mARRIOTT THEATRE PRESENTS:

Based on Frank Wederkind's controversial 1891 play (which was banned in many countries up until the mid-1900s), Spring Awakening focuses on budding teenage sexuality and the conservative Weimar society desperate to repress it. The show's writers Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater lend their 19th-century characters modern day attitudes and rock 'n' roll personas, to match the alternative rock score. The musical debuted on Broadway in 2006 and swept the board at the Tonys, picking up eight awards.

WHAT IS SPRING AWAKENING ABOUT?

Wendla and Moritz are a pair of adolescents struggling to break through the smothering societal and moral codes of 19th Century Weimar Germany. Seeking something more from life, they embark on a voyage of personal and sexual exploration which puts them on a collision course with their elders and betters.