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Stephen Schwartz Birthday Concert to Benefit Dramatists Guild Fund

Schwartz will turn 70 with a blow-out bash.

Stephen Schwartz will celebrate his birthday with the Dramatists Guild Foundation.
Stephen Schwartz will celebrate his 70th birthday with the Dramatists Guild Foundation.
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The Dramatists Guild Foundation (DGF) will celebrate Wicked songwriter Stephen Schwartz's 70th birthday with a bash on April 23 at the Hudson Theatre.

Directed by Scott Schwartz with music direction by DGF president Andrew Lippa, the concert will include special performances by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Patina Miller, Darren Criss, Lindsay Mendez, Alex Newell, Michael McCorry Rose, Corey Cott, Casey Cott, Matt Gould, and more to be announced.

Proceeds from Stephen Schwartz’s 70th Birthday Concert go to supporting the Dramatists Guild Foundation (DGF), a national charity that fuels the future of American theater by supporting the writers who create it. In addition to Wicked, Schwartz's scores include Pippin, Godspell, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and more.

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