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Duncan Sheik (1969–2026): The Sound of Spring Awakening

October 26, 2026

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Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter who went from the pop charts to Broadway and gave Spring Awakening its rock score, died on September 17, 2026, in New York. He was 56. His family had said earlier that he was hospitalized in critical condition. He died with two shows about to open Off-Broadway: his new musical Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen and a revival of Spring Awakening, which brought him his first Tony Awards. [more]

Spring Awakening

October 9, 2015

Aside from its notable staging, this production is also receiving a great deal off attention for facilitating the Broadway debut of Marlee Matlin, the only deaf Academy Award-winner to date. While her role as several of the town’s adult women is not a particularly weighty one, she imbues them with her characteristic fervor. Sandra Mae Frank and Katie Boeck work well together to share the character Wendla; Boeck’s voice fluidly pairs with Frank’s signing to separate the inner turmoil and outer façade of a character whose mother refuses to listen. Likewise notable is the always-wonderful Broadway and television veteran Krysta Rodriguez, whose portrayal (both sung and signed) of Ilse, a homeless bohemian clinging to her sanity, is uniquely dark and dangerous. [more]

BROADWAY’S 2006 Fall/Winter Season

January 27, 2007

The White Way barely had time to recover from last season’s exciting Tony race when Martin Short roused the sleeping giant with his manic ode to himself, Fame Becomes Me. [more]