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Schwartz picks 'Flower': Composer signs on as commercial producer

Schwartz picks 'Flower': Composer signs on as commercial producer

 Tate Theatrics: Creative Producer

"Wicked" composer Stephen Schwartz has signed on as a commercial producer attached to "The Blue Flower," the multimedia tuner gearing up for a run at Boston's American Repertory Theater later this year. "Blue Flower" is the first legit producing gig for Schwartz, whose 1970 tuner "Godspell" will be revived on Broadway next year.

VIDEO: Stephen Schwartz discusses his producing debut of The Blue Flower

VIDEO: Stephen Schwartz discusses his producing debut of The Blue Flower

Stephen Schwartz, composer and lyricist of such Broadway classics as Wicked, Pippin, and Godspell makes his theatrical producing debut with Jim and Ruth Bauer’s The Blue Flower, calling the production, “one of the most creative and original pieces of musical theatre that I’ve ever encountered in my life.”