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Stephen Schwartz was born in New York City on March 6, 1948. He studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School of Music while in high school and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968 with a B.F.A. in Drama.
Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as a producer for RCA Records, but shortly thereafter began to work in the Broadway theatre. His first major credit was the title song for the play Butterflies Are Free; the song was eventually used in the movie version as well.
In 1971, he wrote the music and new lyrics for Godspell, for which he won several awards including two Grammys. This was followed by the English texts, in collaboration with Leonard Bernstein, for Bernstein’s Mass, which opened the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
The following year, he wrote the music and lyrics for Pippin and two years later, The Magic Show. Next were the music and lyrics for The Baker’s Wife, which closed before reaching Broadway after a disastrous out-of-town tryout tour in 1976. However, the cast album went on to attain cult status, leading to several subsequent productions, including a London revival directed by Trevor Nunn in 1988.
Mr. Schwartz’s next Broadway project was a musical version of Stud...
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Top 10 Stephen Schwartz Songs
Dear Old Shiz
March of the Witch Hunters
Since I Gave My Heart Away
Defying Gravity
Cold Enough to Snow
Forgiveness' Embrace
Face of a Stranger
Recurring Dream
The Roads Untaken
The Line Forms on the Right
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Godspell
Wicked (Original Broadway Cast)
Pippin (Original Broadway Cast)
Godspell (1971 Original Off-Broadway Cast)
The Stephen Schwartz Album
Godspell (2001 National Touring Cast)
Children of Eden: Highlights (1998 New Jersey Cast)
Reluctant Pilgrim
Godspell (1993 London Studio Cast)
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