It’s been particularly gratifying to watch him handle both the pressures and the pleasures with far more grace than his dad did when he first started out.” Stephen Schwartz’s Update, Summer 2001: “A lot of this past quarter has also included enjoying my son Scott’s success with his two current off-Broadway hit musicals: BAT BOY and TICK, TICK…. It would just be sitting in a drawer somewhere and that would be a loss…I’m really glad that it’s out there in the world”īack in 2001 and again in 2005 Composer Stephen Schwartz commented on his son Scott’s work on the show in some early editions of The Schwartz Scene fan newsletter. He answered, “We excavated it…If Victoria and Robyn and everybody hadn’t gotten together to say let’s do something with this, we wouldn’t have it. I think we need to get a writer and a musical arranger in to sort of shape the material.’ Eventually it became the three-person musical with David Auburn as script consultant and was staged in 2001.”Īuburn was asked in a 2016 interview ( ) what he was most proud of in for his work on the musicals. I love this material, but we need to create a definitive version. They were all one-man shows, but the story was different, the structure was different, and I looked at it and said, ‘Wow, I love this idea. Scott Schwartz explained to Ken Davenport in a podcast interview: “They literally gave me five different scripts and a bunch of demo recordings of Jonathan… and it was all very different. Producers Robyn Goodman and Victoria Leacock had invited Scott to develop the musical based on Larson’s then one-man musical that he had performed himself in various venues. “You’ll find him in Jon’s audience in the movie.” “I’m forever in Scott’s debt for his work,” Miranda tweeted. Scott directed the 2001 off-Broadway production of the musical Tick, Tick… Boom!, which Miranda described as having knocked him flat. Musical writer Lin-Manuel Miranda ( Hamilton, In the Heights) made his movie directing debut with an adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s musical Tick, Tick… Boom! Ahead of the movie’s release in theaters and on Netflix, Miranda pointed to Scott Schwartz (Stephen’s son) as a major influence. Other creatives on the show include director Gabriel Barre (“Amazing Grace”), lighting designer Ken Billington (the current production of “Chicago”), associate producer Don Frantz (“Beauty and the Beast”), music director Mark Hartman (“Sondheim on Sondheim”), choreographer Jennifer Paulson-Lee (“Seussical”), and production designer Jeremy Railton (2002 Winter Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies).Did you know Scott Schwartz was the first theater director to work with the 3-person version of Tick, Tick….BOOM!? Here’s the story. Jim Steinmeyer, who has worked to create illusions with magicians including Doug Henning, Siegfried & Roy and David Copperfield, will create the magic experience in “Magic to Do.” I don’t think people realize how much freedom there is in that.” … Princess has the facilities… I don’t have to raise the capital. Schwartz noted that it’s really hard, even for someone with his pedigree, to get an original Broadway musical up and running, and the Princess Cruises deal gives him “freedom. He’ll also write a new song for the show, which debuts on the Crown Princess in the fall. The first musical is “Magic to Do,” which incorporates some of Schwartz’s most famous songs with magic – of which the composer is a lifelong fan. “Princess is a global cruise line, and Stephen Schwartz is a global brand,” he said. Princess Cruises said it is out to change the perception of ship-board entertainment, and Schwartz was crackling to get started, thrilling the guests, including screenwriter and dramatist Winnie Holzman (who wrote the book for “Wicked”) and her husband Paul Dooley, with a sampling of his work, including “Day by Day,” sung by “NCIS: Los Angeles” regular Barrett Foa and “Godspell” alum, and “Popular,” sung by Jill Whelan – the “Love Boat” actress recently revived her singing career with a one-woman cabaret show - and Liz Callaway, who also performed a medley with Schwartz.Ĭlearly, this is a deal made in heaven: Princess Cruises entertainment marketing CMO Gordon Ho noted that guests rate high-quality Broadway entertainment high on their lists when shopping for a cruise. Schwartz was in Valencia to deliver a taste of what’s to come out of his new deal with Princess Cruises, a first of its kind pact that see the three-time Oscar winner and composer of “Wicked,” “Pippin” and “Godspell” in a multiyear deal to oversee the creative development of four new musicals to debut across the line’s global fleet over the next four years. On the night of March 25, the Princess Cruises’ 35,000-square-foot rehearsal facility in Valencia, Calif., came alive with the sound of music – the music of Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz.
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