Bill Sherman Explained

Bill Sherman
Birth Name:William Sherman
Birth Place:New York
Era:Contemporary
Education:Wesleyan University

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.

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.
2008In the HeightsOrchestrator, arrangerBroadway, Richard Rodgers Theatre[12]
2019Freestyle Love SupremeMusical SupervisorBroadway, Booth Theatre
2021
2022& JulietOrchestrator, arrangerBroadway, Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2007Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding OrchestrationsIn the Heights[13]
2008Tony AwardsBest Orchestrations
2011Daytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Original Song – Children’s and Animation"What I Am" from Sesame Street[14]
2015"The Power of Yet" from Sesame Street[15]
Grammy AwardsBest Musical Theater AlbumHamilton as producer[16]
2018Daytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Original Song – Children’s and Animation"A Song About Songs" from Sesame Street[17]
2023Tony AwardsBest Orchestrations& Juliet[18]
Outer Critics Circle AwardsOutstanding Orchestrations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kristen Kirkland and Bill Sherman . The New York Times . 11 February 2020 . 20 March 2009.
  2. Web site: More Notable Alumni - About - Wesleyan University . www.wesleyan.edu . 11 February 2020 . 6 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190506085345/https://wesleyan.edu/about/alumni_more.html . dead .
  3. Schulman . Michael . The Beatboxing Brains of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Improv Group . 11 February 2020 . The New Yorker . en.
  4. News: McHenry . Jackson . How Freestyle Love Supreme Made the 16-Year Journey to Broadway . 11 February 2020 . Vulture . 13 September 2019 . en-us.
  5. News: 2008 Tony Award Winners . 11 February 2020 . The New York Times . 15 June 2008.
  6. News: Gans . Andrew . In the Heights Cast Recording Wins Grammy; Hudson and LuPone-McDonald 'Mahagonny' Also Win . 11 February 2020 . Playbill . 8 February 2009 . en.
  7. Web site: Bill Sherman . GRAMMY.com . en . 19 November 2019.
  8. News: Stage Tube . VIDEO: Bill Sherman Discusses His Work on SESAME STREET and His Responsibility to the Children on TODAY . 11 February 2020 . BroadwayWorld.com . 3 March 2019 . en.
  9. Oh, What a Day! . 11 February 2020 . www.ascap.com . 22 June 2011.
  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 . The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . 11 February 2020 . 24 April 2015.
  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 . emmyonline.com . The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . 11 February 2020.
  12. Web site: Bill Sherman – Awards and Nominations . Internet Broadway Database . 2025-08-04.
  13. Web site: Bill Sherman – Awards and Nominations . Internet Broadway Database . 2025-08-04.
  14. Oh, What a Day! . 11 February 2020 . www.ascap.com . 22 June 2011.
  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 . The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . 11 February 2020 . 24 April 2015.
  16. Web site: Bill Sherman . GRAMMY.com . en . 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 . emmyonline.com . The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . 11 February 2020.
  18. Web site: Bill Sherman – Awards and Nominations . Internet Broadway Database . 2025-08-04.

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