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Stephen Schwartz has written some of musical theater's most enduring hits over five decades, from Godspell (1971) and Pippin (1972) to Wicked (2003), and contributed lyrics to Disney and DreamWorks films including Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Prince of Egypt. He has won three Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards, and a Golden Globe, and received the Tony Awards' Isabelle Stevenson Award in 2015.