Spring Awakening Recording Wins Grammy Award

The original cast recording of Broadway's Spring Awakening nabbed the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. The 50th annual Grammy celebration was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 10.

The album, produced by composer Duncan Sheik, was released by Decca Broadway on December 12, 2006. It features the complete Tony-winning score by Sheik and lyricist/librettist Steven Sater performed by original cast members Skylar Astin, Lilli Cooper, Christine Estrabrook, John Gallagher Jr., Gideon Glick, Jonathan Groff, Brian Charles Johnson, Lea Michele, Lauren Pritchard, Stephen Spinella, Phoebe Strole, Jonathan B. Wright and Remy Zaken.

Other nominees in the category were the recordings of the Broadway revivals of A Chorus Line and Company, the Broadway recording of Grey Gardens and the 50th Anniversary Decca Broadway tribute to West Side Story.

Broadway composer Henry Krieger also won a Grammy for "Love You I Do," the new song he wrote for the Dreamgirls film with co-writer Siedah Garrett. In addition, Chaka Khan, who is currently playing Sofia in The Color Purple, won two awards, in the categories of R&B album for Funk This, R&B performance by a duo or group for "Disrespectful," a duet with Mary J. Blige.