Stephen Schwartz Videos and Related Media
These videos and podcast links take you into the world of the Broadway and film composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz. 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!
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/
Stephen Schwartz
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