‘Spring Awakening’: An illuminating, coming-of-age rock musical
The Tony and Olivier Award-winning “Spring Awakening,” with music by Duncan Sheik and libretto by Steven Sater, is billed as a “rock musical.”
The Tony and Olivier Award-winning “Spring Awakening,” with music by Duncan Sheik and libretto by Steven Sater, is billed as a “rock musical.”
“Spring Awakening” builds up into an explosive confrontation between adolescents on the brink of self-discovery and the repressive adults who want them to conform to society.
NEW YORK— The first time Duncan Sheik read the disturbingly gory novel “American Psycho,” it didn’t go well. He got halfway through the book before throwing it across his dorm
In terms of material, “Spring Awakening” and “They’re Playing Our Song” are polar opposites. The former is a modernist rock musical populated by 19th-century German adolescents on the brink of sexual awakening, while the latter is old-fashioned, feel-good fare about a neurotic musician couple.
ATENEO Blue Repertory presents the Tony Award-winning rock musical “Spring Awakening” Feb. 14-March 1 at the Rizal Mini Theater, Ateneo de Manila University.
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