How well do you know Spring Awakening, the groundbreaking rock musical? Test your knowledge of this Tony Award-winning show, which made waves on Broadway with its alternative rock score by Duncan Sheik and its raw exploration of adolescent struggles. From its original Broadway debut in 2006 to its acclaimed 2015 revival, Spring Awakening has captivated audiences worldwide. Dive into the trivia that makes this show a journey worth remembering.
International Productions
- The West End production of Spring Awakening won four Laurence Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical.
- Spring Awakening has been produced in various international locations, including Sweden, Budapest, Vienna, and more, following its success on Broadway.
Musical Composition
- Spring Awakening is a rock musical that uses alternative rock music and a folk-infused rock score created by Duncan Sheik.
- The original Broadway cast recording features a switch in the order of the songs 'The Guilty Ones' and 'Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind' compared to the stage performance.
- The 2021/22 London run saw the reintroduction of the song 'There Once Was a Pirate' in place of 'The Guilty Ones', showcasing the fluidity in musical numbers in different productions.
Production Facts
- The musical Spring Awakening is based on the 1891 German play by Frank Wedekind also called Spring Awakening.
- The original Broadway production of Spring Awakening opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on December 10, 2006.
- Key cast members of the original Broadway production included Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, and John Gallagher Jr.
- Spring Awakening won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, Direction, Book, Score, and Featured Actor.
- The musical was revived on Broadway in 2015 and received three Tony Award nominations.
- A documentary titled Spring Awakening: Those You've Known, chronicling a 15-year reunion of the original cast, was released on HBO in 2022.
- The story of Spring Awakening revolves around the tumultuous discoveries of adolescent sexuality in late 19th-century Germany.
- Act II of the Off-Broadway production originally opened with the musical number 'There Once Was a Pirate', which was replaced by 'The Guilty Ones' in later productions.
- In the musical, all the roles of adults are traditionally played by just two actors, a man and a woman. However, the 2015 Broadway revival featured two pairs of adults, including one deaf/HoH pair.
- The character Moritz's funeral scene is pivotal as each child character drops a flower into his grave, symbolically touching on the factors that led to his tragic end.
