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. Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as an A&R producer for RCA Records, but shortly thereafter began to work in the Broadway theatre. 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.
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Paul Farnsworth is a British author best known for his comedy writing, which began with contributions to Deadpan in 1994. Between 2000 and 2006, Farnsworth concentrated on producing comedy material for the website The University of the Bleeding Obvious. In its entry for 'Bleeding Obvious' The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang makes the claim that "in 2003 the British satirical website 'University of the Bleeding Obvious' was one of the most popular comedy sites on the Internet." The final regular update was in February 2006. ... read more
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. Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as an A&R producer for RCA Records, but shortly thereafter began to work in the Broadway theatre. 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.
In 1971, he wrote the music ... read more