Tickets For Spring Awakening At the Curran Go On Sale 7/20

Tickets for SPRING AWAKENING, a new rock musical and winner of eight 2007 Tony Awards, will go on sale Sunday, July 20th. SPRING AWAKENING will launch its national tour at San Francisco's Curran Theatre beginning Thursday, September 4th through Sunday, October 12th. SPRING AWAKENING is presented as a part of the 2007-2008 Citibank Best of Broadway season under the direction of Carole Shorenstein Hays.

Hailed by the New York Times as a "truly groundbreaking musical unmatched by anything in the theater today" and as "the best musical in a generation" by the New York Observer, SPRING AWAKENING is the most talked about new musical on Broadway.

SPRING AWAKENING is the winner of eight 2007 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Director, Best Book of a Musical and Best Score. It was recently announced that Kyle Riabko and Blake Bashoff, who currently play Melchoir and Moritz on Broadway will recreate these two starring roles in this national tour of SPRING AWAKENING, which begins in San Francisco.

Based on the infamous 1891 Frank Wedekind play and featuring an original score by Grammy-nominated recording star Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, SPRING AWAKENING is the story of kids trying to break loose and adults trying to hold on; it is the story of young people everywhere. This coming of age tale is primarily seen through the eyes of three teenagers: the handsome rebel, the innocent woman-child, and the misunderstood loner.

This new musical features book and lyrics written by Steven Sater, music by Duncan Sheik, directed by Michael Mayer and choreographed by Bill T. Jones. The production features costumes by Susan Hilferty (Tony award nominee), set design by Christine Jones (Tony award nominee), lighting by Kevin Adams (Tony award winner) and sound by Brian Ronan.

The producing team for SPRING AWAKENING is Ira Pittelman, Tom Hulce, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and The Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director and Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director).

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Tickets for SPRING AWAKENING will range in price from $30 to $99 and beginning Sunday, July 20th tickets can be purchased online at shnsf.com, through Ticketmaster by calling (415) 512-7770 and at all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers. On Monday, July 21 tickets will also be available at the Orpheum Theatre Box Office (1192 Market at 8th St., Mon-Sat 10am – 6pm). Groups of 15 or more may order now by calling Group Sales at (415) 551-2020. To learn more SPRING AWAKENING and other SHN shows, please visit www.shnsf.com

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Tue – Fri at 8pm; Sat at 2pm & 8pm; Sun at 1pm & 6pm
Added performance Sun, 9/7 at 6:30pm and Wed, 10/8 at 2pm
No performance Sun, 9/7 at 1pm

SHN is the pre-eminent theatrical entertainment company in San Francisco and owns and operates the Curran, Orpheum and Golden Gate Theatres—San Francisco's premier theatrical venues. SHN's Best of Broadway theater series provides Bay Area audiences with pre-Broadway world premieres, original Broadway cast productions, award-winners and current hits fresh from Broadway. For information on all SHN shows, please visit shnsf.com.

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