Spring Awakening: Difference between revisions

''I'm calling. I'm calling, and one day all will know.''"|Melchior. [[Cool People Rebel Against Authority|"All That's Known,"]] [[A Date with Rosie Palms|"The Bitch of Living,"]] [[Meaningful Echo|"Those You've Known"]]}}

''[[Spring Awakening]]'' was originally a play written by Frank Wedekind in 1891, and the Broadway musical [[All Musicals Are Adaptations|based on said play]] was written in the 21st century. The musical features music by Duncan Sheik and lyrics and book by Steven Sater. The original play was very controversial to audiences of that time period due to explicit sexual content, and didn't have its first production until 1906 in Germany. It wasn't introduced to the United States until 1917, when it premiered in New York City. It was nearly shut down due to it being a "pornographic work." The musical version premiered in New York off-Broadway in May of 2006. It then moved to Broadway in December 2006, and became a sensation much as ''[[Rent]]'' did in [[The Nineties]]. However, its closing date was January 19, 2009, after 888 shows.