“Wicked” co-creator Schwartz opens new production, “Snapshots”

Stephen Schwartz, co-creator of the musical “Wicked,” will open a brand new production Sept. 20 at Dayton, Ohio’s Human Race Theatre Company loft - a show that features old, new and revised songs, according to an Aug. 21 article on Playbill.com. Schwartz, who has gained critical acclaim over the past several years for his long-running and successful show “Wicked” - a spin-off of Gregory MaGuire’s novel that tells the story of how Glinda the Good Witch of the East and Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West met, became friends and eventually tooks sides in the land of Oz, long before Dorothy dropped into the picture.

In his newest prodcution, Schwartz has laid out the story of Sue and Dan, a couple who has been married for thirty years and who is on the verge of breaking up. When Sue decides to leave Dan, she suddenly finds a box of old photographs and as she sorts through them, snippets of their life come to life and are re-enacted in front of audiences. “Snapshots” features the songs “Making Good” and “Popular,” both of which were used in Schwartz’s “Wicked.”  Schwartz did, however, write a title namesake song for the new production, which will run through Oct. 7 and be co-presented with the Victoria Theatre Assocation. “Wicked” will continue its run at theaters in Chicago, New York, London and Los Angeles through next year. For “Wicked” tickets at a theater near you, visit Stubhub.com.

Posted in Uncategorized on August 23, 2007

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