VIDEO: Departing Camryn Manheim Calls SPRING AWAKENING 'A Magical, Magical Experience'
By: Michael Dale Jan. 11, 2016
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As she walked to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre Sunday afternoon for her final two performances in Deaf West Theatre's Broadway revival of SPRING AWAKENING, Obie and Emmy Award winner Camryn Manheim spoke warmly of the production that granted her Broadway debut.
Sunday also marked the final performance for her co-star, Oscar-winner Marlee Matlin.
Deaf West Theatre's acclaimed production of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's SPRING AWAKENING, directed byMichael Arden and choreographed by Spencer Liff, opened on Sunday night, September 27, at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre for a limited engagement ending January 24th.
Based on Frank Wedekind's controversial 1891 expressionist play of the same name and featuring an electrifying pop/rock score, SPRING AWAKENING follows the lives of a group of adolescents as they navigate their journey from adolescence to adulthood in a fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll. An extraordinary creative team including Michael Arden and Spencer Liff has reinvented the groundbreaking musical about lost innocence and the struggles of youth in true Deaf West style.
Based on Frank Wedekind's controversial 1891 expressionist play of the same name and featuring an electrifying pop/rock score, Spring Awakening follows the lives of a group of adolescents as they navigate their journey from adolescence to adulthood in a Fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll. An extraordinary creative team including Michael Arden and Spencer Liff has reinvented the groundbreaking musical about lost innocence and the struggles of youth in true Deaf West style.
Spring Awakening is produced by Ken Davenport, Cody Lassen, Hunter Arnold, David J. Kurs, andDeaf West Theatre, with Carl Daikeler, Sandi Moran, Chockstone Pictures, Caiola Productions,Marguerite Hoffman, H. Richard Hopper, LearyTodd Productions, MarKolTop Productions, R&D Theatricals, Brian Cromwell Smith, Invisible Wall Productions, Monica Horan Rosenthal, and Associate Producer Kayla Greenspan.
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