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Spring Awakening Alum, John Gallagher Jr, to perform at the Grammy's with American Idiot cast! Source: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/136368-Broadways-American-Idiot-Cast-Announ Tony Award winner John Gallagher Jr., Tony nominee Stark Sands and Michael Esper are among cast members of Broadway\'s American Idiot, the new Green Day musical, producers Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman announced on Jan. 28. Read More

Spring Awakening Review - Cincinatti Source: http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-19768-spring-awakening-(review).html ... The show asks audiences to step away from stereotypical notions of musical theater populated by happy, romantic people who overcome challenges with a song... Read More

Sheik and Sater's Spring Awakening Makes Australian Debut Feb 4 Source: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/136562-Sheik-and-Saters-Spring-Awakening-Ma The Australian premiere of the Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening, which set Broadway ablaze with its rock-fused take on Frank Wedekind's coming-of-age tale, begins performances Feb. 4 by the Sydney Theatre Company. Read More

AOL & Degrassi: A Verbal Mash-up Source: Degrassi:  The Next Generation & Spring Awakening Cast members get together to discuss teenage issues moderated by Zach Braff & Rosie O'Donnell at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Broadway. Click here to see pictures & more

Spring Awakening Tops Billboard Cast Album Chart Following Tony Win Source: Playbill.com The original Broadway cast recording of Spring Awakening has dethroned No. 1 stronghold Wicked for the top of the Billboard Top Cast Album chart. Click here to read article

‘Spring Awakening’ Racks Up Tony Awards Source: NYTimes.com “Spring Awakening,” a musical that transferred from the Atlantic Theatre Company Off Broadway, won eight awards, including those for best musical, book, score, direction and choreography and best featured actor in a musical. Click here to read full article

'Spring Awakening' Has A New Spring In Its Step — 11 Tony Award Nominations Source: MTV.com And here's why John Norris thinks the Broadway musical deserves the award for Best Musical. Click here to read more

Spring Awakening Wins Grammy Award! Source: Playbill.com The Duncan Sheik/Steven Sater musical Spring Awakening won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album on Feb. 10! Click here for more information

LAST CHANCE: Spring Awakening... Source: http://www.playbill.com/ Closing Jan. 18 Spring Awakening (On Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre). The energetic Tony-winning rock musical, featuring a score by Duncan Sheik and book and lyrics by Steven Sater, currently stars Hunter Parrish, Alexandra Socha and Gerard Canonico as the repressed teens who break free from life in a series of explosive songs. For tickets visit SpringAwakening. Read More

Winners announced for the Denver Post's 2009 Ovation Awards Source: http://www.denverpost.com/theater/ci_14103103 Spring Awakening wins Best Touring Production and Taylor Trensch wins Best Supporting Actor in a musical in the Denver Post's 2009 Ovation Awards! Read More

Totally Trucked is nominated for Mashable's 2009 Web Awards! Source: http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=11&c=3 Totally Trucked is nominated for a 2009 Mashable Open Web Award for BEST BRAND USE ON YOUTUBE.  Help us by voting here: http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=11&c=3 Vote Here

Spring Awakening Contest Winner Source: http://sacrag.com/2009/11/spring-awakening-contest-winner/ And we have a winner: Kassie Rivera, a local actress, correctly answered our trivia question, which was... Read More

Decade of Change on the Great White Way Source: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012939.html?categoryId=2524&cs=1 Broadway Breaks the Mold...and "Spring Awakening" found success both during awards season and at the box office, tapping an increasingly diverse range of niche auds the same way cable TV has in recent years. Read More

Sheik and Pritchard to Perform at Town Hall Nov. 13 Source: Playbill.com Tony and Grammy Award-winning Spring Awakening composer Duncan Sheik will take to the stage of Town Hall Nov. 13. Joining Sheik for the 8 PM Town Hall concert will be original Spring Awakening cast member Lauren Pritchard. Click to read more

Fela Directed & Choreographed by Bill T. Jones Source: felaoffbroadway.com In this new musical, directed and choreographed by Tony Award® winner Bill T. Jones, audiences are welcomed into the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), Fela! explores his controversial life as artist, political activist and revolutionary musician. Click to read more

Past, Present and Future Spring Awakening Stars Say Goodbye and Hello! Source: Broadway.com Call it the Spring Awakening all-star reunion blowout: cast members and alums from the Tony Award-winning musical filled Serafina on July 19 for a big farewell/welcome bash. View the photos

Canonico Is Spring Awakening's New Moritz Beginning Aug. 4 Source: Playbill.com Spring Awakening ensemble member Gerard Canonico steps into the role of Moritz in the Tony-winning Broadway company of Spring Awakening Aug. 4. Click to read more

Hunter Parrish Joins Spring Awakening on August 11 Source: Theatremania.com Hunter Parrish took over the role of Melchior in the Broadway cast of Spring Awakening on August 11, a week earlier than originally announced. Click to read more

Photo Coverage:'Spring Awakening' LIVE at the Apple Store Source: Broadwayworld.com On August 8th, 2008 original cast members John Gallagher Jr. (Tony Award Winner) and Lauren Pritchard, current cast member Alexandra Socha, upcoming cast member Hunter Parrish (TV's Weeds), and special guest Duncan Sheik performed songs from SPRING AWAKENING Live from the Apple Store SoHo. This event was recorded for the LIVE from SoHo series, an iTunes exclusive. Click to read more

Spring Awakening Stars Lend a Hand to Operation Backpack Source: Broadway.com The cast of Spring Awakening joined the Volunteers of America's Operation Backpack (OBP, as it's called) on July 9 for a signing at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Click here to see pictures

Broadway's Spring Awakening Offers Online Rush Tickets Source: Playbill.com The Broadway production of Spring Awakening has launched a new digital ticket rush offer on the official webpage of the Tony Award-winning musical. Read the article

Spring Is Here: Tony-Winning Musical to Appear on Source: In honor of the first day of spring, the young company of Broadway's Spring Awakening will perform on ABC-TV's "Good Morning America" March 20. Click here for more information

Songwriters Hall of Fame Video: Source: Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater were honored on February 20 with an induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Broadway.com was at the special event at Symphony Space and is proud to bring you a series of video highlights from the mini-concert, starring Spring Awakening original cast members John Gallagher Jr. and Lauren Pritchard. Video 3 of 7: "The Dark I Know Well" from Spring Awakening, performed by Pritchard with Gallagher Watch the Video

Melcher to Publish Spring Awakening Behind-the-Scenes Book Source: Fans of Spring Awakening will get the chance to learn how the Tony-winning hit musical came to life when Melcher Media publishes a comprehensive book on the production. Click here to read full story

Riabko and Socha Will Be Spring Awakening's New Melchior and Wendla Source: Playbill.com Playbill.com has learned that Canadian musician Kyle Riabko will succeed Tony nominee Jonathan Groff as Melchior in the Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Click here for more information

They Don't Do Sadness! Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele Depart Spring Awakening on a High Note Source: Broadway.com Lea Michele called it "a magical night," and she wasn't kidding: The final Spring Awakening performance of Michele and her Tony-nominated co-star, Jonathan Groff, on Sunday, May 18, was a celebration from start to finish. Hundreds of the show's most fervent fans packed the Eugene O'Neill Theatre and greeted Michele with a standing ovation before she had sung her first note. Click here to see pictures

Entrances and Exits: Gerard Canonico Makes His Entrances as Spring Awakening’s New Moritz Source: the8thavenueobserver.com Gerard Canonico has been with the cast of Spring Awakening (as an ensemble member and ‘Moritz’ understudy) from the very beginning, but he recently got the chance to take over the role of ‘Moritz.’ Playing the troubled teenager, Canonico gets to show off both his acting and singing nightly on the stage of the Eugene O’Neil Theatre. Click to read more

