"Séance on a Wet Afternoon" has been a longtime passion project for Schwartz. He adapted it into an opera that premiered in ...

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 ...

Honoree Stephen Schwartz, right, accepts the Founders Award from ASCAP President Paul Williams at the 2017 ASCAP Screen Music Awards on May 16, 2017, in Los Angeles.

Stephen Schwartz has written the music and lyrics to iconic films and musicals, from “Wicked” to “The Prince of Egypt.” The former is becoming a film soon ...

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 ...

Stephen Schwartz is back hosting the ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Fest. The event will be held over two days from May 5-6 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis) in ...

News about Stephen Schwartz. Commentary and archival information about Stephen Schwartz from The New York Times.

Schwartz, the composer of “Wicked,” “Godspell” and “Pippin,” among others, was personally involved in the show’s creation, rewriting lyrics and helping devise mashups that make the ...