L-R: At the Raimund Theatre in Vienna, Austria; Music from WICKED; ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
View photos of Stephen Schwartz on the Wicked movie set and read about recording sessions with cast members. This issue also includes updates on his new musical The Queen of Versailles, upcoming concert dates, and more.
https://www.theschwartzscene.com/quarterly-newsletter/issue-75-summer-2023/
The Wallis & The ASCAP Foundation present Musical Theatre Fest in Los Angeles, July 11- 20. Stephen Schwartz will lead Week II: The ASCAP Foundation/Universal Theatrical Group Musical Theatre Workshop. Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance: https://thewallis.org/show-details/musical-theatre-fest
Carol de Giere’s career biography of Stephen Schwartz DEFYING GRAVITY: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked, Revised and Updated Second Edition (Applause Books, October 2018) is available from online sellers Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and others. Copies signed by Stephen Schwartz may be purchased from the author https://caroldegiere.com/defying-gravity/
This new edition features a Foreword by Alan Menken and four new chapters covering Schwartz’s more recent projects like The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Prince of Egypt, and Wicked after Broadway. DEFYING GRAVITY Second Edition includes additional “Creativity Notes” with comments from Schwartz about overcoming creative blocks, collaboration, and the artistic life. 512 pages with photographs and handwritten notes.
Stephen Schwartz is featured in this episode of Broadway’s Backbone at BroadwayWorld.com. Interested parties can follow this link: Stephen Schwartz on BroadwayWorld.com
Stephen Schwartz’s new tribute to Leonard Bernstein, ‘Anniversaire for Lenny,’ is featured on the new @Lara Downes album ‘For Lenny,’ out February 9 on Sony Classical. You can listen to the piece and learn more about it at the special preview link below!
http://www.laradownes.com/for-lenny-episodes/2017/11/14/for-lenny-episodes-7mh9n
Stephen Schwartz’s TESTIMONY was inspired by the It Gets Better Project. Judith Clurman’s Essential Voices USA (EVUSA), led by conductor Judith Clurman, performed the world premiere of the mixed chorus version, at Carnegie Hall, in 2013. Judith’s Essential Voices USA recorded “Testimony” in the spring of 2017, with James Cunningham at the piano. Four of her students from the Manhattan School of Music MT Vocal Ensemble joined members of EVUSA on the recording. Proceeds from the sales of this recording will enable EVUSA to present anti-bullying workshops in NYC public schools.
PURCHASE: Broadway Records, Amazon, ITUNES
https://www.broadwayrecords.com/testimony