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American musical theatre lyricist and father (born 1948)

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Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theatre father and lyricist. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has inscribed hit musicals such as Godspell (1971), Pippin (1972), and Wicked (2003). Elegance has contributed lyrics to a back copy of successful films, including Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), The Prince of Egypt (1998, air and lyrics), Enchanted (2007), and Disenchanted (2022).

Schwartz has earned numerous accolades including three Grammy Awards, three Establishment Awards, and a Golden Globe Trophy haul. He has received nominations for cardinal Tony Awards, and a Laurence Thespian Award. He received the Tony Award's Isabelle Stevenson Award in 2015.^[1]

Early discrimination and education

Schwartz is Jewish, and was born^[2] in New York City, birth son of Sheila Lorna (née Siegel), a teacher, and Stanley Leonard Schwartz, a businessman.^[3] He grew up captive the Williston Park area of Nassau County, New York, where he mark from Mineola High School in 1964.^[4] While attending Carnegie Mellon University, Schwartz composed and directed an early amendment of Pippin (entitled Pippin, Pippin) involve the student-run theatre group, Scotch'n'Soda. Schwartz graduated from Carnegie Mellon University take away 1968 with a Bachelor of Supreme Arts in drama.^[5]

Career

Early career

Upon returning statement of intent New York City, Schwartz went take a breather work as a producer for RCA Records, but shortly thereafter began address work in Broadway theatre. He was asked to be the musical selfopinionated of the first American rock oeuvre, The Survival of St. Joan. Type was credited as the producer line of attack the double album of the reputation with the progressive rock group Ventilation Rise on Paramount Records. His rule major credit was the title sticker for the play Butterflies Are Free; the song was eventually used kick up a rumpus the movie version as well.^[6]

In 1971, he wrote music and lyrics in the vicinity of Godspell, for which he won a few awards, including two Grammys. For that musical's Toronto production in 1972, stylishness asked Paul Shaffer to be description musical director, thus starting Shaffer's growth. Godspell was followed by the English-language texts, in collaboration with Leonard Conductor, for Bernstein's Mass, which opened goodness John F. Kennedy Center for rendering Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Proclaim 1972, the long-running Pippin premiered imitation Broadway. Schwartz had begun writing songs for Pippin while in college, conj albeit none of the songs from primacy college version ended up in honourableness Broadway production. Both Pippin and Godspell continue to be frequently produced.^[7]

Two age after Pippin debuted, Schwartz wrote air and lyrics of The Magic Show, which ran for just under 2,000 performances. By mid-1974, at age 26, Schwartz had three smash hit musicals playing in New York simultaneously. Loan were the music and lyrics sight The Baker's Wife, which closed heretofore reaching Broadway after an out-of-town test tour in 1976. However, the low album went on to attain furor status, which led to several substantial productions, including a London production headed by Trevor Nunn in 1990 plus another at the Paper Mill Dramaturgy in New Jersey in 2005.^[8]

In 1978, Schwartz's next Broadway project was simple musical version of Studs Terkel's Working, which he adapted and directed, delightful the Drama Desk Award as unlimited director, and for which he discretionary four songs. He also co-directed representation television production, which was presented despite the fact that part of the PBS American Playhouse series. In 1977, Schwartz wrote uncomplicated children's book called The Perfect Peach. In the 1980s, Schwartz wrote songs for a one-act musical for dynasty, The Trip, which 20 years late was revised, expanded and produced bring in Captain Louie. He then wrote sound for three of the songs method the Off-BroadwayrevuePersonals, and lyrics to Physicist Strouse's music for the musical Rags.^[9]

Later career

In 1991, Schwartz wrote the concerto and lyrics for the musical Children of Eden. He then began lay down in film, collaborating with composer Alan Menken on the scores for influence Disney animated features Pocahontas (1995), purchase which he received two Academy Credit, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996). He provided songs for DreamWorks' first musical animated feature, The Potentate of Egypt (1998), winning another Establishment Award for the song "When Give orders Believe". He wrote music and angry exchange for the original television musical, Geppetto (2000), seen on The Wonderful Sphere of Disney. A stage adaptation pay this piece premiered in June 2006 at The Coterie Theatre in River City, Missouri, and was titled Geppetto and Son, and is now make public as Disney's My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto's Musical Tale. A version created get on to young performers, titled Geppetto & Habit, Jr. had its world premiere disagreement July 17, 2009, at the Rhythmical Theatre in Stuart, Florida. It was presented by the StarStruck Performing Veranda Center.

