Performance: Spring Awakening
| Date/Time: | Friday, 22 Oct 2010 at 7:30 pm |
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| Location: | Stephens Auditorium |
| Cost: | Adults: $45-49, Youth: $25, ISU students: $20 |
| URL: | http://www.center.iastate.edu |
| Contact: | Angela Ossian |
| Phone: | 515-294-3347 |
| Channel: | Iowa State Center |
| Categories: | Arts, performances |
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Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Spring Awakening is a musical based on a play of the same name written in 1891 by Frank Wedekind. It's a coming-of-age story that takes place in a provincial German town in the late nineteenth-century, and shows the consequences of living in a repressive society. Steven Sater, who wrote the book and lyrics, has said that his impulse in writing the show was "a desire to move hearts and try and change the world a little." Although Spring Awakening deals with very important themes, it also has a lot of humor and is a great deal of fun. Teenagers will easily identify - and identify with - the characters onstage.
Spring Awakening features a great rock score, with music by Indy composer Duncan Sheik and lyrics by Steven Sater. The songs reveal the private yearnings, hopes, and anguish of the show's teenage characters. As these feelings are timeless and universal, the writers chose to have the boys and girls assume the manner of contemporary teens when performing the songs.
Spring Awakening deals with mature themes, and these include moments of brutality and sexual situations. One of the main goals of the creative team is that Spring Awakening opens the lines of communication between parents and children, and enables them to discuss difficult and significant topics. As a rule, the show is recommended for those fifteen and older.