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
Lyricist
Lyricist
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
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Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening
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Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening
Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening
Videos
Video: Go Inside Rehearsals with the Cast of MEMOIRS OF AMOROUS GENTLEMEN
by Sam Anctil - 2026-10-06 11:42:07
Video: Sophia Anne Caruso Performs Duncan Sheik’s 'Immured' From MEMOIRS OF AMOROUS GENTLEMEN
by A.A. Cristi - 2026-09-22 23:45:34
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 Tyler Hinton - Oct 9, 2026
SPRING AWAKENING, presented by the Weber State University theatre department in the Val A. Browning Center’s Eccles Black Box Theatre, is a mournful ode to adolescence that meditates on bridging innocence and instinct.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 8, 2026
Emmy Award winner George Abud and Tony Award nominee Lilli Cooper join the cast of the Tony Award-winning musical SPRING AWAKENING. Cooper returns to the production nearly two decades after originating a role in the original Broadway production.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 7, 2026
2009 and 2017 Drama winner Lynn Nottage has joined the Pulitzer Board, the Administrator's Office announced. Learn more about Lynn Nottage and the board here.
by - Oct 7, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 7, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Sam Anctil - Oct 6, 2026
Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, featuring music and lyrics by the late Duncan Sheik and a book by Leah Nanako Winkler, is preparing to open in New York, and BroadwayWorld stopped by to get a sneak peek at the new musical and catch up with its company. Watch in this video!
by Alex Freeman - Oct 5, 2026
Oracle's $10M brings Nashville Symphony back, the NLRB files a complaint over Equity bargaining at Casa Bonita, the Kennedy Center Honors head to an arena, and leadership moves at Lookingglass, Sarasota Opera and more.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 2, 2026
Spring Awakening has extended its Off-Broadway run through April 4, 2027, with tickets for the additional performances going on sale October 8.
by Student Blogger: Imogen Buck - Oct 5, 2026
While reading and seeing Duncan Macmillan's renowned play, Every Brilliant Thing, I felt it was fitting to compile a list of 100 brilliant things about my life as a communications and theatre student in New York City.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 30, 2026
Temple Theaters will present the musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic novel, transposed to 1940s London during World War II. The production features music by the creators of SPRING AWAKENING.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 30, 2026
Deaf West Theatre held its inaugural New York City gala at Joe's Pub, honoring Academy Award winner Troy Kotsur, five-time Tony Award winner Eva Price, and Tony Award-winning directors Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch. See photos!
by - Sep 30, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 30, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 29, 2026
Kenny Kurokawa, RAYMAN, and Antonio Marion released a first look at Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, the new off-Broadway musical with music & lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winner Duncan Sheik and book by Leah Nanako Winkler, playing the brand-new venue ‘The Night Egg’ at the Culture Club located at 530 W. 27th Street. Check out photos of the cast in action here.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 28, 2026
Rockers On Broadway will celebrate its 33rd anniversary with Rockers 33 at Sony Hall in New York City, honoring rock legend Corey Glover and Ambassador of Rock, Jeff Gerson.
by Alex Freeman - Sep 28, 2026
Cleveland Orchestra musicians settle, the Loew's Paradise returns as a 4,000-seat Bronx venue, NYC gives away 70,000 Met Opera tickets, and Equity wins a five-day rehearsal week in Scotland. Read the full roundup.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2026
All new rehearsal photos have been released for NERO, currently in rehearsal ahead of its run at Southwark Playhouse Elephant this November. Check out the photos here!
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 22, 2026
Watch Sophia Anne Caruso perform “Immured,” written by the late Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Duncan Sheik. See the video!
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Sep 27, 2026
On September 17th, we lost Duncan Sheik, a major composer and influence on 21st century theatre, whose music for Spring Awakening pushed the art form forward. Sheik was impressively prolific. While the headline of his theatre career may be the impactful Spring Awakening, his career was filled with over a dozen other varied and worthwhile theatrical projects, in addition to his achievements in popular music. He wrote music and sometimes lyrics for an impressive slate of musicals in addition to composing music for plays, and amassed a notable collective of collaborators on his many shows.
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Sep 21, 2026
See photos of Sophia Anne Caruso and the company of Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen meeting the press ahead of the new musical’s Off-Broadway premiere.
by - Sep 22, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 22, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
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.
