Stephen Schwartz
Biography
Stephen Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written hit musicals such as Godspell (1971), Pippin (1972), and Wicked (2003). He has contributed lyrics to a number of successful films, including Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), The Prince of Egypt (1998, music and lyrics), Enchanted (2007), and Disenchanted (2022). Schwartz has earned numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He has received nominations for six Tony Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. He received the Tony Award's Isabelle Stevenson Award in 2015. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Schwartz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (35)
TOVAH
as Self
2026
Wicked: For Good
Lyricist (Writing)
2025
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
as Self
2025
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
as Self
2025
STREET SMART: Lessons from a TV Icon
as Self
2025
Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert
Music (Sound)
2025
Making Wicked
as Self
2024
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
as Self
2024
Wicked: The Real Story
as Self
2024
Wicked
as Emerald City Guard (uncredited)
2024
The Prince of Egypt: The Musical
Music (Sound)
2023
Children of Eden Jr.
Writer (Writing)
2023
Disenchanted
Lyricist (Writing)
2022
Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook
Writer (Writing)
2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Aspiring Composers and Lyricists
2021
Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook
Writer (Writing)
2021
Leonard Bernstein Mass
Lyricist (Writing)
2020
A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway
Songs (Sound)
2018
Godspell
Music (Sound)
2017
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
as Self
2013
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
as Self
2009
Enchanted
Songs (Sound)
2007
Geppetto
Music (Sound)
2000
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
as Self
1999
The Prince of Egypt
Songs (Sound)
1998
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Lyricist (Writing)
1996
Pocahontas
Songs (Sound)
1995
Friends of Gilda
as Self
1993
Jagger und Spaghetti
Writer (Writing)
1984
The Magic Show
Music (Sound)
1983
Working
Songs (Sound)
1982
Leonard Bernstein's Mass
Writer (Writing)
1981
Pippin
Musical (Writing)
1981
Godspell
Songs (Sound)
1973
