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

Fernández will donate part of the proceeds from two upcoming Texas shows to Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio. He ...

After the seismic success of “Wicked,” Stephen Schwartz could have continued down Broadway’s yellow brick road and written another blockbuster musical. Instead, he conjured “Séance on a ...

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 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 ...

Prolific lyricist and composer Stephen Schwartz will be honored at the 32nd annual ASCAP Screen Music Awards. Schwartz’s nearly 50-year-long career has earned him a spot among the greats, and ...

Emily Bear, Justin Paul, Stephen Schwartz, Benj Pasek and Adam Guettel pose for a photo at the ASCAP Foundation's 50th anniversary celebration in Manhattan, New York on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

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Composer Stephen Schwartz on how that electric ‘Wicked’ cameo came to be. So if you care to avoid spoilers, look to the Western sky — or at least away from this article.

Big ‘Pippin’: The Harmony and Dissonance of an American Classic. Elysa Gardner’s “Magic to Do” goes backstage at Bob Fosse and Stephen Schwartz’s 1972 musical about a lost prince.