The Tony-winning musical "Spring Awakening" has returned to Broadway. Although the original production of the musical by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik closed only in 2009,and thus might seem to be making an unusually quick return, the current production takes a very novel approach. It’s from the Los Angeles-based company Deaf West Theatre and the cast features a mixture of hearing and deaf actors.
Casting deaf actors in a musical may seem like a challenging prospect. current York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood explains the mechanics of the production.
Source: wnyc.org