Tony-Winning Musical Spring Awakening to Close in the West End

The Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening is closing its West End run earlier than expected. The critically lauded production, which was booking through October, will play its last performance at the Novello Theatre on May 30.

Based on Frank Wedekind’s 19th-century play, Spring Awakening features a score by Duncan Sheik, a book by Steven Sater and was directed by Michael Mayer, all of whom won Tony Awards for their work. The show began life in 2006 at off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theatre Company and opened on Broadway in December 2006; it closed in January 2009. The show received its U.K. premiere at the Lyric Hammersmith earlier this year and then transferred to the West End’s Novello Theatre in March.

“It is with overwhelming regret that we have had to announce the closure of Spring Awakening,” the producers said in a statement. “We remain incredibly proud of the production and the remarkable cast members who have put their hearts and souls into every performance. Despite the most positive critical response to a theatrical production in recent years, the enthusiasm of the media, accessible ticket pricing and the incredible response audiences give the show each night, simply not enough tickets are being sold.”

The London cast of Spring Awakening features Lucy Barker as Ilse, Aneurin Barnard as Melchior, Natasha Barnes as Anna, Jamie Blackley as Hanschen, Hayley Gallivan as Martha, Evelyn Hoskins as Thea, Edd Judge as Otto, Harry McEntire as Ernst, Iwan Rheon as Moritz, Jos Slovick as Georg, Charlotte Wakefield as Wendla, Richard Cordery as the Adult Men and Sian Thomas as the Adult Women.