'Spring Awakening' Makes Broadway Debut

VIDEO [CC] Interviews: Michael Arden's Deaf West Theater production of the Tony-winning musical 'Spring Awakening' makes a few dozen broadway stars.

NEW YORK CITY - The revival of Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's musical 'Spring Awakening' opened last night at the Brooks-Atkinson Theatre where nearly the entire company, composed of more than 20 performers, both Deaf and Hearing, celebrated a Broadway debut.



TheaterMania caught up with Austin P. McKenzie and Sandra Mae Frank, who lead the cast as Melchior and Wendla, along with Oscar winner Marlee Matlin, Emmy winner Camryn Manheim, "Glee" veteran Ali Stroker, and more of the Deaf West cast members, who are joyfully getting acquainted with the Great White Way.

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Michael Arden, who makes his directorial Broadway debut at the helm of the production, also shares some feelings about the musical's journey from a Los Angeles black box theater to the biggest stage on the East Coast.



The Oscar winner Marlee Matlin takes on the Great White Way for the first time in Michael Arden's Deaf West Theater production of the Tony-winning musical... Read more: Spring Awakening Star Marlee Matlin on a Broadway Debut 30 Years in the Making



Get tickets to Spring Awakening: http://broadway.com/shows/spring-awakening



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VIDEO: Believe! Deaf West's Spring Awakening revival opens on Broadway.

BROADWAY - Deaf West’s revival of Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's Spring Awakening opens officially at the Great White Way's Brooks Atkinson Theatre on September 27. Directed by Michael Arden, the staging incorporates American Sign Language with the dialogue, as select characters are portrayed as Deaf, with additional performers providing their voices.

In honor of the musical’s big night, Broadway.com resident artist Justin “Squigs” Robertson created this sketch. The portrait includes Austin P. McKenzie as Melchior, Daniel N. Durant as Moritz, Sandra Mae Frank as Wendla, and the key supporting cast including Oscar winner Marlee Matlin as a variety of adult characters, along with Broadway.com



Audience Choice Award winners Krysta Rodriguez as Ilse and Andy Mientus as Hanschen and more! Broadway.com wishes the cast of Spring Awakening a happy opening. Make sure you get "Totally F**ked" at the after-party... Read more: http://broadway.com/buzz/182198/believe-deaf-wests-spring-awakening-revival-opens-on-broadway/



Get tickets to Spring Awakening: http://broadway.com/shows/spring-awakening



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VIDEO: In Rehearsal With Deaf West's Broadway Spring Awakening.

NEW YORK CITY - You may think you know Spring Awakening, but you've never seen or heard it like this. Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's Tony-winning musical returns to Broadway in the hands of the famed Deaf West Theatre in a brand-new production featuring a young cast of Deaf and Hearing actors performing the show simultaneously in English and American Sign Language.

The results will not only blow your mind, but are sure to provide an even more emotionally overwhelming experience than you ever expected.



Get tickets to Spring Awakening: http://broadway.com/shows/spring-awakening



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