‘Spring Awakening’ Ropes in New Generation of Theatergoers

Spring Awakening is not your average Broadway musical. This was obvious from the very first guitar riffs and thundering bass notes of the rock musical when it opened on Broadway in 2006, and now the angst-ridden, sex-driven teenage fan favorite is gaining fame around the world for bringing in theater’s newest type of audience – adolescents. Teens are flocking to theaters to watch the musical production of Spring Awakening, as the production nets very strong similarities to real-life situations in many teens’ lives, and this is causing quite the stir on the Broadway scene.

The storyline of Spring Awakening is based off the 1891 Frank Wedekind play, which outlines the lives of high school-age kids dealing with adolescence and portrays the often-played down subjects of sexuality, strong language and confusion. Tom Hulce, an executive producer of the play, recently made a statement backing up the relevance of Spring Awakening and helping explain its cult following, saying, “It will ever be thus. Here is a story written more than a hundred years ago that feels incredibly contemporary and applicable today. I think it will always resonate, because there is so much personal judgment involved in when and how you empower your sons and daughters.”

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