SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)

[CoffeeBreak]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#1

Posted: 6/10/26 at 9:15am

Spring Awakening will open this fall (2026) off-Broadway at Studio Seaview directed by Tony Award winner Danza Taymor. The Tony Award and Olivier Award-winning musical will be choreographed by Celia Rowlson-Hall – in her theatrical debut - with music supervision by Or Matias. 

springawakeningmusical.com

Updated On: 6/10/26 at 09:15 AM

[CoffeeBreak]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#2

Posted: 6/10/26 at 9:19am

Casting rumors ?

[CoffeeBreak]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#3

Posted: 6/10/26 at 9:41am

Almeida - UK (2021-2022),  Broadway revival (2015),  Broadway original production (2006-2009)

Updated On: 6/10/26 at 09:41 AM

[AC126748]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#4

Posted: 6/10/26 at 9:43am

CoffeeBreak said: "Casting rumors ?"

They're doing an open casting call for all roles next month. Even if they have their eyes on specific performers already, I doubt they're going to announce anyone before those happen.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

Updated On: 6/10/26 at 09:43 AM

[ColorTheHours048]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#5

Posted: 6/10/26 at 9:53am

Rumor is Sadie Sink and Joe Locke are cast already, based on what I’ve seen here and elsewhere. Sadie makes sense, given her continued working relationship with Danya Taymor. Joe would be a good get also since his reception in Sweeney Todd was very good.

She feels more like an Ilse than a Wendla, and he feels more like a Moritz than a Melchior, so I’ll be interested to see who they are if they are ultimately in the cast.

Also, Celia Rowlson-Hall’s choreography for The Testament of Ann Lee was far and away my favorite part of that movie. Her style feels very appropriate for the material.

Updated On: 6/10/26 at 09:53 AM

[Nettik]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#6

Posted: 6/10/26 at 9:58am

Absolute dream team to tackle this material. If all the pieces fall into place as well as I'm imagining, this is going to be a very hot ticket. 

[AC126748]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#7

Posted: 6/10/26 at 10:05am

Obviously things can change, but didn't Sadie Sink say in an interview that she wasn't interested in returning to musical theater?

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[ColorTheHours048]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#8

Posted: 6/10/26 at 10:09am

AC126748 said: "Obviously things can change, but didn't Sadie Sink say in an interview that she wasn't interested in returning to musical theater?"

Not sure. But I have to imagine working with a collaborator like Taymor on a smaller-scale production and not something like Annie makes it more attractive.

[AC126748]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#9

Posted: 6/10/26 at 10:11am

This was from last year:

Now that Sink’s done a play on Broadway, is a musical next?

Sink answers with a very firm and fast no. “That vocal technique and stamina, I don't think I'm ready to take that on,” she says. 

A lot can change in a year, though. Between John Proctor and Romeo and Juliet, she's clearly enjoying being back on stage.

https://playbill.com/article/how-gaten-matarazzo-inspired-sadie-sink-to-go-back-to-broadway

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[barcelona20]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#10

Posted: 6/10/26 at 10:14am

If they're going with Sadie, they should just create a Stranger Things reunion and cast as many of them as possible since many of them can sing.

[schubox]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#11

Posted: 6/10/26 at 10:20am

I do love Or

[Jordan Catalano]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#12

Posted: 6/10/26 at 10:28am

As far as Sink singing the score, while Wendla and Ilse both sing a lot, neither is as vocally demanding to sing as a lot of other musical theatre roles are. So for someone who doesn’t want the demand of a difficult score to sing 8x a week this sounds perfect for her. 

[BroadwayGuy12]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#13

Posted: 6/10/26 at 11:50am

Kind of hope the [title of show] rumors are true so I can see that, Spring Awakening, and In the Heights all in the same weekend and pretend it's 2008 all over again.

[TotallyEffed]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#14

Posted: 6/10/26 at 11:51am

BroadwayGuy12 said: "Kind of hope the [title of show] rumors are true so I can see that, Spring Awakening, and In the Heights all in the same weekend and pretend it's 2008 all over again."

 

Let's throw in August: Osage County while we're at it!

[Sutton Ross]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#15

Posted: 6/10/26 at 12:02pm

Sink answers with a very firm and fast no. “That vocal technique and stamina, I don't think I'm ready to take that on,” she says. 

Makes sense, and she's been doing a lot of theater lately anyway. She is also starring and producing a show for FX later this year, so I doubt she's available.

Everyone on the OBC can sing incredibly well, so I doubt they would pick a person who physically can't do that or doesn't particularly want to.

Doing it in this space is very cool and no doubt, will be a hot ticket. 

[MadsonMelo]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#16

Posted: 6/10/26 at 1:31pm

Funny that once again SO was right, someone created a topic back in May and so many were dismissive LOL

Hope this is a great production, will see come next april if it's still open.

[Jarethan]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#17

Posted: 6/10/26 at 2:25pm

Great decision to target off-Broadway, where it has a much better chance to return its investment.  Particularly given the crazy state of Broadway costs, I just don't think a revival of SA would be a good bet for a long run (the original ran about 25 months and there were plenty of empty seats for months).minimally required to return its investment (uness the lead(s) really were powerhouse ticket sellers and committed to a decent run).

[BroadwayGirl107]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#18

Posted: 6/10/26 at 2:53pm

If Sadie does this I have to imagine tickets will be hard to get.

 

She’s quite a talented singer and has had a year to work on some stamina. Danya Taymor directing does make me think she might be on board. 

[malcs98]

SPRING AWAKENING at Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)#19

Posted: 6/10/26 at 3:14pm

AC126748 said: "They're doing an open casting call for all roles next month. Even if they have their eyes on specific performers already, I doubt they're going to announce anyone before those happen."

but even so, I do like that Studio Seaview is making this an open call to give unknown stars a chance to shine...I mean for a show that 20 years ago (god it feels weird saying that, I feel so old) made future stars like Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, John Gallagher Jr., Skylar Astin, Lilli Cooper, Krysta Rodriguez among others, it's only fitting that this show introduce the next generation of talent