NewsPHOTO ARCHIVE: Eight Years Later, Looking Back at Spring Awakening's Broadway Opening NightSpring Awakening, the Tony Award-winning rock musical by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, opened on Broadway Dec. 10, 2006. We take a look back at Playbill.com's coverage of the big opening night!
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Matthew Blank
December 10, 2014
The musical, which starred Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff, took home eight 2007 Tony Awards, including Best Book (Sater), Best Choreography (Bill T. Jones), Best Direction (Michael Mayer), Best Featured Actor (John Gallagher, Jr.), Best Lighting Design (Kevin Adams), Best Orchestrations (Sheik), Best Score (Sheik and Sater) and Best Musical.