Spring Awakening (musical)

Spring Awakening is a <a href="/facts/Coming-of-age_story/2mTJvmL3">coming-of-age</a> <a href="/facts/Rock_musical/IJoEK1Vn">rock musical</a> with music by <a href="/facts/Duncan_Sheik/LUJA6xCS">Duncan Sheik</a> and a book and lyrics by <a href="/facts/Steven_Sater/3Bmu5gIc">Steven Sater</a>. It is based on the 1891 German play <a href="/facts/Spring_Awakening_(play)/fsJWwEfR">Spring Awakening</a> by <a href="/facts/Frank_Wedekind/DweR5CTF">Frank Wedekind</a>. Set in late 19th-century Germany, the musical tells the story of teenagers discovering the inner and outer tumult of <a href="/facts/Adolescent_sexuality/q6nGXoNP">adolescent sexuality</a>. In the musical, <a href="/facts/Alternative_rock/7xRALNsG">alternative rock</a> is employed as part of the folk-infused rock score.
Following its conception in the late 1990s and various workshops, concerts, rewrites and its <a href="/facts/Off-Broadway/hQbbror7">Off-Broadway</a> debut, the original <a href="/facts/Broadway_theatre/6USkK8x9">Broadway</a> production of Spring Awakening opened at the <a href="/facts/Eugene_O%2527Neill_Theatre/dgmQTtl8">Eugene O'Neill Theatre</a> on December 10, 2006. Its cast included <a href="/facts/Jonathan_Groff/5Qxe9uoI">Jonathan Groff</a>, <a href="/facts/Lea_Michele/qLlGxkLS">Lea Michele</a>, and <a href="/facts/John_Gallagher_Jr./qTxb6wuQ">John Gallagher Jr.</a> while its creative team comprised director <a href="/facts/Michael_Mayer_(director)/Efamx6Bj">Michael Mayer</a> and choreographer <a href="/facts/Bill_T._Jones/f7EMJ7FX">Bill T. Jones</a>. The original Broadway production won eight <a href="/facts/Tony_Award/Md77rBE0">Tony Awards</a>, including Tonys for Best Musical, Direction, Book, Score and Featured Actor. The production also garnered four <a href="/facts/Drama_Desk_Award/CUoeA8sc">Drama Desk Awards</a>, while its original cast album received a <a href="/facts/Grammy_Award/2bxYJjPV">Grammy Award</a>. In addition, the show was revived in 2015 on Broadway and garnered three Tony Award nominations, among other honors.
The success of the Broadway production has spawned several other productions worldwide, including various US productions, a <a href="/facts/West_End_theatre/dWqroVfz">West End</a> production that won four <a href="/facts/Laurence_Olivier_Award/E5kWXxU3">Laurence Olivier Awards</a> including <a href="/facts/Laurence_Olivier_Award_for_Best_New_Musical/hDee6cIM">Best New Musical</a>, and a series of international productions. In 2022, Spring Awakening: Those You've Known, a documentary film chronicling the 15-year reunion of the original company, was released on <a href="/facts/HBO/gGSPvEEu">HBO</a>.

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