New York Post Stephen Schwartz was born in New York City on March 6, 1948. He studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School of Music while still in high school and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968 with a B.F.A. in Drama. Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as a producer for RCA Records, but shortly thereafter began to work in the Broadway theatre.
Butterflies Are Free , the song eventually being used in the movie version as well.
In 1971, he wrote the music and new lyrics for Godspell , for which he won several awards including two Grammys. D.C. The following year, he wrote the music and lyrics for Pippin , directed by Bob Fosse, and two years later, The Magic Show . However, the cast album went on to attain cult status, leading to several subsequent productions, culminating in a London revival directed by Trevor Nunn in 1988. Next came a one-act musical for children, The Trip . In 1986, Mr. Schwartz provided lyrics for Charles Strouse's music for Rags , which after flopping in its initial Broadway run, followed the now familiar route of successful cast album and subsequent productions, culminating in a well-received revival at the American Jewish Theatre in New York.