Tom Hulce: Casting Secrets from Spring Awakening Source: Broadway.com As an actor, Tom Hulce earned an Academy Award nomination (for the title role in Amadeus), an Emmy Award (for playing Peter Patrone in The Heidi Chronicles) and a Tony nomination (for playing Lt. Daniel Kaffee in A Few Good Men). When he finally won a Tony, it was for his behind-the-scenes role as lead producer of the hit musical Spring Awakening. Click to read more

Photo Coverage: 'Spring Awakening In The Flesh' Performance and Book Signing at Barnes & Noble Source: Broadwayworld.com Spring Awakening: In The Flesh , arrives in bookstores this month and to celebrate the arrival, the book's author David Cote was joined by the show's Tony Award-Winning creators Steven Sater (Book & Lyrics) and Duncan Sheik (Music) on Monday, September 15 and had an informative "conversation" - on the show, the music and its long-running success at The Barnes & Noble Store at the Lincoln Triangle. Click to read more

Ghostlight Series present LAUREN PRITCHARD Live @ Joe's Pub Sept 15, 11:30pm Source: JoesPub.com Ghostlight Series present LAUREN PRITCHARD Live @ Joe's Pub on September 15 at 11:30pm. Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight presents a weekly concert series every Monday night at 11:30 PM, beginning in September and continuing through December.  Click to read more

Spring Reawakening Source: Broadwaystars.com In his Spring Awakening songs, Parrish reveals a singing voice so beautiful and emotionally expressive that, if he ever decided to give up acting (God forbid!), I'll bet he could have a major career as a pop singer. Click to read more

Alt-Rock and Adolescence Source: Sbstatesman.com What do you get when you combine '90s alt-rock star Duncan Sheik, a cast full of attractive young talent and 18th-century Germany? The answer is the hit musical "Spring Awakening." Completely worthy of the eight Tony Awards it has won, "Spring Awakening" is truly an unforgettable musical. Click to read more

Spring Awakening Joins Rock the Vote Campaign Source: Playbill.com Hunter Parrish and the current Broadway cast of Spring Awakening are seen in a new video as part of the "Rock the Vote" campaign. The public service announcement features Spring Awakening cast members Hunter Parrish, Gerard Canonico, Blake Daniel, Amanda Castaños, Eryn Murman and Jenna Ushkowitz. Click to read more

The Palin Doctrine & The Culture Wars: Seeing Source: HuffingtonPost.com In a sense, the candidacy of Sarah Palin is a throwback to the 19th century world that Spring Awakening satirizes. Until she switched to the more mediagenic Wasilla Bible Church, Palin was a member of her hometown's Assembly of God church – which believes in the Pentecostalist speaking in tongues and laying-on of hands. Click to read more

BWW Spring Awakening Q&A Contest Winner Chats with Hunter Parrish Source: Broadwayworld.com BroadwayWorld.com recently held a special contest and gave one lucky Spring Awakening fan the opportunity to interview Hunter Parrish. The winning contestant was picked to have a Q&A with Hunter live via telephone, well, that is what the contest originally announced, but we had something much more fun in the works... Click to read more

Boggess, Butler, Carmello, Jackson, Leavel, Parrish and More Set for Broadway on Broadway Source: Playbill.com Spring Awakening is scheduled to perform at the 17th annual 'Broadway on Broadway'  concert on Sept 14 which will begin at 11:30 AM ET. Over 50,000 fans are expected to enjoy the concert that includes performances and/or appearances from stars of Broadway's musicals and plays. Click to read more

Spring Awakening Releases 'LIVE from SoHo' on iTunes 9/2 Source: Broadwayworld.com Spring Awakening, Broadway's groundbreaking Grammy winning musical hit, breaks ground again as the first Broadway show ever invited by iTunes to record a 'LIVE from SoHo' concert, joining an illustrious list of 'LIVE from SoHo' artists including; Maroon 5, Linkin Park, Counting Crows, Taylor Swift and The Decemberists. Click to read more

Photo Coverage: Spring Awakening Onstage Proposal Source: Broadwayworld.com There was a bit more to applaud during the curtain call at Spring Awakening after the August 21st performance, audience member James Beneduce, of Eastern Long Island, took to the stage and asked Jennifer Li, a huge Spring Awakening fan to be his wife. Click to read more

"Spring Awakening: In the Flesh" Companion Book Hits Stores Source: Playbill.com "Spring Awakening: In the Flesh," the new backstage companion book to the Tony Award-winning musical, is now available in stores nationwide. Click to read more

'90210' Burning Question: Can you awaken 'Spring'? Source: EW.com What really struck us here at EW.com was simply the use of Spring Awakening. Sure, with its contempo, Duncan Sheik-penned tunes, it's a hot property and one of the edgiest productions on mainstream Broadway right now. Perfect for what's supposed to be a hot teen show. Click to read more

'90210' puts 'Spring' in musical's box office step Source: Variety.com While the primetime showcase on "90210" will likely translate into good news for the Rialto tuner and its national tour -- producers say the Gotham box office got a bump the day after the TV show's Sept. 9 preem -- it's bad news for high schools who get their hopes up. Click to read more

Songwriters Hall of Fame Video: Source: Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater were honored on February 20 with an induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Broadway.com was at the special event at Symphony Space and is proud to bring you a series of video highlights from the mini-concert, starring Spring Awakening original cast members John Gallagher Jr. and Lauren Pritchard. Video 2 of 7: "Left Behind" from Spring Awakening, performed by Gallagher and Pritchard Watch the Video

Songwriters Hall of Fame Video: Source: Broadway.com Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater were honored on February 20 with an induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Broadway.com was at the special event at Symphony Space and is proud to bring you a series of video highlights from the mini-concert, starring Spring Awakening original cast members John Gallagher Jr. and Lauren Pritchard. Video 1 of 7: "All That's Known" from Spring Awakening, performed by Gallagher Watch the Video

Spring Awakening performs at Broadway in Bryant Park Source: Broadway.com The final concert in the free summer series Broadway in Bryant Park took place before a capacity crowd on Thursday, August 9 and featured the cast of Spring Awakening Click here to see pictures

Spring Awakening Is Ready to Expand Worldwide Source: Playbill.com The Tony-winning Spring Awakening is readying to play to audiences across the globe. Click here for more information

Smells Like Teen Spirit Source: Playbill.com With its bold rock score and tale of alienated teenagers in the throes of adolescence, Spring Awakening is redefining the musical for a new generation. Click here to read full article

Spring Awakening Recoups on Broadway Source: Playbill.com The 2007 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, Spring Awakening, has recouped its initial $6 million capitalization. Click here to read full story

Spring Awakening Libretto Published by TCG Source: Playbill.com The complete libretto of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening has been published by Theatre Communications Group. Click here for more information

Spring Awakening appears on Comcast Television Source: Youtube.com Spring Awakening was profiled by Comcast television.  Be sure to tune in Wednesday, October 17 to catch it live on television. Click here to watch

Tonys 2007: The Spring Awakening Victory Party Source: Broadway.com Following their triumphant victory at Radio City Music Hall, the cast and creative team of the Tony winning Best Musical of 2007 partied the night away at Spotlight Live. Click here for pictures

Spring Awakening Wins 7 Broadway.com Audience Awards! Source: Broadway.com SPRING AWAKENING came out on top this year, with seven Audience Award wins including the coveted category of Favorite New Broadway Musical. Click here for a full list of winners

New York Drama Critics' Circle Award Goes to Spring Awakening for Best New Musical! Source: Playbill.com The Best Musical award was given to Spring Awakening, which features book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik. Click here to read more

Spring Awakening Wins Lucille Lortel Award! Source: Playbill.com Spring Awakening received Outstanding Musical prize at the 2007 Lucille Lortel Awards, which recognize excellence in Off-Broadway theatre. Click here for more information!

