He died of a heart attack at the age of 36 in April 1985.ĭANIEL GOLDSTEIN (Director) is the director of The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown (Goodspeed/Broadway Across America) and Artificial Fellow Traveler with Ethan Sandler, as well as an upcoming production of God of Carnage at Huntington Theater Company next year. John the Divine in New York City, and wrote and staged liturgical drama there. Tebelak was dramaturge for the Cathedral Church of St. Tebelak co-authored the screenplay for Godspell (1973) for Columbia Pictures with David Greene. Subsequently, he directed productions of Godspell at La MaMa Theatre in February of 1971, the Cherry Lane Theatre (opening May 17, 1971), the Promenade Theatre, and on Broadway. All of the original cast members contributed to the playful script that evolved under John-Michael's direction. Tebelak originally conceived of Godspell as his Master's Thesis project at Carnegie-Mellon University in 1970.
His theatrical career started when he "walked into a theatre at the age of nine and stayed there." Mr. It was his first brush with the New York theatre, but by no means his first venture into theatrics. Those interested can find more information at JOHN-MICHAEL TEBELAK (Concept and Original Direction) was 22 years old when Godspell hit New York. Other awards include three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, and a tiny handful of tennis trophies. Schwartz has recently been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Under the auspices of the ASCAP Foundation, he runs musical theatre workshops in New York and Los Angeles, and is currently the President of the Dramatists' Guild.
A book about his career, "Defying Gravity," has recently been released by Applause Books. His first opera, Séance on a Wet Afternoon, premiered with Opera Santa Barbara in the fall of 2009 and was recently presented by New York City Opera. For films, he collaborated with Alan Menken on the songs for Disney's Enchanted as well as the animated features Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame and wrote the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt.
For children, he has written songs for two musicals, Captain Louie and My Son Pinocchio. He collaborated with Leonard Bernstein on the English texts for Bernstein's Mass and wrote the title song for the play and movie Butterflies Are Free. STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (Music and New Lyrics) has contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell, Pippin, The Magic Show, The Baker's Wife, Working (which he also adapted and directed), Rags, Children of Eden and the current Broadway hit, Wicked.
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