Photo Coverage: Spring Awakening Arrivals
Monday, December 11, 2006; Posted: 06:12 PM - by Ben Strothmann
Spring Awakening,
after beginning previews on Thursday, November 16th, opened on Sunday,
December 10th at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (239 W. 49th St.).
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.
 Nikki Blonksy
 John Lloyd Young and Alison Franck
 Leslie Kritzer
 Kyle Fox and Rick Hayashi
 Frank Wildhorn and Brandi Burkhardt
 Marian Seldes
 Cindy Hetzel and Duncan Sheik
 Jane Krakowski
 Jane Krakowski
Peter Hermann, Ian McShane, Mariska Hargitay, Tamara Tunie and Gregory Generet
 Tamara Tunie and Mariska Hargitay
 Peter Hermann
 Peter Hermann and Mariska Hargitay
 Edie Falco and Mariksa Hargitay
 B.D. Wong and Edie Falco
 Edie Falco, B.D. Wong, Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann
 Michael Cerveris and Nellie McKay
 Christian Borle and Sutton Foster
 Georgette Mosbacher and guest
 Dallas Roberts
 Tony Kushner
 Georgette Mosbacher
 Jeffrey Richards and Elizabeth Ashley
 Jennifer Holliday
 Christine Ebersole
 Christine Ebersole
 Christine Ebersole and Elizabeth Ashley
 Michael Mayer
 Erika Christensen
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The Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Spring Awakening will receive its UK premiere at London's Lyric Hammersmith, 1/23-2/28 as part the Lyric lineup.The Lyric will also be presenting the Gecko's production of Nikolai Gogol's The Overcoat 3/20-4/11, dance piece Hang On, a collaboration of Theatre-Rites and award-winning aerialists Ockham's Razor 4/15-4/25 and finally Deepak Verma's musical adaptation of the classic novel Wuthering Heights re-set in India 4/29-5/23 2009. This fall marked the launch of the First National Touring Company, which premiered at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco and just completed an engagement in Los Angeles at the Ahmanson Theatre.The tour's upcoming schedule includes Tempe, AZ, Chicago, Boston, Tampa, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Washington, DC among many other stops and is currently booked through the end of 2009. International productions are set in 2009 for London, Vienna, Toronto, Helsinki, and Seoul.
'SPRING' Star Hunter Parrish Profiled in NYT Feature
Spring Awakening star Hunter Parrish was featured in the New York Times theater section yesterday, the WEEDS actor gives a brief interview about performing the Broadway show and how the stage continues to inspire him. Parrish has been a wonderful addition to the Great White Way these last number of months, bringing dynamic energy to the production and giving of his time and talents to the entire Broadway community. The Times piece is a great profile on an inspired young actor.
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Ben Strothmann has been a portrait and theatrical photographer since 1995. Since building his first darkroom in his hometown of Milwaukee WI, his portrait studio now looks out over Manhattan where he shoots headshots and production photos. Born to a famous cheesecake lady (Suzy Strothmann of Suzy's Cream Cheesecakes), Ben is also an actor and pianist. Currently he lives in Astoria and studies guitar and Icelandic. Ben is also a volunteer for The Heart Gallery (heartgallerynyc.org) and helps NYC foster children find permanent, loving families. Ben is proud to be a part of the world famous singing waitstaff at Ellen's Stardust Diner. See www.benstrothmann.com for more info.
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