Spring Awakening Among Drama League Winners Source: Playbill.com Spring Awakening received the Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Musical on Friday,  May 11! Click here for more information

Spring Awakening Cast and Director Make Apple Store Appearance May 17 Source: Playbill.com The cast of Spring Awakening and its Tony-nominated director, Michael Mayer, will make an appearance at the Apple Store in Soho May 17 between 5-6 pm. Click here for more information!

Spring Awakening Named Top Musical Source: Broadway.com The hit musical takes 4 total Drama Desk Awards including the prize for Outstanding Musical! Click here to read more

Spring Awakening Book Signing Source: Dramabookshop.com On Tuesday, November 13, from 5-7 pm, Join us for a book signing with Spring Awakening librettist Steven Sater and composer Duncan Sheik!  There may be appearances from special guests, so be sure to attend this free event. Click here for more information

Macy's Parade Features Groff & Michele Source: Youtube.com Spring Awakening's Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff belted out "Give My Regards to Broadway" atop the M&M's Chocolate Candies on Broadway float on Thanksgiving morning Click here to watch video

The Stars of Spring Awakening Experience a Little Serendipity Source: Broadway.com What's better than an ice cream sundae named after your favorite Broadway musical? Click here to see pictures

The Kids of Spring Awakening Get a Rude Awakening Source: Broadway.com The young stars of the Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening had a night out at the theater, this time heading to the 47th Street Theatre rather than the Eugene ONeill. Click here to see pictures

Emma Hunton Joins Broadway's Spring Awakening Feb. 19 Source: Playbill.com Hunton makes her Broadway debut as the youngest member of the Spring Awakening cast. Click here for more information

Lauren Pritchard Says Goodbye to Spring Awakening Source: Broadway.com Lauren Pritchard bid a tearful farewell to her Spring Awakening family on February 17. Click here to see pictures

Lea Michele shines at Feinstein's Source: Broadway.com Spring Awakening star Lea Michele made her cabaret debut in classy fashion on February 25, delighting a packed house of family, friends and fans at Feinstein's at the Regency. Click here to see pictures

Gallagher, Jr. & Groff teach BAA Masterclass Source: Broadwayworld.com Broadway-Artists-Alliance continued their 2008 masterclass series with a Spring Awakening's Jonathan Groff and Tony Award winner John Gallagher, Jr. Click here to see pictures

Spring Awakening Gals Set for Broadway Backwards Concert Source: Playbill.com Six women from the cast of the Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening have joined the ever-growing roster of artists who will take part in Broadway Backwards III, which is scheduled for Feb. 4 at the American Airlines Theatre. Click here for more information

MTV goes Back to Broadway Source: MTV.com MTV interviewed Spring Awakening cast members Skylar Astin and John Gallagher, Jr. on their first night back after the strike. Click here to watch video

Rosie's Gala: Building Dreams for Kids Source: rosie.com we have donated a SPRING AWAKENING package to Rosie O'Donnell's online charity auction.  The package includes:  2 Stage Seats,1 person to appear in a musical number during a performance of SA,a backstage meet and greet for both winners with members of the cast Click here for more information

Happy Birthday, Spring Awakening! Stars Party on 1st Anniversary Source: Broadway.com To celebrate their one year anniversary on Broadway, Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, John Gallagher Jr. and the whole Spring Awakening gang took to Bond 45 in Times Square for a post-show bash after the Sunday night performance on December 9. Click here to see pictures

CALLING ALL SPRING AWAKENING FANS! WE WANT YOUR STORIES! Source: Springawakening.com The Spring Awakening companion book will hit stores in September 2008, and we would love to include your voices in our book! Click here for more information

Broadway Buzz Q & A: Lea Michele Source: Broadway.com As Wendla, the innocent young heroine who drives the action, Michele gives a heartbreaking performance that's totally in sync with her stage lover, Jonathan Groff.  In this interview, Michele talks about her experience with the show and her decision to extend her run for an additional 6 months. Click here to read more

Next Magazine Spring Awakening Review Source: Nextmagazine.net It’s been two years since Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s musical Spring Awakening moved from an acclaimed Off-Broadway run at the Atlantic to an award-winning run on Broadway...Fortunately, the new cast is terrific. Click to read more

'Spring Awakening' spotlight teens Source: Newsday.com It has been almost two years since a cast of genuine teenagers pushed the comfort margins of the commercial musical with "Spring Awakening," the daring primal scream of turbulent puberty that won all the big Tony Awards and, with its newest young cast, remains every bit as daring a hit today. Click to read more

'Spring Awakening' tells old story with today's music Source: http://www.stltoday.com To try to understand the Tony-winning musical "Spring Awakening," think in terms of doubles: Young and old. World and self. Read More

Duncan Sheik partners with Ebay for a Good Cause Source: www.duncansheik.com In support of his latest album "Whisper House," Duncan Sheik is partnering with Ebay Giving Works and Amnesty International to offer a personal songwriting lesson** and meet and greet passes for his Spring North American.  In addition, Duncan will be auctioning off various autographed memorabilia...All procedes from the auction will benefit Sheik's charity of choice, Amnesty International USA. Read More

Rock n' Rollin with Spring Awakening Castmates Source: http://www.kmov.com February 11th, 2009 - Blake Bashoff and Steffi D perform a song from the Broadway hit "Spring Awakening." The show runs at the Fabulous Fox Theatre through Feb. 22. Watch This Video

Radio interview with Matt Shingledecker Source: http://www.kmox.com/ Matt Shingledecker plays Georg in this cutting edge play about young people and coming of age. Click to Listen

Spring Awakening Source: http://intermissionmag.com Reviewed by Chris Gibson My wife said that throughout the performance of Spring Awakening she'd look over and see me smiling from ear to ear. I've been listening to the soundtrack to this show for a couple of years now. And, I've been completely floored by how listenable each and every song is. Read More

Radio Interview and Performance on Phillip & Company Source: http://www.y98.com Kyle and Christy from "Spring Awekening", now at the Fabulous Fox, join Phillips & Company to talk about the show and sing "Word Of My Body". Click to Listen

'Spring Awakening' Rocks with Real Life Source: http://www.desmoinesregister.com Moments before everything comes crashing down around the hero in “Spring Awakening,” the musical which opened a week-long run Tuesday at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, a rowdy chorus jumps in to commiserate. They pump their fists. They stomp their feet. They even scream a few words that can’t be printed here. But these are teenagers: They’re entitled to misbehave. Read More

A Sad Yet Star-Spangled Farewell to Spring Awakening Source: http://www.broadway.com And what a long, surprising trip it was! Almost three years after it debuted off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company, Spring Awakening closed its two-year run at Broadway's Eugene O’Neill Theatre on January 18 with the last of its 859 performances. ReadMore

GRAMMY AND TONY AWARD WINNER DUNCAN SHEIK RETURNS WITH HIS NEW ALBUM, WHISPER HOUSE, OUT JANUARY 27 Source: www.duncansheik.com Grammy and Tony award winning songwriter and composer Duncan Sheik returns with his new album Whisper House, due January 27 on Victor Records/Sony.     Read More

New Production of Spring Awakening to Play Philippines in 2009 Source: http://www.playbill.com/ The Tony Award-winning rock musical Spring Awakening will bloom anew in a fresh English-language production in the Philippines in 2009. Read More