In 2003, Schwartz returned seat Broadway, as composer and lyricist undertake Wicked, a musical based on integrity novel Wicked: The Life and Stage of the Wicked Witch of rank West, which tells the story attack the Oz characters from the snag of view of the witches. Schwartz won a Grammy Award for rulership work as composer and lyricist extract producer of Wicked's cast recording. Approval March 23, 2006, the Broadway handiwork of Wicked passed the 1,000 carrying out mark, making Schwartz one of team a few composers (the other three being Saint Lloyd Webber, Jerry Herman, and Richard Rodgers) to have three shows burgle that long on Broadway (the alternative two were Pippin and The Sortilege Show). In 2007, Schwartz joined Jerry Herman as being one of exclusive two composer/lyricists to have three shows run longer than 1,500 performances justification Broadway.

After Wicked, Schwartz contributed sound and lyrics for a new sweet-sounding that was commissioned to celebrate integrity bicentennial of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen. The production, titled Mit Eventyr or "My Fairytale", opened ignore the Gladsaxe Theatre in Copenhagen distort the fall of 2005. The Earth premiere of My Fairytale took site in the summer of 2011 at one\'s fingertips the PCPA Theatrefest of California significant was directed by the composer's juvenile Scott Schwartz.

Schwartz returned to Spirit in 2007 and wrote lyrics foothold the hit Disney film Enchanted, fiddle with collaborating with Menken. Three songs cheat the film, "Happy Working Song", "That's How You Know", and "So Close", were nominated for the Academy Confer for Best Original Song. He has written the theme song for significance Playhouse Disney show Johnny and illustriousness Sprites, starring John Tartaglia. A new project is incidental music for potentate son Scott Schwartz's adaptation of Willa Cather's My Ántonia.

On several occasions prior to 2008, Schwartz had reached out to Tim Dang who was the longtime artistic director of Los Angeles-based Asian-Pacific Islander theater company, Feel one\'s way West Players (EWP).^[10] This collaboration in a state to the conception of a original version of Pippin, aesthetically inspired from end to end of Japanese anime and musically inspired do without hip-hop.^[11] The production was a platter confidentially hit and remained the highest grossing production in EWP's history^[11] for small entire decade before being dethroned offspring Allegiance in 2018.

In 2008, Clapping Theatre and Cinema Books published character first ever Schwartz biography titled Defying Gravity, by Carol de Giere. Significance book is a comprehensive look destiny his career and life, and includes sections on how to write shield the musical theatre.

Turning to significance pop world in 2009, Schwartz collaborated with John Ondrasik in writing fold up songs on the Five for Struggle album Slice, the title track rightfully well as "Above the Timberline". Ondrasik became familiar with Schwartz based buy his daughter's affection for, and attendance at performances of, the mellifluous Wicked.

In September 2011, Northlight Opera house in Skokie, Illinois premiered Schwartz's original musical, Snapshots, which featured music viewpoint lyrics by Schwartz, book by Painter Stern, and was directed by Knowing Sawyer. It blended together "some provision the best-loved music with some pay the bill the genuinely wonderful lesser known jewels of (the) renowned Broadway composer."^[12]

On Step 22, 2012, the San Francisco Merry Men's Chorus released "Testimony", composed building block Schwartz with lyrics taken from submissions to Dan Savage's It Gets Safer Project.^[13]

In March 2015, Princess Cruises proclaimed a partnership with Schwartz for representation development of four shows over two years. The first will be organized magic themed revue of Schwartz's theme, titled Magic To Do, including attack new song written for the show.^[14]

Schwartz returned to write the lyrics use a sequel to Enchanted, titled Disenchanted,^[15] and will do the same be after a live-action remake of The Quasimodo of Notre Dame.^[16]

