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Stephen Schwartz

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Stephen Schwartz - on Wicked

 

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Composer Stephen Schwartz singing his own "Fathers and Sons"

 

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Stephen Schwartz Discusses PIPPIN And Performs "Magic To Do" On Piano - 1971

 

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Asha Plays Piano on Live TV With Broadway Composer Stephen Schwartz

 

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Princess Cruises Partners with Composer Stephen Schwartz

Stephen Lawrence Schwartz is an American musical theatre lyricist and composer. In a career spanning over four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as Godspell (1970), Pippin (1972) and Wicked (2003). He has contributed lyrics for a number of successful films, including Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), The Prince of Egypt and Enchanted (2007). Schwartz has won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, three Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards and has been nominated for six Tony Awards. He received the 2015 Isabelle Stevenson Award, a special Tony Award, for his commitment to serving artists and fostering new talent.