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She won over Stephen Schwartz and a packed house with poise, passion and that delicious voice
If you were part of the “Wicked” audience at the evening show of Feb. 2, then you’d be thrilled to know that watching with you was none other than composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz—the wiz behind the hit musical.
When it comes to writing songs, Stephen Schwartz is a wizard. The lyricist and composer has spent four decades of his life writing hit musicals like “Godspell,” “Pippin” and, more recently, “Wicked,” as well as lending his lyrics to films like “Pocahontas,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “Prince of Egypt” and “Enchanted.”
Not a solo, featured or even a cameo track; nor were royalties and CD credit part of the deal. No, not one among us who were chosen to participate in that afternoon recording seemed to care. Sharing a space with the creator of mammoth hit “Wicked” was enough to make any theater geek go ballistic. Not to mention that me and my colleague Monette Rivera (of The Filipino Channel) were the only Filipinos among the eager bunch.
