Showing posts with label Spring Awakening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring Awakening. Show all posts

Saturday, January 3, 2009

The Final Curtain Comes Down

Good bye to these Broadway shows: 

Spamalot
Hairspray
Spring Awakening
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Boeing-Boeing
Grease
Gypsy
Tale of Two Cities
Young Frankenstein

The Great White Way will be a little darker next month. 

Thursday, October 23, 2008

A Shadow Past...

The musical hailed as "the new Rent" will not enjoy the same long run of the ground-breaking 1996 show.

"Spring Awakening," the recepient of the 2007 Tony Award for Best New Musical, has posted a closing date of Jan. 18, according to Playbill.com.

The show is taken from an 1881 German play telling the story of teenagers experiencing love, sex and tragedy. The plot revolves around Melchior, a scholarly student who is more informed about relationships than his friends, including Moritz--who is facing difficulties at school. Melchior begins a love affair with local girl Wendla as a series of tragic events unfold.

The show features music by Duncan Sheik, known for his hit single "Barely Breathing," and lyrics by Steven Sater. Both won Tony Awards for Spring Awakening as well as a Grammy Award. Frank Wedekind wrote the original play.

"Monty Python's Spamalot" and "Hairspray" have also announced closing dates in January.

"Spring Awakening" plays at the Eugene O'Neill Theater.