Bella Merlin to Present TILLY NO-BODY at Edinburgh Fringe
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 17, 2025
This captivating solo play written and performed by acclaimed actor and author Bella Merlin, Tilly No-Body, reveals the haunting and transformative story of Tilly Wedekind. See it at Edinburgh Fringe!
SPRING AWAKENING Begins This July At Chance Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 5, 2025
Chance Theater will bring the revolutionary Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening to Orange County for the first time this summer, running July 11 through August 10, 2025, on the Cripe Stage at the Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center. Directed by Associate Artistic Director Jocelyn A. Brown, the production also features music direction by Robyn Manion and choreography by Mo Goodfellow.
Review: SPRING AWAKENING, Tron Theatre
by Mary Baillie - May 13, 2025
Students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland upload Anya Reiss’s unique adaptation of Spring Awakening to the Tron this week. Reiss propels Frank Wedekind’s controversial 19th-century tale into the digital age. Set under an umbrella of smartphones, pornographic sites, social media, and online subcultures, the play explores how today’s teens are bombarded with information yet still starved of emotional guidance from adults and society.
Review: SPRING AWAKENING at Revolution Stage Company
by Kay Kudukis - Jan 21, 2025
Go see it. If you check out the history of the musical, Spring Awakening, you will find that it is origins are in a German play titled The Awakening of Spring; underneath that, “A Tragedy of Childhood.” It was so controversial, it make it to stage for 15 years after it was written in 1891.
SPRING AWAKENING Extends at Rec Room Arts
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2024
Rec Room Arts has announced the extension of the acclaimed intimate restaging of the Tony Award-winning musical SPRING AWAKENING (book and lyrics by Steven Sater, music by Duncan Sheik, based on the play by Frank Wedekind).
Review: SPRING AWAKENING at The 5th Avenue Theatre
by Jay Irwin - Jun 15, 2024
Dear Readers, I should start by saying that “Spring Awakening”, the musical from Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater based on the 1891 play by Frank Wedekind, has never been one of my favorites. But that first national tour and especially the 2012 local production from Balagan Theatre gave me a better appreciation for the show for what it is. However, the current production from the 5th Avenue Theatre did not.
Review: AWAKENING OF SPRING at Reverie Theatre Group
by John McDaid - May 31, 2024
For its first show in Rhode Island, the Reverie Theatre Group offers a superb — and sadly short — run of Frank Wedekind's challenging 1891 drama The Awakening of Spring. With a fine ensemble cast, thoughtful directorial choices, and intense in-the-round staging, this is an outstanding debut production that deserves to be seen.