And then there were none Source: http://www.playbill.com/ Spring Awakening, the Tony Award-winning musical that is based on Frank Wedekind's revolutionary 1891 play and boasts an electrifying emotional rock score, concludes its Broadway run at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Jan. 18. Read More

Young TV Actor Takes Valuable Lessons Onstage Source: http://www.nytimes.com/ For decades, film and television actors have turned to Broadway as a proving ground: to enhance their craft, to submit to the judgment of a live audience and to see if they can turn in a good performance in just one “take” (as opposed to reshoot after reshoot). Read More

'Those You've Known' SPRING AWAKENING Bids Broadway Farewell Source: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Those_Youve_Known_SPRING_AWAKENING_Bids_Bro Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's Spring Awakening, the first musical to be presented by the Atlantic Theater Company, opened June 15th 2006 for a limited run through July 9th at the Atlantic Theater Company (336 West 20th Street). The show, in its world premiere production, began previews on May 19th, from the very first performance audiences knew something special was happening. Read More

Spring Awakening! Source: http://media.www.thecurrentonline.com "Spring Awakening" brings forth the eternal first stirrings of adolescence: lust, love, doubt and seeking, in a compelling tale set to hard-pounding, irresistible music by Duncan Sheik. Read More

SPRING AWAKENING'S Morgan Karr To Sing At Joe's Pub 3/24 Source: www.playbill.com Morgan Karr's concert, entitled "An Awfully Big Adventure," will be presented March 24th at the legendary showcase venue for live music. Show time is 11:30pm. Read More

Review: Spring Awakening in San Jose Source: http://www.mercurynews.com/theater-museums/ci_13669292 The daring new musical "Spring Awakening" rocked so hard it took Silicon Valley by storm Wednesday night. An electric jolt of youthful angst and yearning that revolutionized the usually staid genre of Broadway, this musical is perhaps the coolest one ever to grace San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts, where it runs through Sunday. Read More

Review: Spring Awakening in Austin Source: http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/seeingthings/entr There is a certain irony to the bright red “Mature Themes” warning on posters for the musical “Spring Awakening,” since the show illustrates how restricting knowledge about sexuality becomes dangerous for a group of adolescents in late nineteenth century Germany. Read More

Spring Awakening: Theater Review, Sacramento Source: http://sacrag.com/2009/11/spring-awakening-theater-review/ Prepare to be moved! Spring Awakening, which opened at the Community Center Theater on Wednesday and runs through November 15, brings rare vitality to the Sacramento stage. Read More

Theater review: Spring Awakening is new, frank - and original Source: http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/story/2308988.html You often see the tag line A new musical. It usually means newly made but not necessarily originally conceived. Spring Awakening,which opened Wednesday at the Sacramento Community Center,more than delivers on the boast. Read More

Cue the Chorus: The Musical Endures Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/theater/03musicals.html?hpw ... The most important new musical of the decade, in aesthetic terms, might well be “Spring Awakening,” the smart, dark, angry and intensely powerful show about rebellious German teenagers, with music by a real émigré from the rock world, Duncan Sheik.   Read More

Spring Awakening nominated for several What's Onstage Awards in London! Vote here! Source: http://www.whatsonstage.com/surveys/fillsurvey.php?sid=29WHATSONSTAGE.COM Spring Awakening has been nominated for several What's Onstage Awards in London, including The Superbreak Best New Musical.  Vote for them! Vote here

Spring Awakening Comes to Kansas City- And You Can Win Free Tickets! Source: http://www.examiner.com/x-14906-Kansas-City-Performing-Arts-Examiner~y2009m10d4- Eight-time Tony-award winning musical Spring Awakening hits the Music Hall in Kansas City for an 8-show run October 13-18. Read More

Now is the Spring of our Discontent - The Musical! Source: http://www.crickettoes.com/blog/2009/10/now-is-the-spring-of-our-discontentthe-m There are many moments in life that I'd like to relive, but, I gotta tell ya, most of those that occurred in my tween and teen years could be washed from my memory right now and I would not care one iota. Read More

Spring Awakening at Palace Theatre 3/3 Source: http://www.coolcleveland.com Finally, you say to yourself so many times through this production. Finally the band, which is so integral to the soul of the show, is right on the stage. You can watch the drummer pounding out the heavy rhythm, soar along with the spare strings. The arrangements, directed on stage by Shaker Heights native keyboardist Jared Stein, are clever and tasteful, but never lame. This is punk rock stomping emotional rip-your head-off music necessary to express adolescent angst, and achingly beautiful when it explores young love. Read More

'Spring Awakening,' a timeless, iconoclastic look at adolescence Source: http://www.cleveland.com "Spring Awakening" is no Broadway musical. Which is why it's a Broadway musical for today. Cleveland on Tuesday night became one of only a handful of cities in the country visited by the superb national tour of this important work of art. Read More

'Spring Awakening' will awaken your senses Source: http://www.timesreporter.com The Sound of Music” it isn’t. That said, here’s a sampling of what Broadway musical “Spring Awakening,” on stage in Cleveland’s Palace Theatre through March 15, is: Thought-provoking, heart-breaking, daring, adult, slightly graphic in spots and brilliant. It’s not your grandmother’s musical, that’s for sure, but it’s a show you’ll long remember should you venture to Playhouse Square. Read More

ON STAGE SEATS FOR BOSTON AVAILABLE ONLINE! Source: Spring Awakening Team ON STAGE SEATS FOR BOSTON ON SALE ONLINE! On Stage Seating for Boston's engagement of Spring Awakening (playing The Colonial Theatre April 28 to May 24) currently available at http://www.ticketmaster.com/search?tm_link=tm_homeA_header_search&q=spri ng+awakening&search.x=50&search.y=16 Read More

Bitch of Living...Get Out of My Head! Source: http://www.artsyschmartsy.com/2009/10/bitch-of-livingget-out-of-my-head.html Okay, I apologize. "Bitch Of Living", the song I posted from SPRING AWAKENING, the other day, is stuck in my brain. I'm sorry. Very sorry. Read More

Photo Coverage: The SPRING AWAKENING Holiday Concert at Joe Source: http://broadwayworld.com/ Ghostlight Records presented, by popular demand, a second Spring Awakening Christmas Concert, on December 29th, 2008. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the festive fun, and share in the holiday celebration with the very talented young cast. Read More

Spring Awakening Cast to Visit Good Morning America 12/30/2008 Source: http://www.broadwayworld.com Cast members from the Tony © Award- winning Best Musical Spring Awakening, including Hunter Parrish, Alexandra Socha, Gerard Canonico, Matt Doyle, Emily Kinney, Zach Reiner-Harris, Morgan Karr, Frances Mercanti-Anthony and others will appear on ABC-TV's GOOD MORNING AMERICA on Tuesday, December 30th, as part of the "Warm Coats, Warm Hearts Coat Drive," from their Times Square Studios. Read More

'Spring Awakening' is still stirring Source: NYdailynews.com Eighteen months after opening at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, director Michael Mayer's production continues to be a shock to one's system - in all the right ways. Click to read more

A lively 'Spring Awakening' gains in relevance Source: The Associated Press All of a sudden, the subject matter of "Spring Awakening"... is sounding more relevant than ever — thanks to the culture wars being reignited during the current presidential campaign...That relevance couldn't be timed more perfectly with the introduction of a new cast to the Duncan Sheik-Steven Sater musical, now racing toward the end of its second year at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Click to read more

