He won the Laurence Olivier Award for best actor, the Drama Desk Award for outstanding actor in a play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for best featured actor in a play, and a Tony Award for best performance by a leading actor in a play.

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In one scene he musters up enough courage to play in a drum circle in Central Park.

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"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.

WSJ: Brecht After the Idol-Smashing | Caucasian Chalk Circle | Classic Stage Company | The Misanthrope | Court Theatre | By Terry Teachout