Spring Awakening CD Signing Set for Jan. 10

By Andrew Gans
and Zachary Pincus-Roth
January 3, 2007

The Times Square Virgin Megastore will host a CD signing for the new Spring Awakening cast recording Jan. 10.

Composer Duncan Sheik, lyricist-librettist Steven Sater and members of the cast will be on hand for the signing, which is scheduled for 5-6 PM. The cast is scheduled to perform two songs from the rock musical. The Times Square Virgin Megastore is located at 1540 Broadway, between 45th and 46th Streets.

Decca Broadway released the cast recording of the acclaimed new musical Dec. 12. The track list follows.

"Mamma Who Bore Me"
"Mamma Who Bore Me" (Reprise)
"All That's Known"
"The Bitch of Living"
"My Junk"
"Touch Me"
"The Word of Your Body"
"The Dark I Know Well"
"And Then There Were None"
"The Mirror-Blue Night"
"I Believe"
"Don't Do Sadness"
"The Guilty Ones"
"Left Behind"
"Totally F******"
"The Word of Your Body" (Reprise)
"Whispering"
"Those You've Known"
"The Song of Purple Summer"

Spring Awakening, directed by Michael Mayer with choreography by Bill T. Jones, is based on Frank Wedekind's 1891 expressionist play, which was scandalous in its day for addressing sex, violence and suicide. Two actors play all the adult roles as an ensemble of young people strut, rant, wonder and wish as their characters search to understand the coming of age that they cannot avoid.

Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff head the cast as, respectively, teens Wendla and Melchior, who are drawn to each other in a world where parents, ministers and teachers create an atmosphere of shame, silence and ignorance.

The Eugene O'Neill Theatre is at 230 West 49th Street. Tickets are available through Telecharge at (212) 239-6200 or online at www.springawakening.com.