According to Stephen Schwartz, nothing can follow “Defying Gravity.” And for the “Wicked” songwriter, that’s one key reason why the movie version of his blockbuster Broadway musical has ...

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 ...

Breaking Down Wicked’s Iconic Songs With Composer Stephen Schwartz 9 minute read Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba and Ariana Grande is Glinda in Wicked Universal Pictures By Annabel Gutterman ...

In a new interview with TODAY Show, Stephen Schwartz gives details about the “Wicked” film, and how "My So-Called Life' inspired the blockbuster musical.

Wicked has been a cultural phenomenon for over two decades, since its Broadway debut in 2003, in no small parts thanks to the incisive book by Winnie Holzman and catchy songs by Stephen Schwartz.

Stephen Schwartz, the original composer and lyricist of Wicked, tells PEOPLE he's "still working away every day" on the score for Wicked: For Good The Grammy winner admits his deadline is "very soon" ...

Stephen Schwartz, a composer who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical along with serving as a co-writer on the Wicked movie scripts, recently shared where the movies were at when it ...

The updated Stephen Schwartz biography Defying Gravity 2nd Edition (Applause, October 2018) covers Wicked and the challenges of adjusting musicals for global performance.

Composer Stephen Schwartz and “Wicked” screenplay writer Winnie Holzman say when the show opened on Broadway in October 2003, they “couldn’t imagine being in November of 2003, having ...

Wicked composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz reveals that he might integrate the extended ending of 'Popular' from the new movie into the stage musical.

1.First, Wicked composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz discovered Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel after a friend recommended it, and he knew he wanted to adapt it for a stage musical. However ...

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 ...