Duncan Sheik, who traded pop stardom for Broadway, dies at 56

Duncan Sheik, an introspective singer-songwriter whose alt-pop hit “Barely Breathing” became a Generation X touchstone, but who squirmed under the label of MTV heartthrob and eventually decamped to Broadway, winning two Tonys for composing the smash musical “Spring Awakening,” died Thursday in Manhattan. He was 56.

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