Spring Awakening - 2015 Broadway History , Info & More
Brooks Atkinson Theatre (Broadway)
256 W. 47th St. New York, NY
Deaf West's production of SPRING AWAKENING floored the critics when it premiered in California, prompting the Los Angeles Times to write, "It's hard to enumerate all the ways in which Deaf West's SPRING AWAKENING is so very, very good." Now this unapologetically brilliant new production is coming to New York.
When it debuted on Broadway, SPRING AWAKENING's raw and honest portrayal of youth in revolt shattered expectations of what a musical could do, earning it 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book (for writer, Steven Sater) and Best Score (for composer, Duncan Sheik). Deaf West's innovative new production takes this already revolutionary musical to electrifying new heights by choreographing sign language into the production, intensifying the rift between the lost and the longing teenagers and the adults who refuse to hear them. Directed by Michael Arden, Deaf West's SPRING AWAKENING is full of knockout performances, explosive music and soul-stirring emotion.
Spring Awakening - 2015 - Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Spring Awakening
Broadway Review: Deaf West’s ‘Spring Awakening’
9 / 10
'Spring Awakening' puts such inclusivity to thematic use while keeping the show's rock-music energy high. For most of the show, the band remains integrated into the shadows of Dane Laffrey's industrial-looking set, whose steel walls and rolling stairs look more like a 20th-century power station than a German boys' school. But when necessary, the musicians aren't afraid to run out into the audience, who won't soon forget the sight of Matlin rocking an electric guitar in the boxed seats.
'Spring Awakening': EW stage review
9 / 10
It's been twelve years since Deaf West mounted a Broadway production-let's hope we don't have to wait that long for another. Same goes for the immensely talented first time director Arden, who saw the amazing potential of Duncan Sheik's gorgeous music and knew just what to do to wake up Broadway with it once again. Hopefully there is far more to come from this pairing. A-
Spring Awakening FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
All That's Known
The Bitch of Living
My Junk
Touch Me
The Word of Your Body
The Dark I Know Well
And Then There Were None
The Mirror-Blue Night
I Believe
Don't Do Sadness
Blue Wind
The Guilty Ones
Left Behind
Totally F*****
Whispering
Those You've Known
The Song of Purple Summer
Mama Who Bore Me
Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise)
All That's Known
The B**** of Living
My Junk
Touch Me
The Word Of Your Body
The Dark I Know Well
And Then There Were None
The Mirror-Blue Night
I Believe
Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind
The Guilty Ones
Left Behind
Totally F*****
The Word Of Your Body (Reprise)
Whispering
Those You've Known
The Song Of Purple Summer
All That's Known
The Bitch of Living
My Junk
Touch Me
The Word of Your Body
The Dark I Know Well
And Then There Were None
The Mirror-Blue Night
I Believe
Don't Do Sadness
Blue Wind
The Guilty Ones
Left Behind
Totally Fucked
Whispering
Those You've Known
The Song of Purple Summer
Mama Who Bore Me
Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise)
All That's Known
The B**** of Living
My Junk
Touch Me
The Word Of Your Body
The Dark I Know Well
And Then There Were None
The Mirror-Blue Night
I Believe
Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind
The Guilty Ones
Left Behind
Totally F*****
The Word Of Your Body (Reprise)
Whispering
Those You've Known
The Song Of Purple Summer
Spring Awakening History
Other Productions of Spring Awakening
| 2006 | Off-Broadway |
Original Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
| 2006 | Broadway |
Broadway Transfer Broadway |
| 2008 | US Tour |
National Tour US Tour |
| 2010 | US Tour |
NETworks National Tour US Tour |
| 2015 | Broadway |
Deaf West Broadway Revivial Production Broadway |
Spring Awakening - 2015 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Spring Awakening |
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Spencer Liff |
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Michael Arden |
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Ben Stanton |
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | She Loves Me |
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Spring Awakening |
| 2016 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Spring Awakening |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Spencer Liff |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Michael Arden |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Ben Stanton |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Lucy Mackinnon |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Spring Awakening |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Michael Arden |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Ben Stanton |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Spring Awakening |
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