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 transition ...
TIME spoke to Schwartz about key songs in Wicked, from Elphaba’s first big number to the dramatic cliff-hanger, from their origins to how they translate onscreen. But that bare-bones approach made ...
Wicked’s Schwartz and KPop Demon Hunter’s Sonnenblick discuss their respective big years, the art of crafting songs for ...
There is one element of the new Wicked movie that composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz would like to integrate into the stage show. During the "Popular" number, the movie includes a slightly longer ...
The Songwriters Hall of Fame will recognize Stephen Schwartz — the arranger and composer behind the music from “Wicked,” “Godspell” and “Pippin” — as the recipient of the 2025 Johnny Mercer Award at ...
"Absolutely not, don’t do it. I want to be Glinda, not Ariana Grande playing Glinda," the singer, who stars in the Universal movie adaptation of the musical, said. By Lexi Carson Associate Editor ...
Schwartz is currently Oscar-shortlisted for collaborating with John Powell on the instrumental score for “Wicked.” But he’s already gone down in history for song-based achievements, which involve ...