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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 […]

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From News24.com:
Teenage sex scenes showing a naked breast, masturbation and sadomasochism aren’t the usual Broadway fare, but Spring Awakening has become the surprise hit musical of the season while being hailed as tastefully erotic.
Adapted from German playwright Frank Wedekind’s then-scandalous 1891 play, Spring Awakening looks at the angst of high school students and their sexual […]

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