‘Spring’ cleaning: new cast stays fresh Source: Nyunews.com “Spring Awakening” boasts a fresh cast of young actors, most making their Broadway debuts. The original cast was incredibly talented, to be sure, but the current players actually look and sound their parts. If they come across as anxious, confused young teenagers, it’s probably because that is who they are. Like the characters they portray, they are exploring new territory. Click to read more

‘Spring Awakening’ Broadway to Close Source: NYTimes.com They don’t do sadness, not even a little bit. But it’s hard not to feel sad for the members of the cast of the Broadway show “Spring Awakening,” who learned on Thursday that it is scheduled to close Jan. 18. Adapted from the 1891 Frank Wedekind play of the same name, “Spring Awakening” combined a youthful cast with a pop score written by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater and choreography by Bill T. Jones to yield a 21st-century hit. Click to read more

BWW TV: SPRING AWAKENING 'Haunts' BLOOD MANOR Source: Broadwayworld.com The cast of the hit musical Spring Awakening, joined by friends and fans, paid a visit to the haunted halls of horror at BLOOD MANOR to see what all the screaming is about! Spring Awakening brought BWW TV along with them to share in all the terror filled fun-we are still hiding under our keyboards! Click to read more

Initial Casting Announced for London Premiere of Tony-Winning Spring Awakening Source: Playbill.com The U.K. production of Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, which begins performances at London's Lyric Hammersmith Jan. 23, 2009, prior to an official opening Feb. 3, has announced that a year-long casting search and a series of workshops at the Lyric have brought together a cast comprising 16–24 year olds from throughout the U.K., many of whom will be making their professional stage debuts. Click to read more

'Awakening' Rises & Shines with New Stars Source: NYPost.com With the fresh cast of "Spring Awakening," fear not. This Atlantic Theater Company production is as wonderful as the original...If you have just one night to spend in the theater, awake yourself with "Spring Awakening." It's one of the rare, rare Broadway shows touched with the passion of greatness. Click to read more

New kids rock 'Spring Awakening' Source: NJ.com Besides, while some theatergoers may have skipped seeing it so far, "Spring Awakening" is undeniably a hit show nearing its 750th performance...An almost entirely new company of appealing young actors has been assembled to perform the musical. Now headed by 21-year-old Hunter Parrish of the Showtime series "Weeds" fame, "Spring Awakening" remains a vibrant musical expression of teenage desires and anxieties. Click to read more

Photo Coverage: 'Spring Awakening' Visits BLOOD MANOR! Source: Broadwayworld.com BLOOD MANOR, NYC's Premier Haunted Attraction: The Nightmare on 27th St., returns with a depraved appetite for gore and a twisted thirst for blood! On Sunday October 5th, the cast of the hit musical Spring Awakening paid a visit to the haunted halls of horror at BLOOD MANOR to see what all the screaming is about! Click to read more

Will Spring Awakening and In the Heights Hit the Big Screen? Source: Playbill.com Film versions of Broadway's last two Tony Award-winning Best Musicals — Spring Awakening and In The Heights — are likely. At the Oct. 6 Revival: Broadway's Next Act panel discussion at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, films of both award-winning musicals were mentioned. Click to read more

Fleshing It Out! Source: Theatremania.com Fans of the hit Broadway musical Spring Awakening will enjoy its newly-released companion book, Spring Awakening: In the Flesh (Simon & Schuster), written by Time Out New York theater editor David Cote. Fashioned to look like a vandalized fin-de-siècle textbook, the work includes interviews with the show's original cast and creative team, beautiful full-page production photos, and a complete, annotated libretto. Click to read more

Duncan Sheik Plays NYC's Town Hall Nov 13 with SA Cast Source: SpringAwakening.com Duncan Sheik will be performing in concert in New York featuring original cast members from Spring Awakening on November 13th at The Town Hall, located at 123 West 43rd St, New York City. Click to purchase tickets

Injecting Real Youth Into a Youthful Show Source: NYTimes.com Mr. Sheik and Mr. Sater’s vibrant score continues to impress with its deft blend of straight-up rock, folk and melodic pop that captures the mercurial moods of adolescent experience, the fury that is a mask for frustration, the tides of longing that ebb and flow uncontrollably. Click to read more

Photo Op: The Spring Awakening Gang Heads Downtown for a Nightmare Source: Broadway.com Having made their Broadway dreams come true, the cast of Spring Awakening decided to hop a train downtown on October 26 to experience Nightmare: Where Bad Dreams Come True, the best haunted house in New York City Click to read more

SPRING AWAKENING Announces Special BOYS NIGHT 11/11 Source: Broadwayworld.com Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical is pleased to announce “Boys Night” – taking place Tuesday, November 11 at 7:00PM at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre and an after-party at a nearby bar and lounge. Click to read more

Spring Awakening eBay Package, Including Walk-On Role, to Benefit BC/EFA Source: Playbill.com "Extraordinary eBay," continues with a Spring Awakening package now available for bidding. The auction package for the Tony-winning musical includes one onstage ticket plus two house seats for family or friends of the winning bidder. From an onstage seat, the auction winner will be performing his or her own walk-on role. Click to read more

Emily Kinney Appears On Broadway, Law & Order Source: tiptonconservative.com Emily was able to take a few days out of her busy schedule where, for the past 7 months, she’s played Anna in the Tony-Award winning musical “Spring Awakening.” Click to read more

Spring Awakening Celebrated 2 Years on Broadway 12/10/08 Source: http://www.broadwayworld.com After an amazing run from Off-Broadway sleeper to Tony © Award-, winning Best Musical, Spring Awakening, the groundbreaking musical hit, will celebrate it's 2nd Annniversary on Broadway, Wednesday, December 10, 2008. Read More

PHOTO CALL: Broadway's Spring Awakening Celebrates Second Anniversary Source: http://www.playbill.com Spring Awakening celebrated its second anniversary on Broadway Dec. 10. To mark the occasion, the cast and crew enjoyed an anniversary cake prior to the evening performance. Read More

SPRING AWAKENING Holiday Celebration Returns to Joe's Pub 12/29 Source: http://broadwayworld.com/ Spring Awakening, Broadway's Tony Award-winning musical is returning to Joe's Pub for an encore of the sold out Holiday Celebration benefit concert. The December 29th concert will feature the current cast of the Broadway show "Spring Awakening". Read More

Page Six Q&A: Hunter Parrish Source: NYPost.com When Weeds' Hunter Parrish moved to Hell's Kitchen four months ago to start rehearsals for his role as Melchior in Spring Awakening, he called on his TV mom, New Yorker Mary-Louise Parker, to play tour guide. Click to read more

Groff Will Be Part of Spring Awakening Holiday Concert Dec. 15 Source: Playbill.com Jonathan Groff, who originated the role of Melchior in the Tony-winning Spring Awakening, will join the current cast of that Duncan Sheik-Steven Sater musical for an upcoming concert at Joe's Pub. Click to read more

'Spring Awakening' is all about the strife Source: LATimes.com "Spring Awakening" opens the door to a thrilling future in which the aggrieved melancholy harmonies of the next generation are liberated from the conformity of stuffy theatrical traditions. Click to read more

Sheik and Pritchard to Perform in Westport Nov. 14 Source: Playbill.com Tony Award-winning Spring Awakening composer Duncan Sheik will perform in concert at the Westport Country Playhouse Nov. 14. Click to read more

92Y/Tribeca Announces ON STAGE WITH SPRING AWAKENING Performance and Panel Source: Broadwayworld.com SPRING AWAKENING, Broadway's Tony Award-winning musical is pleased to announce "On Stage With Spring Awakening" taking place Monday, November 10 at 7:30PM at the all-new 92Street Y/Tribeca (200 Hudson Street) . This special program will include a panel discussion, plus songs from the show. Click to read more

