Spring Awakening: A Musical (NHB Modern Plays) - Softcover

Sater, Steven; Sheik, Duncan

 
9781839040443: Spring Awakening: A Musical (NHB Modern Plays)

Synopsis

A time to learn.

A time to rebel.

A time to love.

A time to burn.

A group of teenagers - silenced and controlled by a censorious society - discovers a new world of feeling and freedom, with beautiful and devastating consequences.

Inspired by German playwright Frank Wedekind’s once-banned and groundbreaking play from 1891, Spring Awakeningtells a story of adolescent anarchy, set to one of the best-loved musical scores of the twenty-first century. It opened in New York City in 2006, and London in 2009, and won eight Tony Awards and four Olivier Awards, including both prizes for Best New Musical.

This new edition of the complete book and lyrics – the first to be published in the UK – features exclusive bonus material by writers Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, and members of the original Broadway and West End casts: Aneurin Barnard, Jonathan Groff, Evelyn Hoskins, Lea Michele and Iwan Rheon. It was published alongside the first London revival at the Almeida Theatre in 2021, directed by Rupert Goold.

'Once in a generation, if we’re lucky, an unexpected new musical comes along and changes everything. That is the thrilling achievement of Spring Awakening’ New York Observer

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About the Author

Steven Sater is a Tony Award, Grammy Award, and Laurence Olivier Award-winning American poet, playwright, lyricist, television writer and screenwriter. He is best known for writing the book and lyrics for the Tony Award-winning 2006 Broadway musical Spring Awakening.

Duncan Sheik (born November 18, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and composer. Sheik is known for his 1996 debut single "Barely Breathing", which earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. He has composed music for motion pictures and Broadway musicals, winning the 2006 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for his work on the musical Spring Awakening.

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