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Stephen Schwartz + Friends

  • Queensborough Performing Arts Center 222-05 56th Avenue Bayside, NY 11364 (map)

Celebrated Broadway and film composer Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) is joined onstage by Debbie Gravitte, Scout Coulter and Kelli—as they perform songs from his greatest hits. The Grammy and Oscar winning composer who gave us the beloved musicals Wicked, Godspell, Pippin, The Bakers Wife, Children of Eden and the lyrics for Rags, performs with his friends in an unforgettable afternoon of solos, duos and trios spanning the course of his career.

Schwartz, born in New York City has film credits which include the Disney animated features Pocahontas, for which he received two Academy Awards and another Grammy, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He also provided songs for DreamWorks' first animated feature, The Prince of Egypt, for which he won another Academy Award for the song "When You Believe".

Mr. Schwartz's most recent musical, Wicked, opened in the fall of 2003 and is currently running on Broadway. He has earned 3 Oscars and 4 Grammys.

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