{"id":568,"date":"2026-09-17T16:33:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=568"},"modified":"2026-09-17T16:33:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:33:40","slug":"spring-awakening-composer-duncan-sheik-in-critical-but-stable-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=568","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Spring Awakening&#8217; composer Duncan Sheik in &#8216;critical but stable condition&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-09-17\/Getty_DuncanSheik_091726.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Duncan Sheik attends the premiere of &#8216;Spring Awakening: Those You&#8217;ve Known&#8217; at Florence Gould Hall on April 25, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Spring Awakening<\/em> composer Duncan Sheik is receiving medical care for an unspecified health issue, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdXf1kmpfW1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a statement<\/a> posted to his official Instagram Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The statement adds that Sheik remains in \u201ccritical but stable condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Out of respect for Duncan and our family, we will not be sharing any further medical details at this time,&#8221; the statement continues. &#8220;We kindly ask for privacy during this incredibly difficult time and will provide updates when appropriate. Thank you for the continued love and support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sheik had a hit song in 1996 with the Grammy-nominated \u201cBarely Breathing\u201d off his self-titled debut album. He later became a successful composer for stage and film, perhaps best known for composing the 2006 musical <em>Spring Awakening<\/em>, which launched the careers of Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff. Sheik won a Tony for the project.<\/p>\n<p>An off-Broadway revival of <em>Spring Awakening<\/em> begins previews in November. The new cast was announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Sheik also wrote the music and lyrics for the new musical <em>Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen<\/em>, debuting off-Broadway this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duncan Sheik attends the premiere of &#8216;Spring Awakening: Those You&#8217;ve Known&#8217; at Florence Gould Hall on April 25, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord\/Getty Images) Spring Awakening composer Duncan Sheik is receiving medical care for an unspecified health issue, according to a statement posted to his official Instagram Thursday. The statement adds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}