Defying Gravity The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked

Name: Defying Gravity The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked
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ISBN: 9781557837455

ISBN-10: 1557837457

ISBN-13: 9781557837455

Edition: 2008

Authors: Carol De Giere, Carol De Giere

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Defying Gravity takes readers into the creative world of Broadway and film composer Stephen Schwartz, from his experiences writing Godspell's score at age 23 through the collaborative journey for the making of the megahit musical Wicked. For this first authorized career biography, Carol de Giere draws from 80 hours of interviews with Schwartz and over 100 interviews with his colleagues, friends, and family members. Her sympathetic yet frank narrative reveals many never-before-told stories and delves into the challenging issues of collaboration and the decisions that led to phenomenal hits as well as expensive flops. Named after the heroine's song at the exhilarating first-act climax of…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Publication date: 9/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English



Overture: Entry to Schwartz's Oz


The Creative Career



1948 to 1974: Early Success: Godspell, Pippin, and The Magic Show



A Focused Childhood



Morning Glow: The College Years



Transitions: Keep Dancing Through...



Godspell Off-Off-Broadway



Godspell at Cherry Lane



Godspell Meets Mass and Pippin



Pippin Comes to Broadway



The Magic Show Conjures Up a Crowd



1974 to 1991: Downturn: The Baker's Wife, Working, Rags, and Children of Eden



The Baker's Wife: Mixed Ingredients



Working: Help Wanted



Mid-Journey Reflections



Rags and the 1980s



Children of Eden: Second Chances



1991 to 2003: A Comeback: Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Prince of Egypt...



Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame



Mulan and The Prince of Egypt


Wicked



Landing in Oz



Structuring Twists and Turns



On the Right Track



Story by Committee



Somewhere Over the Keyboard



First Drafts and "Adjustifications"



We're Off to See a Reading



Turning Points in Oz



If We Only Had a Team



Character Development



The Countdown Begins



Shock at First Sight



Pre-Broadway Summer



Wicked on Broadway


Epilogue: After the Tonys


Extras


About an Author and a Songwriter


From Idea to Audience: The Odyssey of a Song


Godspell Song Stories


Updates and New Projects


An Enchanted Conversation


Workshops and Concerts


Wicked Outline by Stephen Schwartz


Recordings


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Licensing Information for the Musicals


Acknowledgments and Credits


Illustration Credits


Index