SPRING AWAKENING Cast Holds 'Want The Change' Benefit Concert 12/8 Source: Broadwayworld.com Past and present performers of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening come together for a night of unique music inspired by the Rainer Maria Rilke poem Sonnets to Orpheus, Part Two, XII. Proceeds from the show will benefit the Actors Fund and IRT Theater's Artist In Residency program. Click to read more

"Spring Awakening Loves the 90's" Concert to Benefit Broadway Cares Source: Playbill.com The national touring cast of the Tony-winning Spring Awakening will offer a concert Nov. 23 at West Hollywood's Upright Cabaret in Mark's Restaurant to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The evening, entitled "Spring Awakening Loves the 90's," will begin at 10 PM. Jared Stein will be the musical director for the one-night-only event. Click to read more

Theater: Amid the many bloated musicals, originality sneaks in Source: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-mcnultyessay20-2009dec20,0, ...The cash cows may have the media advantage, but the shows that conferred dignity to the art form in the new century were long shots developed off-Broadway and in the regionals: ..." "Spring Awakening,"... Read More

Spring in Times Square Source: Broadway.com The kids from Spring Awakening have truly hit the big time, not only being honored with a photo in the big-time “Holiday Classics Redefined” ad campaign for The Gap, but also being chosen to grace three ginormous Times Square billboards as well. Click here to see billboard

Bashoff to Replace Gallagher, Jr. in Spring Awakening; Burton Will Also Join Cast Source: Playbill.com "Lost" and "One Tree Hill" star Blake Bashoff will make his Broadway debut later this month as the ill-fated Moritz in the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Click here for more information

Coltoff, Mayer and Moses Honored By Theatreworks/USA Oct. 22; Gallagher Jr. Performs Source: Playbill.com Tony-winning director Michael Mayer as well as Philip Coltoff and C. Warren Moses will be honored at the annual awards dinner and gala for Theatreworks/USA, the not-for-profit professional theatre for family audiences. Click here for more information

A Central Park Love-In for Hair with Jonathan Groff Source: Broadway.com For three gorgeous nights in a row (September 22-24) at Central Park's Delacorte Theatre, the Public Theater presented a 40th Anniversary concert performance of their very first show—the groundbreaking musical ode to love and peace: Hair featuring  Spring Awakening star Jonathan Groff as Claude. Click here to see pictures

Spring Awakening Star Heads to the Chatterbox Sept. 20 Source: Playbill.com Lea Michele, who plays Wendla in the Tony-winning Best Musical Spring Awakening, sits down for a chat with host Seth Rudetsky at the Sept. 20 edition of Seth's Broadway Chatterbox. Click here for more information

Groff and Michele Will Stay with Spring Awakening Through May 2008 Source: Playbill.com Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele, who play, respectively, Melchior and Wendla in Spring Awakening, have extended their contracts in the Tony-winning musical at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre for six months. Click here for more information

Sadness Left Behind, John Gallagher Jr. Says Goodbye to Spring Awakening Source: Broadway.com He don't do sadness no more. 2007 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, John Gallagher, Jr. gave his final performance in the Duncan Sheik-Steven Sater musical at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Sunday, December 16. Click here to see pictures

Fresh Face: Kyle Riabko Source: Broadway.com Riabko started out as a musician, playing guitar and singing in a band called Ten, Eleven, Twelve—so named for the respective ages of its members. By his late teens, he had already toured Canada. Read the article

THE LEADING MEN: Bashoff Source: Playbill.com Moritz is hitting the highway. Blake Bashoff and his pal Melchior (Kyle Riabko) will be taking their roles on the road with the Spring Awakening national tour beginning in mid-August. Read the article

Alexandra Socha: Seventeen Interview Source: Seventeen.com Alexandra Socha is just 18. She thinks about going to college and loves to wear dresses, but every night, instead of working on calculus homework, she’s wowing audiences as Wendla, the female lead in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening. Read the article

Modern Love: Valentine's with Broadway's Hottest Cast Source: Broadway.com The cast of Broadway's hottest show answer matters of the heart in a Broadway.com video exclusive. Click here to watch interviews

Awakening, Nightly, at 50 Source: NYTimes.com EARLY in the first act of “Spring Awakening,” Kate Burton throws open her blouse, revealing a lacy, low-cut corset, and does a bouncy, hoochie-coochie dance into the face of her young co-star, Gerard Canonico. Click here to read article

Lilli Cooper: Full-Time Student, Full-Time Broadway Actress Source: Broadway.com Think you're busy? Try combining a full class load at a prestigious New York City high school with eight Broadway shows a week—at age 16. That's how Lilli Cooper spent the past year as one of the youngest cast members in the Tony Award-winning Best Musical. Click here to read more

Jonathan Groff Will Be Claude in Public's Hair Source: Playbill.com Jonathan Groff, the Tony-nominated star of the hit new musical Spring Awakening, will portray Claude in the 40th anniversary concert of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, which will play the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park Sept. 22-24 Click here for more information

PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Tony Award Winner John Gallagher, Jr. Source: Playbill.com John Gallagher, Jr. — Tony Award winner for his work in the Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits. Click here to read full interview

Lea Michele Interviewed by BroadwayWorld TV Source: Broadwayworld.com See Richard Jay Alexander interview Lea Michele 4 days before the Tony's! Click here to watch video

It Takes a Rule Breaker to Create Dance for Rebels Source: NyTimes.com Mr. Jones’s choreography for “Spring Awakening” creates a seamlessly integrated, vivid gestural vocabulary that gives force and life to the repressed physical urges of its teenage characters. Only their bodies, it suggests, can express those feelings, for which they have no words. Click here to read full article

Directions: Hug, Smile, Schmooze, Repeat Source: NYTimes.com John Gallagher Jr. and Jonathan Groff, the two Tony-nominated actors from “Spring Awakening,” put their arms around each other and smiled.  Snap.  Now, they were told, hug the people from the American Theater Wing.   Snap. Click here to read full article

Q&A: Tony Talk with Spring Awakening's Jonathan Groff Source: Broadway.com It's been a fast climb for the 22-year-old actor, but Jonathon Groff remains the same sweet, super-polite young man cast a year ago as Melchior Gabor. Click here to read full interview!

Stephen Spinella’s Real Estate Angels Source: NYTimes.com Stephen Spinella might never have made it as an actor if he hadn’t lucked into a crazy-cheap rental. After moving to New York in 1979, he survived many long, unlucrative years, financed by restaurant jobs, while he acted in regional theater and Off Off Off Broadway. Click here to read full article

Fresh Face: Lauren Pritchard Source: Broadway.com Broadway.com profiles the young Spring Awakening star about life and love on the Great White Way. Click here to read full article

Spring Awakening's John Gallagher, Jr. and Old Springs Pike Play the Spiegeltent Sept. 10 Source: Playbill.com The Tony Award winning star of Spring Awakening, John Gallagher Jr., will rock audiences downtown when he joins his band, Old Springs Pike, for a one-night-only 10 PM concert at Spiegeltent on Sept. 10. Click here for more information

Jonathan Groff hosts Backstage at Broadway in Bryant Park Source: Broadway.com A behind-the-scenes look at the final concert of the 2007 season of Broadway in Bryant Park, hosted by Jonathan Groff. Click here to watch video

John Gallagher, Jr. at Broadway Artists Alliance Source: Broadwayworld.com 2007 Tony Award Winner John Gallagher, Jr. was a guest speaker at session one of The Broadway Artists Alliance on Friday, August 3. Click here to see pictures

Spring Awakening joins Tony's Wall of Fame Source: Broadwayworld.com On August 2, Tony's DiNapoli restaurant in Times Square celebrated the unveiling of their new Spring Awakening portrait. Click here to see pictures

