Stephen Schwartz will never be done with Wicked for good. It is more than his most famous creation – it has become who he is. He even titled his memoir Defying Gravity.
The American composer, 77, is reflecting on that backstage at Dubai Opera before the musical’s UAE premiere.
More than two decades after Wicked first took flight, Schwartz is still deeply embedded in its world, having only recently returned to write new material for Wicked: For Good, the second part of the film adaptation.
For Schwartz, Oz – creatively, commercially, spiritually – is a path paved in gold. And it's one he continues to shape, question and return to.
Stephen Schwartz is in Dubai for the UAE premiere of his musical Wicked. Photo: Dubai Opera
And while he's been hinting for months, Schwartz is now ready to reveal to The National exactly where his next steps could lead: a follow-up film musical to Wicked and The Wizard of Oz, based on the second book in L Frank Baum's series, centred on Princess Ozma –
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