Robert J. Sherman

Robert Jason Sherman (born July 16, 1968), known as Robbie Sherman, is an American songwriter based in London.

He was born in Los Angeles to Joyce and Robert B. Sherman, the youngest of four siblings.

Stemming from a long line of songwriters and composers, spanning more than four generations, at 16 Sherman became one of the youngest songwriters ever invited to join BMI and is an alum of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s Sherman was lead singer/songwriter and guitarist for two rock bands, Numbers and SHACK.

During his high school years Sherman won two "Awards of Distinction" at the Los Angeles Student Film Festival for two of his short film musicals respectively: Dog of Darkness (1983) and The Magic Tuba (1984).

Sherman did his undergraduate studies at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television with an emphasis in screenwriting.

At USC, Sherman was initiated into the Tau Gamma chapter of Tau Epsilon Phi (ΤΕΦ) fraternity.

He received a BFA degree in Filmic Writing in 1990.

In 2012 Sherman received an MA (with Merit) in Jewish Studies from King's College London.

At 18 Sherman co-wrote songs for the musical, A Christmas Held Captive (Beverly Hills Playhouse).

Since then Sherman has written songs and/or script for various film, stage and TV productions including Amazon Jack (Miramax), The Magic 7 (Pulse Entertainment) and The Penguin Pirate.

Current projects include Inkas the Ramferinkas (an animation musical film) and Bumblescratch which was workshopped at The Network Theatre in London in 2013.

In 2014 Sherman wrote, narrated and produced A Spoonful of Sherman, a cabaret celebrating 90 years of Sherman songwriting.

The show received four stars from The Times (London).

He is perhaps best known for his work on Love Birds: The Musical, which premiered at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Born and raised in Beverly Hills, California, Sherman attended Beverly Hills Presbyterian Pre school then Hawthorne Elementary School.

In grade six, Sherman wrote the Hawthorne School song.

In eighth grade he was voted student body president.

At Beverly Hills High School Sherman joined the Madrigal Singers and the marching band.

In his senior year, Sherman became the band's drum major and composed the graduation song "Let Time Stand Still".

The Original London Cast Recording was released in July 2015 by SimG Records.

In 2015 Sherman's song, "Disneyana!" was named the "official theme song" of the Disneyana Fan Club.

It was debuted during 60th Anniversary Celebrations of the Disneyland theme park during the annual Disneyana Convention held in Anaheim at which time Sherman also received the 2015 Disneyana President's Award for his service to the organization.

Sherman's musical, Love Birds (for which he wrote both book and songs) premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2015 and was widely praised by the press, receiving numerous five star and four star reviews.

The Original Edinburgh Cast Recording of Love Birds was produced by Sherman and released in August 2015 by SimG Records and was also widely praised.

In 2016 Sherman contributed material to Ms: A Song Cycle which was subtitled as having been "inspired by women living with multiple sclerosis".

The project was conceived by lyricist Rory Sherman (unrelated).

The song they collaborated on, entitled: "Mondays", became the final piece on the album and was performed by Rosemary Ashe.

A one night, gala charity concert of Bumblescratch commemorating the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London premiered at the Adelphi Theatre in London on September 4, 2016.

At the conclusion of the performance, Sherman was named a Variety Club Celebrity Ambassador alongside director/choreographer Stewart Nicholls and Bumblescratch stars: Darren Day, Jessica Martin and Michael Xavier.

SimG Records released a CD of musical highlights from the London concert in December 2016.

The CD was widely praised.

A Spoonful of Sherman returned to London for two weeks in August 2017 with Sherman narrating once again.

The show featured West End stars, Helena Blackman and Daniel Boys.

On December 20, 2017, the launch of the A Spoonful of Sherman UK/Ireland tour was announced with previews beginning on February 14, 2018, at the EM Forester Theatre in Tonbridge, Kent.

Cast members for the tour included Sophie-Louise Dann, Mark Read, Glen Facey, Jenna Innes and Ben Stock.

The tour went to over 25 cities and towns across the UK and Ireland and the reviews were very favorable.

In 2019, A Spoonful of Sherman was licensed for productions in Singapore and San Jose, California.

In January 2022 The Robbie Sherman Songbook was published by Hal Leonard music publishers.

The Songbook included 16 of Sherman's songs from five musicals.