"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.
The project has given Sheik, who had the 1996 smash-hit single "Barely Breathing" and is the songwriter of the 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).