Duncan Sheik
Duncan Sheik is perhaps best known as the Tony and Grammy winning composer behind SPRING AWAKENING. As mentioned, he also wrote the music and lyrics for AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Date of Birth: November 18, 1969 (56)
Birth Place: Daly City, California, USA
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BIO
Duncan Sheik is perhaps best known as the Tony and Grammy winning composer behind SPRING AWAKENING. As mentioned, he also wrote the music and lyrics for AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Photos
(L-R Back Row) Duncan Sheik, Skylar Astin, Jennifer Damiano, Gideon Glick, Robert Hager, Jonathan B. Wright, Lea Michele, Krysta Rodriguez, Lilli Cooper, Phoebe Strole, Producer Dave Sirulnick,Director Michael John Warren, Lauren Pritchard and Steven Sater (L-R Front Row) Gerard Canonico, Brian Charles Johnson, Jonathan Groff, Remy Zaken and John Gallagher Jr.
From: Photos: SPRING AWAKENING Cast Reunites for NYC Premiere of HBO's THOSE YOU'VE KNOWN Documentary
Productions
Writing
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Awards and Nominations
Duncan Sheik, The Secret Life of Bees
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Duncan Sheik, The Secret Life of Bees
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Duncan Sheik, The Secret Life of Bees
Duncan Sheik, American Psycho
Duncan Sheik, A Man's a Man
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Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening
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Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening
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Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening
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Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening
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Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening
Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening
Videos
Video: Watch Trailer for SPRING AWAKENING at The 5th Avenue Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - 2024-06-15 16:08:11
Video: Go Inside Rehearsals For SPRING AWAKENING at 5th Avenue Theatre
by Joshua Wright - 2024-05-30 11:12:50
Video: Watch Rehearsal Footage from SPRING AWAKENING at Fifth Avenue Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - 2024-05-18 15:37:54
Video: 'Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise)' From SPRING AWAKENING at 5th Avenue Theatre
by Stephi Wild - 2024-05-16 07:27:36
News
by Michael Gioia - Sep 19, 2026
Duncan Sheik’s frequent collaborator Steven Sater spoke with BroadwayWorld about their musical 'Nero,' which is scheduled to open this fall in London, less than three weeks before the songwriter died at age 56.
by Michael Major - Sep 18, 2026
Tributes have started to pour in for Tony Award winner Duncan Sheik, who tragically passed away on Thursday. Lea Michele, Steven Sater, Kathryn Gallagher, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and more honored the late composer.
by Rachel Stone - Sep 18, 2026
Duncan Sheik, the Tony Award-winning composer and singer-songwriter best known for his work on Spring Awakening, has died at age 56. Read his obituary here.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 18, 2026
The new musical from Tony Award winners Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik will open in London with Andrew Barth Feldman making his London debut as the title character, alongside Stephen Carlile and Sally Dexter.
by Rachel Stone - Sep 16, 2026
Tony Award-winning composer and singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik is receiving medical care and remains in critical but stable condition. The news comes ahead of upcoming Off-Broadway productions of Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen and Spring Awakening.
by Elizabeth Armstrong - Sep 18, 2026
Spring Awakening at Soulpepper Theatre is a well-executed and expertly-crafted sensory delight (though the dark themes this play tackles are far from delightful) that offers an intense, almost cinematic theatre-going experience.
by Michael Gioia - Sep 14, 2026
Steven Sater exclusively tells BroadwayWorld how the upcoming Off-Broadway revival of ‘Spring Awakening’ will be unlike anything audiences have seen before.
by - Sep 14, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 14, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2026
Additional rehearsal photos have been released for Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, the new musical with music & lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winner Duncan Sheik. Check out the photos here!
by Michael Gioia - Sep 11, 2026
BroadwayWorld can exclusively reveal that the creators of ‘Spring Awakening’ are still hoping a movie adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical will happen.
by Michael Gioia - Sep 13, 2026
Steven Sater exclusively tells BroadwayWorld why never-before-heard tracks from 'Spring Awakening' were taken out of the musical and ultimately replaced.
by Rachel Stone - Aug 28, 2026
Sophia Anne Caruso has released "like i like u," the latest single from her debut full-length album ON ECSTATIC, following the earlier track "Higher State."
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 24, 2026
Theatre Three will open its 2026-27 season with SPRING AWAKENING on the Norma Young Arena Stage, directed by Emily Gray and featuring local and university talent from North Texas.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 24, 2026
Valkyrie Theatre Company will open registration for a fall theatre workshop staging Alice by Heart, open to performers ages 15-24 at the Fair Oaks Performing Arts Center.
by - Aug 21, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is August 21, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 20, 2026
You can now get a first look inside rehearsals for Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, the new musical with music & lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winner Duncan Sheik and book by Leah Nanako Winkler.
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Aug 30, 2026
Much has been written and expressed about how few new Broadway musicals—six—hit the boards last season. The Broadway landscape is experiencing several challenges at the moment, largely tied to the American economy as a whole. In addition, the number of new musicals per season always fluctuates. In particular, the post-pandemic seasons stuffed with productions that were waiting in the docket were bound to cause a few course-correcting smaller slates in subsequent years.
by - Aug 18, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is August 18, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 17, 2026
The complete cast has been revealed for Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, a new musical with music & lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winner Duncan Sheik and book by Leah Nanako Winkler.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 12, 2026
Tony Award winner Ali Louis Bourzgui visited students at NYC's Broadway Artists Alliance for a Q&A about originating the role of David in THE LOST BOYS and his journey as a performer.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Duncan Sheik has written 11 shows including Twelfth Night (Music), Songs From An Unmade Bed (Composer), Spring Awakening (Composer), The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Composer), A Man's a Man (Composer), American Psycho (Music and Lyrics), Alice By Heart (Composer), Because of Winn Dixie (Composer), Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Composer), Nero (Composer), Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen (Music).
Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for The Secret Life of Bees, Outstanding New Score (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Secret Life of Bees, Outstanding Orchestrations (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Secret Life of Bees, Outstanding New Score (Broadway or off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for American Psycho, Outstanding Music in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for A Man's a Man, Best New Musical (Olivier Awards) for Spring Awakening, Best Orchestrations (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Spring Awakening, Best Original Score (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Spring Awakening, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Spring Awakening, Best Orchestrations (Tony Awards) for Spring Awakening, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Spring Awakening, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for Spring Awakening and Outstanding Orchestrations (tie) (Drama Desk Awards) for Spring Awakening.
Duncan Sheik has won the following awards: Outstanding New Score at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for The Secret Life of Bees; Outstanding Orchestrations at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for The Secret Life of Bees; Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards for Spring Awakening; Best Orchestrations at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Spring Awakening; Best Original Score at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Spring Awakening; Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Spring Awakening; Best Orchestrations at the Tony Awards for Spring Awakening; Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards for Spring Awakening; and Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for Spring Awakening.
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