{"id":605046,"date":"2026-09-19T06:34:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T06:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/605046\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T06:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T06:34:27","slug":"duncan-sheik-tony-and-grammy-winning-spring-awakening-composer-and-pop-star-dies-at-56-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/605046\/","title":{"rendered":"Duncan Sheik, Tony- and Grammy-winning &#039;Spring Awakening&#039; composer and pop star, dies at 56 &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxNTEtKRkFjR2tBZngwSm9KeW5FTUFQZUxYZkRPQlp1bXc4cFhlb0gxbF9vWHZNRmY0eEpQMDFMZVZhNTllOXBwLUd0eFFZYTEyTWJsc2hFQkZDMjRGVlBFUWtIQ1F1aUpWSDdnTHlfSUxBNHZ2a18wdWE3TjJDVVNIZ1lrdHVWV0trd2RSV05qeFNta3VsMElDSXdRVDJhWFdnVHVFdXZnZnY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Duncan Sheik, Tony- and Grammy-winning &#8216;Spring Awakening&#8217; composer and pop star, dies at 56<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTE9PQ0NvZDZCRHpwY25GbjhSbG9RWFJoV2M4eXJvV1lkZ0V6UXFLUUgydVlGcklFN2pMemRYTTM1YTgyWHFlYlZwUGU3RU5uMDBFZnRTX2puR0FhN29fb3dQYUN6YVNkc0pHMnBDaXUtTEktaHhxYnlV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Duncan Sheik, Who Traded Pop Stardom for Broadway, Dies at 56<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxPUV9uc1F4ZVRmVDVpWUtDVF95TDZYSUFaQkVBczFHSXVMM3pSUllpTFZrckJabWY1OVA1cDdueG51eXgwUjhPTlFRNXhmRy1Yc0l2VlY4YXg4V1l0NXNmcXFRZm13bzBWY0lLckdWanFHNVVyM2RIaHZYZzBSQWtzNmszQUhERFM4b2w3R2VMdXdKMzRkS18weXBQR3l3ajZrRkRvSw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Duncan Sheik, \u2018Barely Breathing\u2019 Singer and Spring Awakening Composer, Dies at 56 (Exclusive Statement)<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;people.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTE1Pam9fcEw3blJDTW8wNS11OHhoODVrMmxpNUpRRXlXSkcwYXBKLWg2aVlPeTd4LTFQWlh5R0FDcFZzR0JQaE1VbXlYanBERHRaUVUwVExUMzZrWEd2cGFEQ25xTVhBdm93dmUyXzFWN3g?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Duncan Sheik, singer and composer of Spring Awakening, dies at 56<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8wFBVV95cUxPcHpmdmJORVdOb196d2dZM01PT3JjNEpRMjVkazBUQTdtdEVmVFVWZTdWS0txX2hod0xObVRTY1NZRFRQbkdHdENsdGx3ZTJ3bXZIT3dLQ0ZGUHh4emFIbmQ1Uzh3LXQ4VTZJMUhKcERBZno0VC1kdjNUN1I3ODBEeXBRWDV4a0kyLVBRYUY1cHhIZE96dFpTZXlaRTRpaExYd2h5bS1kNnFvNFo1VHlSZjdxV2RSbWhLM0w5enVGdEpUeGVxeW5aOWhMVWZ3al8ySGtYWE1HR2daeEVYMnlHdFB5VGh0RlRvRklMM2RidHlXWUk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Singer dead at 56: \u2018Profound sadness\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;News.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Duncan Sheik, Tony- and Grammy-winning &#8216;Spring Awakening&#8217; composer and pop star, dies at 56&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffDuncan Sheik, Who Traded Pop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-605046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}