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Dateline: 20th May, 2008
Musical Spring Awakening at Hammersmith The Lyric Hammersmith will present a British production of Spring Awakening, a new musical, for a six week run from January 2009. Based on Frank Wedekind’s controversial play, it will feature an original, Grammy Award-winning score by composer Duncan Sheik and lyricist Steven Sater.
David Farr, Artistic Director at the Lyric Hammersmith, saw the Atlantic Theater Company’s production at the start of its run in New York. Now, he has asked the entire creative team behind the original production to find a new generation of young British talent to perform the musical on the London stage.
Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater have written a highly original score of contemporary songs which, under the direction of Michael Mayer, and with the choreography of Bill T. Jones, will bring the story of Melchior, a brilliant young teenage student, his troubled friend Moritz, and Wendla, a beautiful young girl on the verge of womanhood, to the British stage. Set in 19th century Germany, this fusion of morality, sexuality, and young love reaches out across generations to everyone who has experienced the adolescent journey of personal discovery and sexual awakening.
David Farr said, “We at the Lyric are proud of our collaborative approach to making theatre and are celebrated for the modern and diverse audience that we reach with our work. The Spring Awakening team are ground-breaking artists and we’re thrilled to be working alongside them to bring this extraordinary work to the London stage. It is truly a musical for everyone.” It will run from Friday 23rd January to Saturday 28th February, 2009. Booking opens on 9th June.
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