TV Exclusive: SHOWTUNE SHUFFLE with SPRING AWAKENING Old & New- 'The Bitch of Living' Edition!

A big msuical revival will arrive in just a week, marking the first time since Spring Awakening has played on Broadway since its original 2006 run. Today, BWW is continuing our SHOWTUNE SHUFFLE series by tributing both the new kids and the original cast with "The Bitch of Living."

Deaf West Theatre's acclaimed production of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Spring Awakening will now run through Sunday, January 24 only at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 West 47th Street). Spring Awakening is currently in previews and will open Sunday, September 27.

Spring Awakening, with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik, is directed by Michael Ardenand choreographed by Spencer Liff. The creative team includes Dane Laffrey (scenic and costume design), Ben Stanton (lighting design), Gareth Owen (sound design), Lucy Mackinnon (projection design), and Carol F. Doran (hair and wig design). New York casting by Telsey + Company/Craig Burns, CSA. Original casting by Beth Lipari and Bruce Newberg.

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 includingMichael Arden and Spencer Liff has reinvented the groundbreaking musical about lost innocence and the struggles of youth in true Deaf West style.