‘Spring Awakening’ Brings Teen Angst to Broadway (NPR)
Posted in springawakening, broadway, theatre, duncansheik, Marcus, nyc, events on Jan 28th, 2007
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Critics are hailing the new show Spring Awakening for reinventing the Broadway musical. Based on a 19th-century German play that was controversial for decades, Spring Awakening deals with teenage sexuality and includes incest, sadomasochism and rape.
…The musical is set in 1891, but the songs themselves are indie-rock modern in sound — and […]