In May 1961, four young students join others aboard a southbound bus in Washington, DC, to challenge segregated spaces in interstate travel. They ended up changing themselves and the nation forever. Inspired by real events, this powerful play — sometimes funny and ultimately uplifting — celebrates the heroic and watershed journey of these young people.

The hilarious, brand-new musical follows nine quirky, questionable couples looking for love across the pond, and even 16 years after the movie premiere, we still ask ourselves these questions every Christmas...

Is love… Falling for your secretary when you are Prime Minster? Falling for your secretary when you are married to Emma Thompson? Falling for the maid after your wife cheats on you? Falling for your best friend’s wife and showing up with poster boards?

Whether you love Love Actually or love to hate Love Actually or have never seen Love Actually, you will actually love this musical! Get ready for awkward meet cutes, over-the-top grand gestures, and Mr. Bean! Oh, and lots and lots of love, actually.

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An idea

The idea for this international project was born as a direct response to the global pandemic. Unable to safely create in-person performing arts, Broadway Across Borders wanted to figure out a way for artists from around the world to safely connect, create art and share their talents and culture. The brilliant and inspiring musical SPRING AWAKENING seemed like the perfect vehicle to do that.

An International Collaboration

With support from the US Department of State’s Arts Envoy program, we were able to include performers from Poland, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia in the project. We knew from the start we didn’t want this to be a traditional “zoom” presentation of the show. We approached this project knowing we needed to find a cast of 13 amazing actor/singers/directors/cinematographers/scenic, lighting, costume designers and technology savvy self-starters.