Stephen Schwartz to be Inducted into LI Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame

The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) will induct award-winning Broadway and movie lyricist and composer Stephen Schwartz (“Wicked,” “Godspell,” “Pippin,” “Pocahontas,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “The Prince of Egypt”, and the new movie adaptation of “Wicked” among other titles). The ceremony will be followed by an hour-and-a-half concert featuring performances from Schartz’s musicals.

The music concert to follow the induction will be emceed by musician Paul Schaffer, with whom he worked early in his career. In 1972, Schaffer was hired as the musical director for the Toronto production of “Godspell.” Schwartz and Schaffer will perform alongside musicians from the musical “Godspell” that include Rick Shutter (drummer), Doug Quinn (guitarist) and Steve Manes (bassist).