Producers Ira Pittelman, Tom Hulce, Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel are proud to announce that Spring Awakening, the 8-time Tony Award® winning and Grammy Award-winning Broadway musical will launch a multi-city national tour beginning in the Curran Theatre in San Francisco on September 4th as part of the SHN Best of Broadway Series.
A pre-tour west coast premiere will take place mid August in San Diego in the historic Balboa Theatre.
The producers released a joint statement saying "
Spring Awakening has been on an incredible journey -- from the early workshop days at the La Jolla Playhouse, to the Atlantic Theatre Company premiere, through our triumphant Broadway opening.
This ground-breaking production continues to attract new and non-traditional audiences to Broadway.
We are thrilled that the national tour will enable audiences in major performing arts centers across America to discover and enjoy this beautiful and haunting production. We are honored to be working with a vibrant young cast, the amazing music by
Duncan Sheik, a wonderful libretto by Steve Sater and an award-winning creative team."
Cities in the first year of the tour include San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Toronto, Seattle, Portland, Houston, Tempe, Louisville, East Lansing, Tampa.  Other cities will be announced shortly.
Spring Awakening swept the 2007 Tony Awards® winning eight out of its eleven nominations, including Best Musical, Best Score (
Duncan Sheik & Steven Sater), Best Director (
Michael Mayer), Best Book (
Steven Sater), Best Choreography (
Bill T. Jones), Best Orchestrations (
Duncan Sheik), Best Lighting Design (
Kevin Adams), Best Featured Actor (John Gallagher Jr.).
Hailed as the "Best Musical of the Year" by the NY Drama Critics Circle, the Drama Desk, the Outer Critics Circle and the Tony Awards®,
Spring Awakening emerged as the most talked about musical on Broadway.
