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Composer Stephen Schwartz on ASCAP’s Musical Theatre Fest, Shares Update on ‘Wicked: For Good’


Composer Stephen Schwartz discusses ASCAP’s Musical Theatre Fest and shares an update on 'Wicked: For Good.'

Schwartz, along with Irene Sankoff and David Hein (“Come From Away”), will deliver an evening of intimate performances and stories about songs that had to be sacrificed to create a perfect musical. The Workshop will kick off with the creative team of Roslyn Catracchia and Peter Seibert, who will present an excerpt of their new musical Piney Needlesmith and the Road Less Traveled. Previous ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Workshop alumni include Steven Lutvak (“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”), Glenn Slater (“School of Rock”), Matthew Sklar & Chad Beguelin (“The Prom,” “Elf the Musical”), Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich (“Dear Edwina,” “Ever After”) and Khiyon Hursey (“Spirited,” “Sean’s Story”).

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