Spring Awakening

Musical

Genre: Youth/Love

Duration: 115 minutes

“We all once were young, impulsive and quixotic. Though this is a show talking about the story of teenagers, those who are in his or her thirties or forties can also feel its charm.”

——The Paper

“Despite the fact that the story happened in the West more than a century ago, and that there are ‘foreign’ elements in the show like Greek mythology, Faust and religion, the expression of the theme is unaffected. There are many realistic meanings for the China in the new century.”

——Opera

Synopsis

Silenced and dismissed in the firmly censored world of 19th century Germany, a group of teenagers are forced to discover the truth behind their feelings unaided. They find that through each other they unlock a bold and brave new world – with both beautiful and tragic consequences. The musical follows this turn of the century’s “Romeo and Juliet” as they learn how to communicate, and how to love, in a world that’s trying to keep them apart.
Harmonia Holdings, Ltd. and SAIC•Shanghai Culture Square join force to produce the first professional production of the eight-time Tony Award-winning Spring Awakening in China. This ground-breaking production will be directed and choreographed by Spencer Liff, with music supervision by West End’s Fiz Shapur and associate direction by Xiaoyi Liu of The National Theatre of China. It will feature set, lighting, sound, and costume design by an all-Chinese creative team. The production will open in January 2020 for a limited engagement of 13 performances and a subsequent national tour, and will have dialogue in Chinese, with songs sung in English.