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Winter comes early for Spring Awakening

Last Updated: Friday, October 24, 2008 | 12:05 PM ET

CBC News

Producers of Spring Awakening announced Thursday the Broadway musical will close in January after a two-year run.

The curtain will fall on the production, which won eight Tony Awards, including best musical, on Jan. 18, 2009.

The alt-rock musical, based on Steven Sater's book and set in 19th century Germany, explores a group of teens' sexual awakening. Duncan Sheik wrote the music to accompany Sater's lyrics.

The book is based on a 1891 play of the same name by German playwright Frank Wedekind.

The announcement comes just days after news that long-running Broadway musicals Hairspray and Monty Python's Spamalot will also close in January.

Spring Awakening began its 859-performance run at the Atlantic Theater Company in summer 2006. It moved to Broadway in December of that year.

A North American tour is under way and with a run at Toronto's Canon Theatre scheduled for April-May 2009. Other productions are planned for London, Vienna, Helsinki and Seoul.

With files from the Associated Press

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