Schwartz the only songwriter in Broadway history ever to have three shows run more than 1,900 performances. In 2008, Wicked reached its 1,900th performance on Broadway, making Mr. Schwartz's most recent musical, Wicked, opened in the fall of 2003 and is currently running on Broadway and in several other productions around the United States and the world. He has released two CDs on which he sings new songs, entitled Reluctant Pilgrim and Uncharted Territory. Schwartz provided music and lyrics for the original television musical, Geppetto, seen on "The Wonderful World of Disney" and recently adapted for the stage as My Son Pinocchio. He also provided songs for DreamWorks' first animated feature, The Prince of Egypt, for which he won another Academy Award for the song "When You Believe." He most recently collaborated with Alan Menken on the songs for Disney's Enchanted. He then began working in film, collaborating with composer Alan Menken on the scores for the Disney animated features Pocahontas, for which he received two Academy Awards and another Grammy, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He then wrote music for three of the songs in the Off-Broadway revue Personals, lyrics to Charles Strouse's music for Rags, and music and lyrics for Children of Eden. Next came songs for a one-act musical for children, Captain Louie, and a children's book, The Perfect Peach. He also co-directed the television production, which was presented as part of the PBS "American Playhouse" series. He next wrote the music and lyrics for The Baker's Wife, followed by a musical version of Studs Terkel's Working, to which he contributed four songs and which he also adapted and directed, winning the Drama Desk Award as best director. At one point, Godspell, Pippin, and The Magic Show were all running on Broadway simultaneously. The following year, he wrote the music and lyrics for Pippin, and two years later, The Magic Show. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. This was followed by the English texts in collaboration with Leonard Bernstein foremembernstein's MASS, which opened the John F. In 1971, he wrote the music and new lyrics for Godspell, for which he won several awards, including two Grammys.
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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. 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 theater. 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.
Stephen Schwartz was born in New York City on March 6, 1948.
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