5 Stephen Schwartz Tracks With Broadway Sessions

'May The Schwartz Be With You': Stephen Schwartz, open mic and Spaceballs puns. What more could you want? Froghurt maybe?

Broadway Sessions is a monthly open mic night with a twist; artists perform tracks on a particular theme from within the musical theatre songbook and are backed by a full band. Led by Musical Director Peter Johns, he conducts his 5 favourite tunes (in no particular order) from the composer at the heart of this month’s theme: Stephen Schwartz.

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Corner Of The Sky

This is sung by the title character in 'Pippin'. It has been sung by many singers over the years, including Diana Ross.

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In Whatever Time We Have

Halfway through act two of 'Children Of Eden', Japeth and Yonah sing this stunning duet.

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Out There

The soundtrack to Disney’s 'Hunchback Of Notre Dame' features Bette Midler, George from Seinfeld and this track by Tony Jay and Tom Hulce.

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Beautiful City

This song was written for the 1972 movie version of 'Godspell' and has made its way into later revival versions of the stage show. It was re-written in 1993 after the Rodney King riots in LA.

For Good

A duet between Elphaba and Glinda from 'Wicked', this song was made famous by Kristin Chenoweth and has since been sung by Delta Goodrem and Anna Kendrick, among others.

'Broadway Session: May the Schwartz Be With You' takes place at Nexus Arts 27 March.