"Weeds" Star Parrish to Join Broadway's Spring Awakening Source: Playbill.com Hunter Parrish, who plays Silas on the acclaimed Showtime series "Weeds," will join the Broadway cast of the Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening in August. Read the article

42nd Speak: Alexandra Socha, Spring Awakening Source: movmnt.com Alexandra Socha joined the cast in July 2007 as an Ensemble Member/Swing who got bumped up to Wendla in May 2008, taking over for Lea Michele. Click to read more

Behind the Curtain with Spring Awakening's Alexandra Socha Source: teennewsnet.com Wendla just wants to be heard and listened to, which is very like myself. I never care if people agree with what I have to say, but I just want to know that they listened to it. Other than that though, I find Wendla and I are incredibly different people who live in very separate mindsets. She's definitely a lot more wide-eyed than I am. Click to read more

Gerard Canonico's 'Spring' of Sexual Awakening Source: theimproper.com For anyone who feels that they not only graduated from their teenage years, but survived the seemingly unending torture as well, Spring Awakening’s central character, Moritz, offers a lot with which to relate. Click to read more

DIVA TALK: Chatting with Spring Awakening's Alexandra Socha Source: Playbill.com It's been a whirlwind year for 18-year-old Alexandra Socha, who was a student at Nashua High South in New Hampshire when she attended an open call in April 2007 for the Tony Award-winning Duncan Sheik-Steven Sater musical Spring Awakening. Click to read more

A for effort Source: brooklynpaper.com The 24-year-old blonde, blue-eyed Williamsburg resident told GO Brooklyn that there are several themes in the show — in which she recently took on the role of teenager Anna — that resonate with her. Click to read more

Hunter Parrish's Broadway Source: NYPost.com I don't know about you, but I had no idea Hunter Parrish could sing simply based on the four seasons he spent smoking and selling as Silas on "Weeds." But now that he's taken over the lead role of Melchior in Broadway's "Spring Awakening," he's setting out to show that he's more than a pretty face. Click to view the video

See Hunter Parrish in the flesh Source: NYdailynews.com Still, more than a few early audience members wore shocked expressions as Parrish reached for the high notes, and positive reviews followed. "My reps, actually, were like, 'You can sing?'" he says. "It's kind of like a work in progress, so I kept it on the down-low. But I do songwriting with a couple people that I work with back in Dallas, where I grew up." Click to read more

Local actress promoted in Broadway musical Source: nashuatelegraph.com Eighteen-year-old Alexandra Socha, of Nashua, has recently been promoted to a lead role in the award-winning Broadway musical "Spring Awakening." Socha began acting in "Spring Awakening" in 2007, as an understudy and member of the ensemble. Click to read more

GREAT "AWAKENING" Matawan native enjoying first lead role on Broadway Source: App.com Canonico who less than a week after his 19th birthday and barely a year after he graduated from Mater Dei High School in Middletown made his dream come true as he became one of Broadway's youngest performers in a leading role as Moritz in a show awarded eight Tonys, including best musical. Click to read more

Alexandra Socha & Emma Hunton: “SPRING AWAKENING is incredibly revolutionary” Source: Todomusicales.com For both of them, SPRING AWAKENING is their Broadway debut, surely the first step of a long career. Alexandra and Emma talked to us about her contribution to this “revolutionary” musical. Click to read more

Young actor lives the dream of Broadway Source: pnwlocalnews.com Caitlin Kinnunen, a 16-year-old from Island County, continues to perform the role of "Thea" in her Broadway debut of the Tony Award-Winning new musical "Spring Awakening."Kinnunen moved to New York, N.Y. with her mother Betsy Stam this summer to begin rehearsals for the show which opened in December, 2006. Click to read more

Showtime on Broadway for 'Weeds' star Hunter Parrish Source: Usatoday.com It was Parker who urged Parrish to step onto the theater stage. In Spring Awakening, Parrish plays rebel Melchior, a charmer who questions authority and deals with his own sexuality in 1891 Germany. He replaced Jonathan Groff, who originated the part; his run goes until March. Click to read more

Matt Doyle celebrates his Broadway awakening Source: Acorn-online.com Someone needs to pinch Matt Doyle to make sure he is awake. The handsome 21-year-old actor has just received a positive review from the New York Times for his performance in the Broadway musical Spring Awakening. Click to read more

Hunter Parrish of 'Weeds' makes his Broadway debut in rock musical 'Spring Awakening' Source: ChicagoTribune.com Parish, who had been in local theater productions in the Dallas area before heading to Hollywood, missed the stage. He flew out to New York last year to talk about a role in the musical "Hairspray." But in a lucky break, he also connected with "Spring Awakening" while the show was recasting its original Melchior, the multitalented Jonathan Groff. Click to read more

Broadway.com Presents Spring Awakening: The New Class Source: Broadway.com It's back to school season and Spring Awakening is taking on the new academic year with a whole new batch of turn-of-the-century teenage misfits. Getting to know the new kids on the block is never easy, so Broadway.com is helping to break that awkward, first-day-of-school ice with a laidback, student-orientation kind of get-together. Come on in and get acquainted with the Tony Award-winning musical's incoming class! Click to read more

Kyle Riabko on 'Spring Awakening' Source: AMNY.com Kyle Riabko, a Canadian music artist, had never seen a Broadway show prior to "Spring Awakening." He succeeded Jonathan Groff in the lead role of Melchoir earlier this summer and will depart in one more week to headline the national tour Click to read more

Former Nebraskan makes debut on Broadway stage Source: Omaha.com A young actress from Nebraska lived a dream last week when she made her Broadway debut in the best-musical Tony winner "Spring Awakening." Click to read more

Broadway star Gerard Canonico gets ready for another year and a leading role Source: Bayshorenews.com Matawan native Gerard Canonico has no “bitches” about life, just yet. Canonico, 19, lives in New York City, loves music and plays in a band, like many teenagers of the 21st century. Click to read more

Lakewood's own Eryn Murman in Spring Awakening on Broadway Source: Cleveland.com Eryn Murman, a Lakewood native and graduate of the music theater conservatory at Toronto's Sheridan College joined the ensemble of Broadway's "Spring Awakening" -- the hippest show on the Great White Way -- immediately after graduating last summer. Click to read more

Castaños, Durand, Karr, Kinney, Kinnunen and Violett Join Broadway's Spring Awakening Source: Playbill.com Spring Awakening has welcomed several new cast members to the Tony-winning production at Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Read the article

No derailling her 'Spring Awakening' debut Source: Newsday.com Playing the troubled teen Martha, Amanda Castaños gets her moment center stage with the haunting Duncan Sheik melody "The Dark I Know Well." Click to read more

In Rehearsal: Weeds' Hunter Parrish, the New Star of Spring Awakening Source: Broadway.com A sneak peek look at Weeds star Hunter Parrish, who makes his Broadway debut as young romantic Melchior in theTony Award winning musical Spring Awakening on Monday, August 18. Broadway.com was invited to watch the hot young star at his very first vocal rehearsal with his future co-stars. Click to view the video

Broadway.com's Fresh Face: Hunter Parrish Source: Broadway.com Parrish started out in the business early, at just six years old, doing commercials. "I started acting first, but I was always singing," he recalls. "I sang in church, and then did some musical theater, but I had no 'career path' idea for it." Click to read more

A Night Out with Hunter Parrish Bowling for Broadway Source: NYTimes.com HUNTER PARRISH has been appearing shirtless a lot lately. On the current season of the Showtime comedy “Weeds,” Mr. Parrish, 21, plays the buff boy toy of a 40-year-old single mom, and, as the newest cast member of “Spring Awakening,” he’s baring almost all on Broadway most nights. Click to read more

