{"product_id":"spring-awakening-paperback-1","title":"Spring Awakening - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Sater\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDuncan Sheik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This brave new musical, haunting and electrifying by turns, restores the mystery, the thrill to that shattering transformation that stirs in all our souls.\"--Charles Isherwood, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The staggering purity of this show will touch all open hearts...In its refined, imaginative simplicity, it daringly reverses all the conventional rules by returning the American musical to an original state of innocence.\"--John Heilpern, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An unexpected jolt of sudden genius, edgy in its brutally honest, unromanticized depiction of human sexuality.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpring Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary new rock musical with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Grammy Award-nominated recording artist Duncan Sheik. Inspired by Frank Wedekind's controversial 1891 play about teenage sexuality and society's efforts to control it, the piece seamlessly merges past and present, underscoring the timelessness of adolescent angst and the universality of human passion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eSteven Sater\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include the long-running \u003ci\u003eCarbondale Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePerfect for You, Doll\u003c\/i\u003e (Rosenthal Prize\/Cincinnati Playhouse), \u003ci\u003eUmbrage\u003c\/i\u003e (Steppenwolf New Play Prize), and a reconceived version of Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eTempest\u003c\/i\u003e, which played in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDuncan Sheik\u003c\/b\u003e is a singer\/songwriter who also collaborated with Sater on the musical \u003ci\u003eThe Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e. He has composed original music for \u003ci\u003eThe Gold Rooms of Nero\u003c\/i\u003e and for The Public Theater's \u003ci\u003eTwelfth Night\u003c\/i\u003e in Central Park.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Sater plays include the long-running Carbondale Dreams, Perfect for You, Doll (Rosenthal Prize, Cincinnati Playhouse), Umbrage (Steppenwolf New Play Prize), A Footnote to the Iliad (New York Stage and Film, The Miniature Theatre of Chester), In Search of Lost Wings (Sanford Meisner) and a reconceived version of Shakespeare's The Tempest, which played London's Lyric Hammersmith. Grammy award nominated singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik collaborated with playwright Steven Sater on The Nightingale, a musical based on the Hans Christian Andersen classic which premiered at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Sheik has composed original music for the Public Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night and for The Golden Rooms of Nero.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891810529382,"sku":"9781559363150","price":24.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Y2lSeXduUERVWi9iOW9GSmR1cGk3UT09.webp?v=1772895917","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/spring-awakening-paperback-1","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}