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 to be split ...

Stephen Schwartz is still hard at work on the music for Wicked: For Good. About five months before the highly anticipated second Wicked film is set to hit theaters on November 21, 2025, the musical's ...

Jon M. Chu's Wicked has become a pop culture phenomenon—and it's safe to say everyone who has memorized the entirety of "Defying Gravity" already saw this coming. Although certain details about the ...

Schwartz is currently Oscar-shortlisted for collaborating with John Powell on the instrumental score for “Wicked.” But he’s already gone down in history for song-based achievements, which involve ...

It's a good time to be a Stephen Schwartz fan! Not only is his newest musical (The Queen of Versailles) and one of his oldest musicals (The Baker's Wife) currently onstage on Broadway and off-Broadway ...

The Songwriters Hall of Fame will recognize Stephen Schwartz — the arranger and composer behind the music from “Wicked,” “Godspell” and “Pippin” — as the recipient of the 2025 Johnny Mercer Award at ...

Look: We get why people would like to see Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande perform “Defying Gravity” at the Oscars: 22 years after its debut, Stephen Schwartz’s anthem remains a genuine showstopper, ...

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 the transition ...