The Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Spring Awakening received its UK premiere at London's Lyric Hammersmith on January 23rd. The Independent's Michael Coveney discusses the musical with its creators Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater about how it all came together to finally find a home on the stage.
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.
The Tony Award-winning Spring Awakening, which just played its final performance on Broadway last night, Sunday January 18th, will receive its UK premiere at West London's Lyric Hammersmith with performances beginning January 23rd. The young UK cast is led by Aneurin Barnard, Charlotte Wakefield and Iwan Rheon. Here we bring you exclusive pictures of the fresh new cast. 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 Vienna, Toronto, Helsinki, and Seoul.
London Calling with Champagne Charlie January 18th 2009 Breathlessly running towards the check in at London Airport actor and producer Tom Hulce had promised to let Broadway World know FIRST what happening backstage at London's Lyric theatre as it gearings up for the UK premiere of 'Spring Awakening'. Good to his word - the call came through and he caught his breath and collected his bags and Duty Frees started to reflect on the week. 'We have the most AMAZING cast' he told me via his cell phone waiting in the departure lounge waiting for the flight back to New York.
K's WhatsOnStage website has revealed the Lyric Theatre's 2009 Spring Season. 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.
London's Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced initial casting for their production of SPRING AWAKENING.
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