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Stephen Schwartz

スティーヴン・シュワルツ　/　すてぃーゔん・しゅわるつ

American composer

March 6, 1948 (age 78)　・　New York City, New York, United States

New York
composer
lyricist
poet

My Take

Stephen Schwartz is the rare songwriter whose fifty-year catalog keeps regenerating its own audience: Godspell for one generation, Pippin for another, Wicked for seemingly all of them. What I find most telling is the throughline, because nearly every Schwartz protagonist is someone searching for where they belong, and that emotional honesty is why teenagers still scream the final notes of Defying Gravity decades on. The Prince of Egypt score remains, for my money, his most underrated achievement. Awards shelves full of Oscars and Grammys aside, his real legacy is making musical theatre feel personal rather than ornamental.

Overview

Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written hit musicals including Godspell (1971), Pippin (1972), and Wicked (2003).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Stephen Schwartz
Name (Japanese): スティーヴン・シュワルツ
Reading: すてぃーゔん・しゅわるつ
Born: March 6, 1948 (age 78)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Rat
Origin: New York City, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: composer / lyricist / poet / songwriter / screenwriter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Mineola High School
University: Carnegie Mellon University

Awards & achievements

1996 Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
2015 Isabelle Stevenson Award
2005 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
1996 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
1996 Academy Award for Best Original Song
1999 Academy Award for Best Original Song
1996 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	The Prince of Egypt	—

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.stephenschwartz.com
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Schwartz

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