Benjamin Scheuer is an American songwriter, guitar player, and singer, based in London and New York City.
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17 Facts About Benjamin Scheuer
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Benjamin Scheuer wrote and performed The Lion, a one-man autobiographical musical.
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Later that year, Scheuer performed the show at London's St James Theatre, winning the Off West End Award for Best New Musical.
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Benjamin Scheuer has given more than 500 performances THE LION at theatres including DC's Arena Stage, San Francisco's ACT, Portland Center Stage in Oregon, The Williamstown Theatre Festival, and San Diego's The Old Globe.
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Benjamin Scheuer gave the final performance of THE LION at The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles on February 19,2017.
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Benjamin Scheuer is an alumnus of the Johnny Mercer Songwriting Workshop, and has been writer-in-residence at the Goodspeed Opera House, The O'Neill Theatre Center, The Weston Playhouse, and Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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Benjamin Scheuer toured the UK with Mary Chapin Carpenter in 2014, and has performed at such venues as the Royal Albert Hall in London and New York's Lincoln Center.
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Benjamin Scheuer wrote the song for his friend Samantha Williams, a transgender woman.
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Benjamin Scheuer recorded the song with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia orchestra.
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Benjamin Scheuer has written two children's picture-books, Hundred Feet Tall and Hibernate With Me, both illustrated by Benjamin Scheuer's wife, Jemima Williams.
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In 2011 Benjamin Scheuer, who was at the time twenty-eight years old, was diagnosed with – and successfully treated for – stage IV Hodgkins lymphoma.
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Benjamin Scheuer was nominated as the LLS's 2018 Man of the Year in New York City.
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On June 7,2016, Lerner and Benjamin Scheuer hosted a one-day exhibition of the photographs at the Leslie Lohman Prince Street Gallery in New York City.
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The New York Times wrote: “The youthful vulnerability of Benjamin Scheuer makes both the video [Cure] and the photographs moving….
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Benjamin Scheuer has been a guest speaker CSU Long Beach Medical School and San Diego University's Medical School on the topic of "Making Good Things Out of Bad Things".
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Benjamin Scheuer is the recipient of the 2021 Kleban Award for Lyrics, the 2015 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, a 2015 Theatre World Award for The Lion, the 2014 Off West End Award for Best Musical, the 2013 ASCAP Foundation Cole Porter Award for songwriting, and the 2013 Musical Theatre Network Award for Best Lyrics.
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Benjamin Scheuer has been nominated for a 2017 Helen Hayes Award, a 2015 Lucile Lortel Award and two 2015 Outer Critics Circle Awards, as well as the 2015 Drama Desk Award for Best Lyrics.
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