"Séance on a Wet Afternoon" has been a longtime passion project for Schwartz. He adapted it into an opera that premiered in 2009 at Opera Santa Barbara. It's based on a 1961 novel and 1964 film ...

After the seismic success of "Wicked," Stephen Schwartz could have continued down Broadway's yellow brick road and written ...

The internet is certainly abuzz with theories regarding the adaptation’s plot shifts, and composer Stephen Schwartz has ...

Stephen Schwartz is this year's recipient of the Johnny Mercer Award at the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame presentation. The award was presented at the star-studded Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction ...

According to Stephen Schwartz, nothing can follow “Defying Gravity.” And for the “Wicked” songwriter, that’s one key reason why the movie version of his blockbuster Broadway musical has ...

In a new interview with TODAY Show, Stephen Schwartz gives details about the “Wicked” film, and how "My So-Called Life' inspired the blockbuster musical.

Stephen Schwartz will see you now. The worthier wizard of “Wicked” is the one who wrote one of Broadway’s all-time top song scores and now, a little over two decades later, has overseen the ...

Stephen Schwartz will see you now. The worthier wizard of “Wicked” is the one who wrote one of Broadway’s all-time top song scores and now, a little over two decades later, has overseen the ...

Stephen Schwartz, who will receive the founders award at Tuesday night’s ASCAP Screen Music Awards in Los Angeles, says the forthcoming movie of his Broadway mega-hit “Wicked” will feature ...

The Oscar-winning composer shares his writing process for Wicked's iconic songs, from 'Popular' to 'Defying Gravity' Stephen Schwartz on Wicked's Biggest Songs Skip to main content ...

Stephen Schwartz, a composer who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical along with serving as a co-writer on the Wicked movie scripts, recently shared where the movies were at when it ...