Mary Poppins (musical)
Mary Poppins is a musical with music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (the Sherman Brothers) and additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, and a script by Julian Fellowes. The musical is based on the similarly titled Mary Poppins children's books by P. L. Travers and the 1964 Disney film, and is a fusion of various elements from the two, including songs from the film.
Stephen Schwartz (composer)
In 1971, he wrote music and lyrics for "Godspell", for which he won several awards, including two Grammys. For this musical's Toronto production in 1972, he asked Paul Shaffer to be the musical director, thus starting Shaffer's career. "Godspell" was followed by the English-language texts, in collaboration with Leonard Bernstein, for Bernstein's "Mass", which opened the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. In 1972, the long-running "Pippin" premiered on Broadway. Schwartz had begun writing songs for "Pippin" while in college, although none of the songs from the college version ended up in the Broadway production. Both "Pippin" and "Godspell" continue to be frequently produced.