In a Metro Weekly cover feature as part of our Special Broadway Edition, celebrated composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz discussed the 10th anniversary of Wicked and the new revival of Pippin, both running on Broadway. He also reflected on the current, “somewhat disconcerting” state -- and this year’s current crop -- of Broadway musicals. In the same interview Schwartz, a Tony Awards ... [Read]

The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts offers a production of the little-known 1986 musical Rags, by Stephen Schwartz (Pippin, Wicked), Charles Strouse (Annie) and Joseph Stein (Fiddler on the Roof). The story focuses on the arrival of Jewish immigrants to New York City in the early part of the last century. Deb Gottesman and Buzz Mauro direct a ... [Read]