0118: Spring Awakening, Sondheim Competition

STEVEN SATER is the bookwriter and lyricst for the sensational Broadway hit Spring Awakening, adapted from the nineteenth century play by Wedekind, with a rock score by Duncan Sheik. It won 8 Tony Awards in 2007. Steven talks about its opening in London, its recent run on Broadway, and its long, long gestation period in years of workshops.Thos and Tim also discuss last Summer's Stephen Sondheim competition, featuring twelve top student performers singing some well-known, and quite a few not-so-well-known Sondheim songs, plus new songs from Mercury Musical Developments writers. Hear exclusive tracks from Susannah Pearse, Paul Graham Brown, Mark Allcorn (winner) and our very own Tim Saward, writing with Darren Wayte.