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Feb 2020
38m 5s

The Prince Of Egypt (1998), Disney, Wick...

Simon Brew
About this episode

In a special episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon is joined by multi-award-winning lyricist and composer, Stephen Schwartz.

They talk about The Prince Of Egypt, the making of the film and the new West End musical version. How Schwartz came to work on Disney films, and his aborted time on Mulan. Plus the status of the Wicked movie.

Find more about The Prince Of Egypt musical at https://www.theprinceofegyptmusical.com/

Find Simon on Twitter at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstoriespod.

You can find the Film Stories website here.

 


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