Bringing your show to Broadway is an economic decision on the part of producers and investors that may or may not happen,… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I wouldn't do a project if it weren't a story I wanted to tell. That's rewarding in itself, as a writer, if… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Musical theater tends to be word-driven, whereas opera gives you so much more scope for driving the story with the music. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
While many of my musicals deal with big themes and ideas, I don't intentionally go looking to write shows like that. A… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I don't know what draws these other composers to opera, but for me, it's just this incredibly rich medium for storytelling. And… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
In writing 'Meadowlark,' I learned about using my own emotional experiences and filtering them through the story of another character. By tapping… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
The issues that people have in developing their shows tend to be the same, which have to do with how to structure… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Normally, for a musical, the first step with my collaborators is to figure out the story and the outline and really be… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Bringing your show to Broadway is an economic decision on the part of producers and investors that may or may not happen, but sharing… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
You wouldn't walk into a music store and walk out with a piece of music under your arm. So why would it be acceptable… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
There have always been discussions about a 'Pippin' movie. I think it would lend itself very well to film if one could solve how… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I worked at a theatre on Long Island, where I grew up, in the box office and parking… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
When I perform I try and focus on the lyrics and my interpretation of the lyrics. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I think it would be really cool to see 'Enchanted' on Broadway - there's been discussion of it from time to time. You'd have… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I was very happy in Hollywood. I was doing extremely well there and things were good. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
That was what I always wanted to do for my whole life, to write music in the service of telling stories and communicating ideas… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I had always been interested in opera, going back to my college days at Carnegie Mellon. In my last year there, I even wrote… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
With Bernstein, because we wound up always working music first, it was where I really feel I learned how to write lyrics as a… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
In 'Wicked,' we developed the concept that Glinda has a public persona who sings in soprano and a private persona who is, you know,… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Alan Menken is so gifted in terms of coming up with these great melodies. What I learned from working with him was how to… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
