Schwartz's biography, Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked, was written by Carol de Giere and can be found at the Ozdust Boutique. Schwartz is a guest scholar with the Foreign Policy Studies program at the Brookings Institution and director of the U.S. Ironically, Stephen has never won a Tony Award, although he has been nominated six times, but has done the most work in the field of musical theatre. Stephen Schwartz has won various awards, including three Grammys, three Academy Awards, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics. Block ( Elphaba), however, Block was later replaced by Idina Menzel. When workshops began, the two leading ladies were played by Kristin Chenoweth ( Glinda) and Stephanie J. Schwartz got a creative team together and began working with Winnie Holzman (bookwriter), Marc Platt (producer), David Stone (producer), Joe Mantello (director), and Wayne Cilento (choreographer) to put together Wicked the Musical. Stephen is a Wealth Management Advisor and a Partner of Pioneer Financial, which was formed in 2005, based in New York, NY. Composers of Wicked, Hair to Join Songwriters Hall of Fame Tony Award nominees Stephen Schwartz, best known for smash stage hits including Wicked, and Galt. While conversing, Holly Near mentioned that she was reading a book called Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, and explained to the other two what it was about.Īt that moment, Stephen Schwartz envisioned what would be his next hit Broadway musical. Stephen began his career in financial planning in 1999. Stephen, John Bucchino, and John's friend Holly Near took a boat ride during the vacation time. That year, Schwartz's good friend singer/songwriter John Bucchino invited him to vacation in Hawaii. Schwartz is best known for his musicals Wicked, Godspell, and. Stephen had a number of incredible successes, but also some downturns, including The Baker's Wife, Children of Eden, Rags, and Working.īy 1996, Schwartz had given up on Broadway due to all the misfortunes that had come his way. explores the work of the legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz. A short time later, another of Schwartz's college shows, Pippin, ran on Broadway. It was in college where Stephen began working on a particular show that would eventually take Broadway by storm: Godspell, which began performances in 1971. He attended Carnegie-Mellon University, where he wrote music for various productions.
Growing up, Schwartz was surrounded by music and began writing at an early age. Stephen Lawrence Schwartz was born on Main New York City. He has written the music for well-known musical theatre shows such as Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz, Godspell, Pippin, and The Magic Show, among others. Stephen Schwartz is a lyricist and composer.
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