Stephen Schwartz Videos and Related Media
These interviews, videos, and podcast links take you into the world of the Broadway and film composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz and biographer Carol de Giere.
To enjoy more behind-the-scenes insights, read Carol de Giere’s biography: Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked, Revised and Updated Second Edition!
A WICKED CONNECTION – published interview – 2024
A BroadwayWorld San Francisco columnist asks Carol about her experiences interviewing Stephen about Wicked, and more. Enjoy “A Wicked Connection – Carol de Giere on Documenting the Legacy of Stephen Schwartz. ” (Photo of Carol de Giere and Stephen Schwartz at lunch in 2023.)
https://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/Interview-A-WICKED-CONNECTION-Carol-de-Giere-on-Documenting-the-Legacy-of-Stephen-Schwartz-20240825
Stephen Schwartz and Carol de Giere podcast 2018
Carol de Giere
An Oz-themed interview (audio file) at the Writers’ Voices: KRUU Writers’ Voices – Carol de Giere on Defying Gravity and The Wizard of Oz Prequel Wicked
http://www.writersvoices.com/free-radio-online/writing/carol-de-giere-defying-gravity/
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San Diego State University’s Musical Theatre MFA program Studio Series. April 22, 2020 interview by Robert Meffe, who heads the MFA program.
“Stephen Schwartz and Jeanine Tesori,” Dramatists Guild Foundation, The Legacy Project, Volume III
“Writing Wicked with Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz,” hosted by Michael Kerker, Dramatists Guild, 2nd Annual National Conference in Chicago, posted October 8, 2013.
Show People with Paul Wontorek Interview: “Wicked” & “Godspell” Composer Stephen Schwartz, 2011– includes mentions of Defying Gravity
Link to Broadway's Backbone Podcast Interview with Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz on composing Godspell