Hunter On Awakening, Weed Heads Source: queerty.com Hunky actor Hunter Parrish has been hard at work rehearsing for his new gig in Broadway's Spring Awakening, the Duncan Sheik scored adaption of Frank Wedekind 1891 play. Click to read more

‘Weeds’ Star Hunter Parrish on His ‘Spring Awakening’ Debut Source: NYMag.com Rising actor Hunter Parrish is best known to pot-loving Showtime subscribers as sullen teenager, recent MILF-bait, and burgeoning marijuana grower Silas Botwin on Weeds. Click to read more

Matt Doyle: Ready for his second act Source: http://www.acorn-online.com/ Throngs of young women line a sidewalk in New York hoping to get an autograph, or at the very least a glimpse of the young men they have just seen perform on stage. Read More

High School Musical star Corbin Bleu makes a Spring Awakening Source: Broadway.com And the celebrities just keep a comin'! Continuing the trend of Sheik chic, the talented young cast of Spring Awakening  welcomed a fellow stand-out actor-singer-dancer in the house on Saturday, October 20—one from television: Corbin Bleu of High School Musical. Click here to see pictures

Ashton Kutcher & Demi Moore Catch Spring Awakening Source: Broadway.com Fresh from a visit to the Kaballah Center in New York, sexy celeb couple Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore followed up their spiritually-centered morning on Saturday, October 13, with a matinee of the ground-breaking musical hit Spring Awakening at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Broadway Click here to see pictures

Stage & TV Star T.R. Knight is Awakened by Spring Source: springawakening.com Stage and TV star T.R. Knight caught Spring Awakening and caught up with his fellow stage stars after the show. Click here to see picture

Sandra Oh catches Spring Fever Source: springawakening.com Television and screen star Sandra Oh visited the hottest show of the stage season and took some candid shots with the cast right after. Click here to see pictures

Sir Ian visits with Lea Michele & John Gallagher, Jr. Source: springawakening.com Sir Ian Mckellan and Spring Awakening stars Lea Michele and John Gallagher, Jr. were hanging out backstage after a performance of Spring Awakening. Click here to see picture

Billy Crystal Visits the Spring Awakening Stars Source: Broadway.com The night after the Tony Award nominations came out, the leader of the pack of this year's nominees Spring Awakening got a surprise visit from the man who, two years ago, walked away with a Tony for his 700 Sundays, Billy Crystal. Click here to see pictures

Hilary Duff Discovers Spring Awakening Source: Broadway.com We captured a post-show backstage visit from Lizzie McGuire star-turned-pop princess Hilary Duff, who brought her new boyfriend, the infamous Canadian hockey jock Mike Comrie. Click here to see pictures

Ugly Betty's America Ferrera Discovers Spring Awakening Source: Broadway.com Sans her trademark braces and glasses, the most popular girl on television made a pilgrimage to Broadway this weekend, when on Saturday May 5, Ugly Betty's America Ferrera took in a performance of the must-see new musical of the season. Click here to see pictures!

Natalie Portman Makes a Spring Awakening Source: Broadway.com On Wednesday, July 25, Portman took in the ground-breaking Broadway musical at the Eugene O'Neill. After the show, the actress went backstage and met the cast of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2007. Click here to see pictures

Hairspray-Bound Lance Bass Catches Spring Fever Source: He's about to hit the stage as Corny Collins in Hairspray himself on August 14, but boy-bander turned gay icon Lance Bass decided to sit in the audience one last time last weekend. Click here to see pictures

High School Musical Sweetheart Vanessa Anne Hudgens at Spring Awakening Source: Broadway.com High School Musical star Vanessa Anne Hudgens visited Broadway's hit musical on Friday, August 17, while the rest of the kids were tuned in to HSM2 that evening! Click here for pictures

Billy Crudup visits the cast of Spring Awakening Source: springawakening.com Tony nominated Billy Crudup visited backstage with the cast of Spring Awakening on his night off from starring in Lincoln Center Theatre's production of Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia. Click here to see picture

3 Time Tony Winner Audra McDonald visits Spring Awakening Source: springawakening.com 3-time Tony Award winning star of stage Audra McDonald visited the 8-time Tony Award winning musical of this season. Click here to see picture

Michael Urie, Chace Crawford and Eden Epinosa Check Out Spring Awakening Source: Broadway.com The backstage guestbook at Spring Awakening keeps on racking up the celebrity signatures. Three were from TV: Ugly Betty's Michael Urie, Chace Crawford from Gossip Girl and Shawn Pyfrom, best known as Andrew Van de Kamp from Desperate Housewives. Also on hand was Eden Espinosa, still reeling from performing in Rent's final show on Broadway. Click to view pictures

Photo Op: High School Musical's Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman Light Up Broadway Source: Broadway.com High School Musical stars Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman lit up Times Square on October 21. The teen sensations were in town to promote the soon-to-be-released movie, High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Click to read more

Photo Op: It's Spring Time for Clay Aiken! Source: Broadway.com For a multi-platinum recording artist, Spring Awakening is a Broadway must-see—and luckily for Spamalot star Clay Aiken, he could catch a Monday evening performance on November 3, his night off. Click to read more

Daniel Radcliffe Visits 'Spring Awakening' Source: Livejournal.com Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe visits the cast of Spring Awakening on Broadway backstage at The Eugene O’Neill Theater in New York City on Sunday night. Read More

Michelle Trachtenberg Visits Hunter Parrish at Spring Awakening Source: Broadway.com Spring Awakening got a visit from actress Michelle Trachtenberg on September 11 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Recently seen on the mega-popular series Gossip Girl and known for her stint on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Trachtenberg also appears in the forthcoming movie Seventeen Again with Hunter Parrish, Spring's new star. Click to read more

Gerard Canonico, Mary Louise Parker, Hunter Parrish and Alexandra Socha Source: InStyle.com Gerard Canonico, Mary Louise Parker, Hunter Parrish, and Alexandra Socha pose backstage on Parrish's opening night in "Spring Awakening" in New York City. Click to read more

Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Anthony Rapp, & Alice Ripley attend Spring Awakening Source: springawakening.com It was a starry night backstage at Spring Awakening when stars of stage and screen visited the season's hottest new musical.  Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Anthony Rapp, & Alice Ripley were all excited to visit the young, incredibly talented cast. Click here to see pictures

Bruce Springsteen Trades Jersey for Broadway at Spring Awakening Source: Broadway.com The Boss hit Broadway on August 8! That's when rock legend Bruce Springsteen and his family crossed the Hudson from the storied shores of Jersey to take in hit musical Spring Awakening at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Click to view pictures

A Summertime Spring Awakening for Mel Gibson Source: Broadway.com Spring Awakening's new cast got a backstage visit from none other than Mel Gibson on August 16. Hearing good things about the Tony Award-winning musical, the Academy Award-winning director made his way to the Eugene O'Neill Theatre to see the fresh stars raise the roof. Click to view pictures

Mary-Louise Parker Visits Fellow Weeds Star Hunter Parrish at Spring Awakening Source: Broadway.com Backstage at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre felt a lot like Agrestic, California on August 18, when Weeds star Mary-Louise Parker paid a visit to Hunter Parrish, who plays her son Silas in the subversive Showtime series. Click to view pictures

Mario Lopez Dances Over to Spring Awakening Source: http://www.broadway.com/ Now that Spring Awakening is in the final three weeks of its Broadway run (sob!), folks are rushing to see the Tony-winning musical—including famous folks like Mario Lopez.  Read More