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After the seismic success of "Wicked," Stephen Schwartz could have continued down Broadway's yellow brick road and written ...
Stephen Schwartz has written 24 shows including Personals (Composer), An Evening with Stephen Schwartz (Composer/Lyricist), Butterflies Are Free (Composer/Lyricist), Godspell (Composer), Mass ...
Stephen Schwartz, the original composer and lyricist of Wicked, tells PEOPLE he's "still working away every day" on the score for Wicked: For Good The Grammy winner admits his deadline is "very soon" ...
Emily Bear, Justin Paul, Stephen Schwartz, Benj Pasek and Adam Guettel pose for a photo at the ASCAP Foundation's 50th anniversary celebration in Manhattan, New York on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
Stephen Schwartz, a titan of musical theatre, is best known for composing and writing lyrics for the Broadway and film phenomenon Wicked, as well as Godspell, Pippin and Children of Eden.
Stephen Schwartz is back hosting the ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Fest. The event will be held over two days from May 5-6 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis) in ...
LOS ANGELES, April 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The ASCAP Foundation announces programming for the 2025 ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Fest, hosted by legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz.
Wicked, Godspell and Pippin music composer Stephen Schwartz will be honoured with the Johnny Mercer Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) Induction and Awards Gala on June 12.
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 ...
Schwartz noted that the song is designed to be a show-stopper, perfectly timed for the curtain to fall. Any scene following it without a break felt anticlimactic.