Theatre Conversations: Composer and Lyricist Stephen Schwartz

Composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz returns for an in-depth discussion of his career and works in front of alive student audience. From managing the early success of Godspell and Pippin; to mixed reception of musicals The Magic Show, The Baker's Wife, and Working; to opportunities at Disney with collaborator Alan Menken on the animated features Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and the live-action film Enchanted, plus the Dreamworks animated film The Prince of Egypt; to his return to the stage with Children of Eden and the smash Broadway hit Wicked. Schwartz discusses new and upcoming projects, like his first opera (Seance on a Wet Afternoon), collaborating on a Bollywood-style animated feature, a musical about Dutch writer Hans Christian Andersen called My Fairy Tale, and a revision of Working that includes contributions from Lin-Manuel Miranda. Schwartz opens and closes the program with performance of "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin, and "Can You Imagine That?" from My Fairy Tale (recorded in 2011 at The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in New York City, NY).