Spring Awakening will open at the Eugene O'Neill on 10 Dec

The pop-rock musical Spring Awakening, music by Duncan Sheik, book and lyrics by Steven Sater, has announced it will open on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on 10 Dec 2006, following previews from 17 Nov 2006.

The musical opened to good notices off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre on 15 Jun2006, and closed on 6 Aug 2006.

It has been announced that the same creative team for the off-Broadway production will also work on the Broadway show. Set design will be by Christine Jones, with costumes by Susan Hilferty and lighting by Kevin Adams.

It has also been confirmed that the children characters, played by young adults, will be re-created by the actors from the off-Broadway production. Jonathan Groff (Melchior Gabor), Lea Michele (Wendla Bergman), John Gallagher, Jr. as Mortiz, Skylar Astin (Georg), Lilli Cooper (Martha), Gideon Glick (Ernst), Brian Johnson (Otto), Lauren Pritchard (Ilse), Phoebe Strole (Anna), Jonathan B. Wright (Hanschen), and Remy Zaken (Thea).

The two actors who play the numerous adult roles in the musical have still to be announced.

Lea Michele (Wendla Bergman) will no longer be appearing in the Broadway revival of Les Miserable, where she was to have played Eponine. A replacement for the role is still to be announced.

Spring Awakening will once again be directed by Michael Mayer and choreographed by Bill T. Jones.

The musical is adapted from Frank Wedekind's controversial masterpiece about a dozen young people and how they make their way through the thrilling, complicated, confusing and mysterious time of their sexual awakening.