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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 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 ...
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 ...
Breaking Down Wicked’s Iconic Songs With Composer Stephen Schwartz 9 minute read Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba and Ariana Grande is Glinda in Wicked Universal Pictures By Annabel Gutterman ...
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, 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 ...
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 ...
Stephen Schwartz spoke with members of the media on the red carpet of the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which was held on Thursday, June 12th in New York City.
The updated Stephen Schwartz biography Defying Gravity 2nd Edition (Applause, October 2018) covers Wicked and the challenges of adjusting musicals for global performance.
Says Schwartz, “I will tell you 100 percent there will be a movie of Wicked and it won’t be that far away, but it won’t be next year, because we’re still writing.
Wicked composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz reveals that he might integrate the extended ending of 'Popular' from the new movie into the stage musical.
EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Schwartz, the famed composer and lyricist behind Wicked who’s recently been at work on the two-part film adaptation at Universal, has signed with CAA for representation. With ...