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Dominion Stage kicks off its 2012/2013 season with "Spring Awakening", winner of eight 2007 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The musical follows a group of 19th century German students on their journey as they navigate the insecurities and the anxieties of entering young adulthood.

Spring Awakening makes its Monterey County premiere tonight, September 8-29 on the mainstage at The Western Stage. With music by Duncan Sheik and book and lyrics by Steven Sater, this Broadway musical is 'a rock musical for our time.' Watch Western Stage's promo for the show below!

The Coterie will launch its 34th season of live theatre tonight, September 8 with the pop rock musical Spring Awakening, the winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical. The show will feature a cast of powerful, young musical theatre performers from the Kansas City area and can be seen in a series of evening shows and Saturday matinees. Spring Awakening is based on the 1891 play of the same name by German playwright Frank Wedekind and explores what has changed-and what hasn't-on the path to understanding sex.

The Ridgefield Theater Barn is thrilled to present Spring Awakening, book & lyrics by Steven Sater, music by Duncan Sheik, presented through special arrangement by Music Theatre International, as the opening to their 47th Season, tonight, September 7th at 8pm. The production, directed by Alicia Dempster, choreographed by Regina Sweeney, musical direction by Sam Sultan, and produced by Wayne Leiss, will be presented Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm September 7th through October 6th, with Sunday matinees September 16th, 23rd and 30th at 5pm.

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, has announced that acclaimed stage, screen and television actress Joely Richardson (bio below) has joined the cast of their upcoming production of Anton Chekhov's IVANOV, starring Ethan Hawke and directed by Austin Pendleton, which begins performances Wednesday, October 17 at CSC (136 East 13th Street) as the first show of the award-winning company's 45th Anniversary Season. Hawke, in the title role, and Richardson, who will play Anna, will be joined in IVANOV by Glenn Fitzgerald (Borkin), Roberta Maxwell (Zinaida), George Morfogen (Shabelsky), Juliet Rylance (Sasha), Jonathan Marc Sherman (Lvov) and Louis Zorich (Lebedev). IVANOV, which will have its official opening on Sunday, November 4, will play a limited engagement through Sunday, November 25. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday, September 20.

Atlantic Theater Company presents the New York premiere of HARPER REGAN, by Oliver Award winner Simon Stephens, starring an ensemble cast featuring Vandit Bhatt, Christopher Innvar, Mahira Kakkar, Jordan Lage, Madeleine Martin, Mary McCann, Mary Beth Peil, Gareth Saxe, Peter Scanavino, John Sharian and Stephen Tyrone Williams, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch. Check out photos of the cast and creative team at rehearsal below!

LUZ-a new play by Catherine Filloux (DOG AND WOLF, LEMKIN'S HOUSE)-will be given its world-premiere production this fall, with previews beginning September 28 prior to an official press opening October 4 at La MaMa's First Floor Theatre (74A E. 4 St.) in Manhattan. LUZ is a Watson Arts Project, which presents original theater with a particular emphasis on women. LUZ is scheduled to run through October 14.

The Playhouse, San Antonio is pleased to announce its 2012-2013 Season. For this season, The Playhouse has decided to focus on Stories of America.

That's when it hit me - while my generation (Gen X) had their defining musical, fondly known as RENT, this was an entirely new generations musical.

The Ridgefield Theater Barn is thrilled to present Spring Awakening, book & lyrics by Steven Sater, music by Duncan Sheik, presented through special arrangement by Music Theatre International, as the opening to their 47th Season, Friday, September 7th at 8pm. The production, directed by Alicia Dempster, choreographed by Regina Sweeney, musical direction by Sam Sultan, and produced by Wayne Leiss, will be presented Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm September 7th through October 6th, with Sunday matinees September 16th, 23rd and 30th at 5pm.

The Theatre School at DePaul University (John Culbert, Dean) has announced the 2012-2013 season. Founded as the Goodman School of Drama in 1925, The Theatre School presents public programming as a professional extension of the classroom. Under the leadership of an award-winning faculty and staff, theatre artists from all disciplines collaborate during their final years of training to offer new work, plays for families, as well as contemporary plays and classics.

Spring Awakening makes its Monterey County premiere September 8-29 on the mainstage at The Western Stage. With music by Duncan Sheik and book and lyrics by Steven Sater, this Broadway musical is 'a rock musical for our time.' Watch Western Stage's promo for the show below!

The Coterie will launch its 34th season of live theatre on September 8 with the pop rock musical Spring Awakening, the winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical. The show will feature a cast of powerful, young musical theatre performers from the Kansas City area and can be seen in a series of evening shows and Saturday matinees. Spring Awakening is based on the 1891 play of the same name by German playwright Frank Wedekind and explores what has changed-and what hasn't-on the path to understanding sex.

According to the Daily Mail, DOCTOR WHO's Billie Piper will make her debut at the National Theatre in London opposite Jonjo O'Neill in Lucy Prebble's The Effect, set to begin performances Nov. 6. Headlong theatre company's Rupert Goold will direct the co-production with the National.

Winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, Spring Awakening comes to the Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre for one weekend. Performed by the Alumni of the Downtown Performing Arts Center of Lambertville, NJ, Spring Awakening will be presented on Friday, August 3, Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5 at 7:30 pm. This musical contains strong adult language and situations and is recommended for mature audiences only.

Winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, Spring Awakening comes to the Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre for one weekend. Performed by the Alumni of the Downtown Performing Arts Center of Lambertville, NJ, Spring Awakening will be presented on Friday, August 3, Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5 at 7:30 pm. This musical contains strong adult language and situations and is recommended for mature audiences only.

Join singer-songwriter Rachael Sage at Lot 10 in Ithaca, NY, tonight, July 29th at 10pm on her CD release tour for her new album HAUNTED BY YOU. Sage will be joined by her band The Sequins including Quinn on drums (Tracy Chapman) and Ward Williams on cello (Brandi Carlile).