The project has given Sheik, who had the 1996 smash-hit single "Barely Breathing" and is the songwriter ofthe Tony-winning musical "Spring Awakening, " a chance to delve into '80s electronic music.
He also provides us with a yardstick for measuring the chances that the Arab awakening this spring will meet his three tests of political order (not high, at least not yet).
"The Caucasian Chalk Circle" was conceived as a play with music, and Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter who composed the score for "Spring Awakening, " has written new settings of W.H.