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Irrepressible urges.(Theater)(Spring Awakening)(Theater review)
In December the new "rock musical" Spring Awakening opened on Broadway after a downtown run at the Atlantic Theater, and became the only show of the season to satisfy both jaded critics and large audiences in search of a bona fide hit. The hype has been considerable, with enthusiasts touting the show's anti-Broadway rough edges and the melodic integrity of its score: its authors, Duncan Sheik (music) and Steven Sater (book and lyrics) neatly avoided the fatal musical trap of blending Broadway and rock into an inevitably bland vanilla milkshake. (This was the mistake made by the creators of High Fidelity, a big, expensive, unwatchable show that closed this winter after a ...
- A winning season: 'Spring Awakening' and 'The Coast of Utopia' may dominate the...
- Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY) June 10, 2007 700+ words
...winners -- "Spring Awakening" and "The Coast...adventures on Broadway. Picking through...go instead to "Spring Awakening," and really...live in the same Broadway as pretend pop...Lansbury back to Broadway to co-star with...Should win: "Spring Awakening." And it ...
- On broadway: story time: spring awakening took Bill T. Jones in a fresh...
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine Gold, Sylviane November 1, 2006 700+ words
Everything about Spring Awakening seems unlikely...well at the off-Broadway Atlantic Theater...whether it's off-Broadway or on Broadway, they're making...he said. On Spring Awakening, the first challenge...
- SPRING ROLE.(Lea Michele in broadway rock musical "Spring Awakening")
- Magazine article from: WWD Heyman, Marshall July 20, 2006 700+ words
...starring in the hit Off-Broadway rock musical "Spring Awakening," went to an open call for the Broadway production of "Les...girl's dream - in a Broadway revival of "Les Miserables...run as Wendla in "Spring Awakening." (It plays at...
- 'Spring' winging to B'way.(Spring Awakening)(Broadway)(Atlantic Theater...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Cox, Gordon July 20, 2006 700+ words
"Spring Awakening" is officially bound for Broadway. Rialto incarnation...seating. Expect the Broadway version also to...transfer of an Off Broadway hit, "The Little...Bill T. Jones, "Spring Awakening" is skedded to...
- B'way tuner 'Awakening' at O'Neill.(LEGIT BITS)(Spring Awakening)(Talk...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Cox, Gordon August 28, 2006 700+ words
The coming Broadway season continues to take...nailing down their dates. "Spring Awakening" begins perfs at the...they played in the Off Broadway incarnation of the tuner...which arrives Off Broadway in October. Dodds starred...
- B'way awakens to tuner.(V)("Spring Awakening", Broadway theater)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Cox, Gordon December 12, 2006 700+ words
"Spring Awakening," the rock musical by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, bowed on Broadway Sunday, with more than one critic proclaiming the show a new kind of Rialto tuner. But at the opening-night party at Tavern...
- Current Broadway leads Kyle Riabko and Blake Bashoff will reprise their roles...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Rooney, David June 27, 2008 700+ words
Current Broadway leads Kyle Riabko and Blake Bashoff will reprise their roles in the national tour of "Spring Awakening," starting this fall in San Francisco. Canadian singer-songwriter Riabko plays freethinking Melchior and Bashoff ("Lost...
- Will Chase ("The Story of My Life") and Skylar Astin ("Spring Awakening") will...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Cox, Gordon May 27, 2009 700+ words
Will Chase ("The Story of My Life") and Skylar Astin ("Spring Awakening") will appear in a developmental lab production of tuner "The Burnt Part Boys" at Off Broadway's Vineyard Theater. Show is set to bow in a full production...