Photo Coverage: Old Cast Members Reunite on the SPRING AWAKENING Red Carpet!

Deaf West Theatre's acclaimed production of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's SPRING AWAKENING, directed by Michael Arden and choreographed by Spencer Liff, opened just last night, September 27, at Broadway's Brooks AtkinsonTheatre (256 West 47th Street). SPRING AWAKENING's strictly limited 18-week-only engagement started previews on September 8. BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and you can check out red carpet coverage below!

The complete cast of SPRING AWAKENING is Robert Ariza, Miles Barbee, Katie Boeck, Alex Boniello, Joshua Castille, Lizzy Cuesta, Daniel N. Durant, Treshelle Edmond, Sandra Mae Frank,Kathryn Gallagher, Sean Grandillo, ElizaBeth Greene, Russell Harvard, Amelia Hensley, Van Hughes,Lauren Luiz, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Camryn Manheim, Daniel Marmion, Academy and Golden Globe Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Marlee Matlin, Austin P. McKenzie, Andy Mientus,Patrick Page, Ren, Krysta Rodriguez, Daniel David Stewart, Ali Stroker,Alexandra Winter, and Alex Wyse.

SPRING AWAKENING, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2007, will run 18 weeks only, through Saturday, January 9. It will be performed simultaneously in American Sign Language and spoken and sung in English by a cast of 28. Deaf West Theatre was last represented on Broadway with the triumphant production of Big River in 2003.

Deaf West Theatre's innovative production of SPRING AWAKENING recently completed an extended, critically-acclaimed engagement at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles where the production was expanded from its original, sold-out run at the Rosenthal Theatre in downtown L.A.

SPRING AWAKENING, with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik, is directed by Michael Arden and 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 andBruce 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.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Michael Arden

Duncan Sheik

Duncan Sheik

Steven Slater and Duncan Sheik

Steven Slater and Duncan Sheik

Spencer Liff

Christine Estabrook

Blake Daniel

Blake Daniel

Alexandra Socha

Alexandra Socha

Jason Robert Brown and Georgia Stitt

Georgia Stitt

Perez Hilton

Rosie O'Donnell

Rosie O'Donnell and son Blake Christopher O'Donnell

Clay Aiken

Clay Aiken

Thayne Jasperon

Thayne Jasperon

Grace Gummer

Grace Gummer and Guest

Debra Messing

Debra Messing

Debra Messing

Michael Emerson

Lili Cooper

Lili Cooper

Tonya Pinkins

Tonya Pinkins

Matt Doyle

Brian CharLes Johnson

Gerard Canonico

Tommy Tune

Sierra Boggess

Brooke Shields

Brooke Shields

Ana Villafane

Ana Villafane

Peter Gallagher

Nathan Johnson and Laura Osnes

Nathan Johnson and Laura Osnes

Gideon Glick

John Varvatos

Jean Reno and wife Zofia Borucka

Lilias White

Ben Platt

Ben Platt

Kelly Ripa

Mark Consuelos

Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos

Lance Bass

Jenna Ushkowitz

Jenna Ushkowitz

Lance Bass

Lance Bass

Michael Turchin and Lance Bass

Michael Turchin and Lance Bass

Nolan Gerard Funk

Vinny Guadagnino

Anthony Ramos

Rebecca Naomi Jones

Rebecca Naomi Jones

T.R. Knight

T.R. Knight

Taran Killam

Taran Killam

Jonathan Groff

Kathy Najimy and Dan Finnerty

Kathy Najimy and Dan Finnerty

Patina Miller

Patina Miller