Before Whisper House, Duncan Sheik Will Sing at Old Globe in January

By Kenneth Jones
01 Dec 2009

Tony and Grammy Award winning composer Duncan Sheik will perform in concert with members of his touring band at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego on Jan. 11, 2010, prior to the Jan. 13 world premiere of his new musical, Whisper House.

Sheik (Spring Awakening) has toured in the past year, singing from his Whisper House album, and will perform songs from the dawning show, and from his other albums. Proceeds from the 8 PM concert will benefit the Globe's education activities.

Tickets to Duncan Sheik in Concert are currently available by subscription only. Single tickets will go on sale on Dec. 11 at 10 AM.

Sheik initially found success as a singer, most notably for his 1996 debut single, "Barely Breathing," which spent 55 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100. He has since expanded his work to include compositions for motion pictures and the Broadway stage. Sheik won two Tony Awards, as composer and arranger, for the musical Spring Awakening, written with lyricist Steven Sater. The show also received the Tony Award for Best Musical.

Sheik is currently developing two new musical theatre projects: Nero (Another Golden Rome) had a workshop production this past summer at Vassar College, featuring Wicked star Idina Menzel and Spring Awakening ingénue Lea Michele; and The Nightingale is slated for a 2010 opening at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater. His albums include "Duncan Sheik" (1996), "Humming" (1998), "Phantom Moon" (2001), "Daylight" (2002), "White Limousine" (2006), "Brighter/Later: A Duncan Sheik Anthology" (2006) and "Greatest Hits: A Duncan Sheik Collection" (2007).

Tickets go on sale Dec. 11. Visit www.TheOldGlobe.org or call (619) 23-GLOBE, or visit the box office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.