Bill Sherman

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Bill Sherman
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William Sherman

New York
Education Wesleyan University
EraContemporary

Bill Sherman is an American composer, producer, arranger, and orchestrator. He is known for his work on In the Heights , Hamilton, and Sesame Street . Sherman is also a member of Team Supreme that co-hosts the Questlove Supreme podcast.

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Biography

Sherman was born in New York to Susan B. Sherman and Dr. Fredrick T. Sherman. [1] Sherman graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut in 2002. [2] In 2003, he joined his roommate Lin-Manuel Miranda to form the freestyle rap group Freestyle Love Supreme, [3] while also working with Miranda to orchestrate and arrange the music for In the Heights . [4] His work on In the Heights won him the 2008 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations and the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. [5] [6] He collaborated again with Miranda to produce the Hamilton album, for which he won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. [7]

Sherman is the musical director for several Sesame Workshop shows, including Sesame Street, for which he has written over 3000 songs. [8] He has won three Daytime Entertainment Creative Arts Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Original Song – Children’s and Animation" for his work on Sesame street: "What I Am" in 2011, [9] "The Power of Yet" in 2015, [10] and "A Song About Songs" in 2018. [11]

Stage

YearTitleRoleVenueRef.
2008 In the Heights Orchestrator, arrangerBroadway, Richard Rodgers Theatre [12]
2019 Freestyle Love Supreme Musical SupervisorBroadway, Booth Theatre
2021
2022 & Juliet Orchestrator, arrangerBroadway, Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2007 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Orchestrations In the Heights Nominated [13]
2008 Tony Awards Best Orchestrations Won
2011 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Original Song – Children’s and Animation"What I Am" from Sesame Street Won [14]
2015"The Power of Yet" from Sesame Street Won [15]
Grammy Awards Best Musical Theater Album Hamilton as producerWon [16]
2018 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Original Song – Children’s and Animation"A Song About Songs" from Sesame Street Won [17]
2023 Tony Awards Best Orchestrations & Juliet Nominated [18]
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding OrchestrationsNominated

References

  1. ↑ "Kristen Kirkland and Bill Sherman". The New York Times. 20 March 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "More Notable Alumni - About - Wesleyan University". www.wesleyan.edu. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Schulman, Michael. "The Beatboxing Brains of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Improv Group". The New Yorker. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. ↑ McHenry, Jackson (13 September 2019). "How Freestyle Love Supreme Made the 16-Year Journey to Broadway". Vulture. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "2008 Tony Award Winners". The New York Times. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  6. ↑ Gans, Andrew (8 February 2009). "In the Heights Cast Recording Wins Grammy; Hudson and LuPone-McDonald 'Mahagonny' Also Win". Playbill. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Bill Sherman". GRAMMY.com. 19 November 2019.
  8. ↑ Stage Tube (3 March 2019). "VIDEO: Bill Sherman Discusses His Work on SESAME STREET and His Responsibility to the Children on TODAY". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Oh, What a Day!". www.ascap.com (Press release). 22 June 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  10. ↑ "THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES WINNERS FOR THE 42nd ANNUAL DAYTIME CREATIVE ARTS EMMY® AWARDS | The Emmy Awards - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". emmyonline.com (Press release). The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES WINNERS FOR THE 42nd ANNUAL DAYTIME CREATIVE ARTS EMMY® AWARDS | The Emmy Awards - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences" (PDF). emmyonline.com (Press release). The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  12. ↑ "Bill Sherman – Awards and Nominations". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  13. ↑ "Bill Sherman – Awards and Nominations". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  14. ↑ "Oh, What a Day!". www.ascap.com (Press release). 22 June 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  15. ↑ "THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES WINNERS FOR THE 42nd ANNUAL DAYTIME CREATIVE ARTS EMMY® AWARDS | The Emmy Awards - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". emmyonline.com (Press release). The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  16. ↑ "Bill Sherman". GRAMMY.com. 19 November 2019.
  17. ↑ "THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES WINNERS FOR THE 42nd ANNUAL DAYTIME CREATIVE ARTS EMMY® AWARDS | The Emmy Awards - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences" (PDF). emmyonline.com (Press release). The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  18. ↑ "Bill Sherman – Awards and Nominations". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
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