics by Steven Sater (Carbondale Dreams). The entire youth ensemble is reprising their original roles: Skylar Astin (Georg), Lilli Cooper (Martha), John Gallagher Jr. (Moritz), Gideon Glick (Ernst), Jonathan Groff (Melchior), Brian Johnson (Otto), Lea Michele (Wendla), Lauren Pritchard (Ilse), Phoebe Strole (Anna), Jonathan B. Wright (Hanschen), and Remy Zaken (Thea). Tony Award-winner Stephen Spinella and Obie Award-winner Christine Estabrook perform the show's adult roles. Michael Mayer directs.
"Based on Frank Wedekind's 1891 masterpiece "The Awakening of Spring," Spring Awakening
is the contemporary musical adaptation of one of literature's most
controversial plays," according to press notes. The show "boldly
depicts a dozen young people and how they make their way through the
thrilling, complicated, confusing and mysterious time of their sexual
awakening. Duncan Sheik and
Steven Sater's score feature songs that illuminate the urgency of
adolescent self-discovery, the burning intensity of teen friendships
and the innate suspicion of the uncomprehending adult world."
Visit www.springawakening.com for more information.
Curtain call
Spring Awakening cast members, including John Gallagher, Jr., Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele and Stephen Spinella
Phoebe Strole, Gideon Glick, Remy Zaken, Brian Charles Johnson, Gerard Canonico, Jennifer Damiano and Christine Estabrook
Skylar Astin, Jonathan B. Wright, Robert Hager, Lilli Copper, and Krysta Rodriguez
Bill T. Jones, Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater, Michael Mayer, and Lea Michele
Bill T. Jones, Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater, Michael Mayer, and Lea Michele
Jonathan Groff, Bill T. Jones, Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater, Michael Mayer, Lea Michele and Stephen Spinella
Jane Krakowski
Jane Krakowski
Erika Christensen
Elizabeth Ashley
Mary Stuart Masterson
Nellie McKay and Michael Cerveris
B.D. Wong
Alison Franck and John Lloyd Young
John Lloyd Young
Frida Payne and Leslie Kritzer
Duncan Sheik
Duncan Sheik and Cindy Hetzel
Tamara Tunie
Christine Estabrook
Bill T. Jones
Marian Seldes and Phoebe Strole
Phoebe Strole
Remy Zaken and Phoebe Strole
Phoebe Strole, Brian Charles Johnson, Remy Zaken and Christine Estabrook
Brian Charles Johnson and Remy Zaken
Remy Zaken
Brian Charles Johnson
Steven Sater
Jonathan Groff
Jonathan Groff
Michael Mayer
Ira Pittelman, Michael Mayer, Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik
Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik
Skylar Astin and Jonathan B. Wright
Stephen Spinella
Krysta Rodriguez, Skylar Astin, Remy Zaken, Stephen Spinella, Brian
Charles Johnson, Jonathan B. Wright, Phoebe Strole, Jonathan Groff and
Jennifer Damiano
Krysta Rodriguez
Lilli Cooper, Gideon Glick, Steven Spinella, Brian Charles Johnson,
Jonathan B. Wright, Phoebe Strole, Jennifer Damiano, Krysta Rodriguez,
Michael Mayer, Skylar Astin, Remy Zaken and Jonathan Groff
Robert Hager, Brian Charles Johnson, Krysta Rodriguez, Jonathan B.
Wright, Gideon Glick, Phoebe Strole, Jennifer Damiano, Remy Zaken,
Skyler Astin, Jonathan Groff and Frances Mercanti-Anthony
Lilli Cooper
Lilli Cooper and Chuck Cooper
Lauren Pritchard
Remy Zaken, Gideon Glick, Lauren Pritchard, Lilli Cooper, Jonathan B. Wright and Phoebe Strole
Lea Michele
Lea Michele
Lea Michele and Stephen Spinella
Lilli Cooper, Remy Zaken, Lea Michele, Phoebe Strole, Stephen Spinella, Steven Sater, Lauren Pritchard and Skyler Astin
John Gallagher, Jr.
John Gallagher, Jr. and Stephen Spinella
Stephen Spinella
John Gallagher, Jr. and Remy Zaken
Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff
