*Given especially for this auction in celebration of the Midtown West School's First Grade Theatre Study, which celebrates 10 years this year (2006-2016)*

Handwritten Musical Phrase and Lyrics from Stephen Schwartz, composer of WICKED.

Stephen Schwartz is an American musical theatre lyricist and composer. In a career spanning over four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as Godspell (1971), Pippin (1972) and Wicked (2003). He has also contributed lyrics for a number of successful films, including Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), The Prince of Egypt (1998; music and lyrics) and Enchanted (2007). Schwartz has won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, three Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards and has been nominated for six Tony Awards.