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Kurt Deutsch (born Jul 26, 1966, St. Louis, Missouri) is an actor, director, record producer and film producer. He is the president and co-founder, with then-wifeSherie Rene Scott, ofSh-K-Boom Records. In 2017, the company became a division ofWarner Music Group's Arts Music, he and Scott divorced, and he became Senior Vice President for Theatrical & Catalog Development forWarner Chappell Music.[1]
In 2000, Deutsch foundedSh-K-Boom Records, an independent record label that aimed to bridge the gap between pop/rock and theater.[2][3] In 2004, a new musical theater subsidiary of Sh-K-Boom, Ghostlight Records, was created to focus on more traditional scores and cast recordings.[4] As of 2015, the label has over 150 albums in its catalog, includingThe Book of Mormon,In the Heights,Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and many more Broadway andOff-Broadway shows.[5]
Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records, under Deutsch's leadership, produced and released the debut solo albums of Broadway stars, includingAdam Pascal,Sherie Rene Scott,Patti LuPone,Sutton Foster andKelli O'Hara.
Under the name Sh-K-Boom Entertainment, Deutsch was the driving force for and a producer of the 2014 film adaptation ofJason Robert Brown'sThe Last Five Years, written and directed byRichard LaGravenese and starringAnna Kendrick andJeremy Jordan.[6]
As of 2017, Deutsch joined Warner Music Group as a Senior Vice President for Warner/Chappell Publishing,[7] and executive for Warner Arts on the label side.[8]
As producer, Deutsch received his first Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album in 2009 for The Original Broadway Cast AlbumIn The Heights along with fellow producers Alex Lacamoire,Andrés Levin,Lin-Manuel Miranda,Joel Moss & Bill Sherman.[9] He has since received two more Grammy Awards for Best Musical Show Album forThe Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording[10] andBeautiful: The Carole King Musical.[11]
A full list of Grammy Award wins and nominations for Sh-K-Boom/ Ghostlight Records are as follows:
2003
2005
2006
2008
2009
2011
2014[12]
Sh-K-Boom and Ghostlight were awarded a special 2006Drama Desk Award for dedication to the preservation of musical theatre through original cast albums.[13]
As an actor Deutsch appeared on Broadway inBroadway Bound,A Few Good Men and has appeared Off-Broadway and in regional theaters around the country. One of his most notable stage roles wasthe titular character inRandy Newman'sFaust where he performed opposite his wife, Sherie Renee Scott.
He was a series regular on the television seriesThe Human Factor andWinnetka Road, and he guest starred onSex and the City,Law & Order,Quantum Leap,Matlock, andModels Inc. His film roles includedThe Eye of the Storm,The First To Go, andLabor Pains. Deutsch also had an uncredited cameo appearance alongside his wife in thefilm version ofThe Last Five Years in a casting session scene. (Scott originated the role of Cathy, played in the film byAnna Kendrick, in the original 2001 off-Broadway cast.)
