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CITY OF Los Ar)lGECES , L--.-. --~~'~'-,~~~-'"-~

APR 1 5 2008

R E so L UTI 0 N

STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

WHEREAS, Stephen Schwartz is receiving a star on the World Famous Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, April 8, 2008~ and

WHEREAS, Stephen Schwartz was born in New York City on March 6, 1948. He studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School of Music while in high school and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968 with a B.F.A. in Drama. His first major credit was the title song for the play BUTtERFLIES ARE FREE; the song was eventually used in the movie version as well; and • WHEREAS, Stephen Schwartz, composer-lyricist of the hit stage musical , has been nominated for six and winner of three. He wrote the lyrics for the Disney animated features, , THE lfUNCHEACK OF NOTRE DAME and the recent Disney hit, ENCHANTED, be also wrote the songs for Dreamworka' first animated feature, THE OF EGYPT; and

WHEREAS, Stephen Schwartz' well-known film songs include the Academy-Award-winning "", "", and date back to the 70's with "Day by Day", "Beautiful City", and 'Butterflies Are Free", Appropriate to the address of his star, WICKED, is in its second year at the Pantages Theatre, where it has broken box office records. The New York Times said that WICKED is one of the most successful shows in Broadway history." WICKED, which opened on October 30, 2003 in New York, is truly a worldwide phenomenon with four companies in North America - Broadway, Chicago, on national tour, and Los Angeles, as well as productions in London, Tokyo, and Stuttgart, and a fourth international production opening next summer in Melbourne. A measure of Schwartz' success in the theatre is that this year, when WICKED plays its 190d' performance inNew York, he will become the only writer of any kind ever to have three shows run more than 1900 performances on Broadway; and

WHEREAS. Stephen Schwartz wrote the music and new lyrics in 1971 f01"the world-wide phenomenon . He won two Grammys and two Drama Desks for it, which, at its height, was playing simultaneously in eight cities in America, including a long running Los Angeles production - plus London, Paris, Australia, and Germany. In South Africa, during the height of apartheid, Schwartz and his collaborator, John-Michael Tebelak, refused permission for the show to be produced unless it was performed by an integrated cast, before an integrated audience, and GODSPELL became the first show in South Africa to do so. It was followed by the English texts for Leonard Bernstein's MASS, which opened the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and was recently performed to great acclaim at the Hollywood Bowl; and

WHEREAS, Stephen Schwartz then wrote the music and lyrics for the enormously successful and two years later, . At one point, GODSPELL, PIPPIN, and THE MAGIC SHOW were all running on Broadway simultaneously, making Mr. Schwartz one of the very few ever to have three shows on Broadway at the same time. He next wrote the music and lyrics for THE BAKER'S WIFE, and the musical version of Studs Terkel's , to which he contnbuted four songs, and which he also adapted and directed, winning the as best director; he later co-directed the PBS American Playhouse television production; and

WHEREAS, Stephen Schwartz started writing songs for a one-act musical for children, ~TAIN LOUIE, a children'S book, THE PERFECT PEACH, music for three of the songs in the Off-Broadway revue, PERSONALS, lyrics to 's music for the Broadway musical , and music and lyrics for . For television, Mr. Schwartz provided music and lyrics for the original television musical, GEPPETTO, seen on TIle Wonderful World of Disney; and

WHEREAS, Stephen Schwartz is also one of the most tireless supporters of'uew composers and lyricists. Under the auspices of the ASCAP Foundation and with the support of Disney, hehas been artistic director for a workshop in Los Angeles for over ten years, and also runs a yearly workshop in New York. He is a member of the Board of Governors of ASCAP board, and is also a member of the Council of the Dramatists' Guild.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOL YED that by the adoption of this resolution the Los Angeles City Council hereby congratulates Stephen Schwartz on this well deserved honor of receiving hie star on the World Famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.

FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that Tuesday, April 8, 2008 is hereby declared as Stephen Schwartz day in Hollywood! tip';! B, 2000 PRESENTED BY:--f.~=~~~~~~==;-- C

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