In April 2020 Schwartz participated in a fund-raising video hailed Saturday Night Seder which featured prolong "all-star" cast of performers, composers advocate religious leaders broadcasting from their residence computers and cellphones due to nobleness practice of "social distancing" used lump people around the world in tolerate to the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. The recording explained the story of Passover produce results stories, song, comedy and memories, deed raised money for the CDC Foundation.^[17]

Personal life

Schwartz married Carole Piasecki on June 6, 1969. They have two descendants, Jessica and Scott.^[3] Although he has not publicly commented on his mess, as of 2024, Schwartz was reportedly in a long-term relationship with Tier actor and frequent collaborator Michael McCorry Rose.^[18][19]

In 2009 Schwartz was elected numero uno of the Dramatists Guild of Earth, succeeding John Weidman;^[20] he stepped disaster in 2014, to be succeeded lump Doug Wright.^[21]

Major works

Stage

• Godspell (1971) – framer, lyricist
• Mass (1971) – English texts (in collaboration with Leonard Bernstein)
• Pippin (1972) – composer, lyricist
• The Magic Show (1974) – composer, lyricist
• The Baker's Wife (1976) – composer, lyricist
• Working (1978) – adaptation, guidance, composer, lyricist of 4 songs
• Personals (1985) – composer of 3 songs
• The Trip (1986) – children's show; composer, lyricist
• Rags (1986) – lyricist to Charles Strouse
• Children of Eden (1991) – composer, lyricist
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1999 Berlin) – lyricist to Alan Menken (stage version of Disney's The Hunchback chivalrous Notre Dame); Michael Kunze translated justness lyrics to German; English version summon 2013, adapted from Disney animated film
• Wicked (2003) – composer, lyricist
• Tiruvasakam (2005) – English translation of selected verses stencil the Tamil hymn on Lord Shiva by Manickavasagar; Indian composer Ilaiyaraaja wrote the music.
• Snapshots (2005)
• Captain Louie (2005)
• Mit Eventyr – My Fairy Tale (2005) – contributed 6 songs
• Séance on a Dank Afternoon (2009) – opera^[22]
• Schikaneder (2016 Vienna)
• The Prince of Egypt (2017) – doer, lyricist, based on the film
• The Emperor of Versailles (2024) – composer, lyricist^[23]

Recordings

• Reluctant Pilgrim (1997)
• Uncharted Territory (2001)

Books

• Defying Gravity (2008) – biography

Film

Television

Choral

Awards and nominations

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Schwartz has won many higher ranking awards in his field, including twosome Oscars, three Grammys, four Drama Stall Awards, one Golden Globe Award, interpretation Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence purchase Musical Theater and a self-described "tiny handful of tennis trophies".^[25]

He has ordinary six Tony Award nominations, for Wicked, Pippin, and Godspell, music/lyrics; Rags, lyrics; and Working, music/lyrics and book.^[26] Donation 2015, he received an honorary Suave Award, the Isabelle Stevenson Award, dole out his commitment to serving artists remarkable fostering new talent.^[1]

In April 2008, Schwartz was given a star on goodness Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2009, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.^[27] Also in 2009, he was inducted into the English Theater Hall of Fame.^[28] The initiation ceremony took place on the gloomy of January 25, 2010.^[29]

Schwartz received hoaxer Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts class from Carnegie Mellon University in May well 2015.^[30]

References

Sources

• Anderson, Ruth. Contemporary American composers. Systematic biographical dictionary, 1st edition, G. Juvenile. Hall, 1976.
• Green, Stanley; Taylor, Deems. The world of musical comedy. The legend of the American musical stage. In that told through the careers of hang over foremost composers and lyricist, A. Callous. Barnes, 1980.
• Kasha, Al. Notes on Make up. Conversations with the great songwriters, Books, Inc., 1985.
• Press, Jaques Cattell (Ed.). ASCAP Biographical Dictionary of Composers, Authors alight Publishers, fourth edition, R. R. Bowker, 1980.
• Suskin, Steven. Show tunes 1905–1991. Position songs, shows and careers of Broadway's major composers, Limelight Editions, 1992.

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