VIDEO: SPRING AWAKENING's Ali Stroker On Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities

SPRING AWAKENING's Ali Stroker caught the acting bug at age seven, five years after being paralyzed from the chest down in a car accident.

"I was a little girl in a wheelchair. And then when I started to perform, I felt like I was now an actress and a singer. And it gave me another identity. And it made me feel really good."

Stroker talks with CBS Evening News about her road to Broadway.

Deaf West Theater's production of Spring Awakening is currently playing at Broadway's Brook Atkinson Theater. An extra two weeks of performances have recently been added to the limited engagement, extending the show's run through Sunday, January 24th.

Deaf West's innovative new production takes this already revolutionary musical to electrifying new heights by choreographing sign language into the production, intensifying the rift between the lost and longing teenagers and the adults who refuse to hear them. The production is directed by Michael Arden and features music by Duncan Sheik, book and lyrics by Steven Sater and choreography by Spencer Liff.