The book focuses on Schwartz's creative process and career from Godspell through Wicked. A German language review of the book was published in Das Musicalmagazin and has been posted by the author here: Kultur-channel.at review of Defying Gravity...
of some Stephen Schwartz musicals like Pippin and Godspell. So, as Schmigadoon! season one comes to an end, might there be a future season of it that brings things into Pippinville or Sondheimland?“Yes, I have a whole big idea about what that should be,” Paul said, “but of ...
The first notable example of therock musicalisHair(1967), which finds its social dissent in a combination of loud music, stroboscopic lighting, youthful irreverence, and nudity. In a few cases, rock music has been combined with biblical stories, as inGodspell(1971) by Stephen Schwartz andJesus...
presentation is widely understood to have opened the door to the nonlinear concept musicals of the late 20th century, such asCompany(1970),A Chorus Line(1975), andCats(1981), as well as other so-called “rock musicals,” such asGodspell(1976),Jesus Christ Superstar(1971), andRent(1996)....