Stephen
Schwartz
Bio
In addition to the current Broadway hit WICKED, Stephen Schwartz has written songs for GODSPELL, PIPPIN, THE MAGIC SHOW, THE BAKER’S WIFE, WORKING, RAGS, and CHILDREN OF EDEN, as well as musicals for young audiences, CAPTAIN LOUIE and MY SON, PINOCCHIO. For film, he collaborated with Alan Menken on the songs for Disney’s POCAHONTAS, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, ENCHANTED, and DISENCHANTED, and wrote the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature THE PRINCE OF EGYPT. In the classical field, his opera, SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON, was performed at Opera Santa Barbara and NY CIty Opera, he collaborated with Leonard Bernstein on the English texts for Bernstein's MASS, and he has composed several frequently performed choral pieces. Internationally, he wrote music and lyrics for MIT EVENTYR in Copenhagen and SCHIKANEDER in Vienna. Mr. Schwartz has been inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame and has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Awards include four Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards and the Isabelle Stevenson special Tony Award.
Popular
Songs
Wicked: For Good The Soundtrack - Thank Goodness / I Couldn't Be Happier
Cynthia Erivo (featuring Ariana Grande) - Defying Gravity (From Wicked The Soundtrack)
Judy Kuhn - Colors of the Wind
Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey - When You Believe
