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SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK.(Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik)(Brief article)

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| December 01, 2006 | Green, Adam | COPYRIGHT 2006 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Adam Green

The perennial themes of rock 'n' roll-those would be heartbreak, angst, lust, rage, and rebellion-have featured prominently in the lives of adolescents since time began. Throw in a little masturbation and S&M, and you've got Frank Wedekind's 1891 play Spring Awakening, about the tragic effects of repression on fin de siecle Austrian youth. Now the librettist Steven Sater and the singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik have turned this darkly lyrical story into a rock opera, a cross between Rebel Without a Cause and Krafft-Ebing's ...

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