Duncan Sheik Gets Brechtian
Inside Sheik’s score for “Caucasian Chalk Circle” When he composes for the theatre, Duncan Sheik almost always works with a lyricist. Typically, though, the lyricist is still alive. Recently, however, Sheik—who shared a Tony with lyricist Steven Sater for the score to Spring Awakening-–composed music for a revival of Bertolt Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle, currently more »