“I have children and I have grandchildren and my greatest fear is that the world will be a tough place for them, especially environmentally. I fear that as a species, we're going to procrastinate about dealing with our environmental challenges until it really makes a lot of trouble for the generations ahead of us.”

American musical theatre composer and lyricist

Stephen Schwartz is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist whose career has spanned more than five decades. He is known for writing stage musicals such as Godspell, Pippin, and Wicked. Schwartz has also written lyrics for films, including Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Prince of Egypt, Enchanted, Disenchanted, and the two-part adaptation of Wicked. His work moves between stage and screen, with songs and shows that have reached broad audiences over many years.