Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London A revival of the Wicked composer's 70s medieval-quest musical brings magic and joy but malevolence is missing Once upon a time, long before Wicked became a musical and two movie blockbusters, its composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz wrote this eccentric picaresque about the restless son of the Holy Roman emperor Charlemagne. Schwartz was 24 when it became a Broadway hit in 1972 but…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM on January 5, 2026