While many of John Gallagher Jr.’s peers went to college, he didn’t. His university became “Spring Awakening.”
Gallagher spent much of what would have been his prime college years — from 20 to 23 — starring in the original, envelop-pushing Broadway show that musicalized teen angst.
“It’s been profound to be together again and look back,” said Gallagher, who went on to have Broadway roles in “American Idiot” and “Jerusalem” and on TV in “The Newsroom.” “They were in this lightning-in-a bottle moment together,” said documentary director Michael John Warren. “And it shaped who they were, and they were shaping who they were in real time.”
The documentary shows just how close to disaster the edgy musical was back in 2006 after it had made the jump from an off-Broadway venue with 300 seats to a Broadway theater with 1,100. There were long lean months before Tony nominations came out, helping to propel the show to pop culture success.
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