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2012 Duets (TV series)
The Finale (2012) (writer: "For Good")
 
2012 Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony (TV special) (writer: "I'm Not That Girl", "For Good", "Defying Gravity")
 
2003-2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Ben Stiller/Whitney Cummings/Godspell (2011) (writer: "Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord" - uncredited, "Day By Day" - uncredited, "Light of the World" - uncredited)
Dakota Fanning/Rocco DiSpirito/Wicked (2003) (music: "Defying Gravity" / lyrics: "Defying Gravity")
 
2009-2011 Glee (TV series)
New York (2011) (music: "For Good" - uncredited / lyrics: "For Good" - uncredited)
Wheels (2009) (music: "Defying Gravity" - uncredited / lyrics: "Defying Gravity" - uncredited)
 
2010 Army Wives (TV series)
Evasive Maneuvers (2010) (writer: "Slice")
 
2009 Live from Studio Five (TV series)
Episode #1.66 (2009) (writer: "When You Believe")
Episode #1.63 (2009) (writer: "When You Believe")
 
2009 Zombieland (writer: "Popular from 'Wicked'")
 
2009 This Morning (TV series)
Episode dated 2 July 2009 (2009) (writer: "Popular")
 
2009 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
Episode dated 12 May 2009 (2009) (writer: "Colors of the Wind" - uncredited)
 
2009 Fama ¡a bailar! (TV series)
Episode #2.101 (2009) (writer: "When You Believe")
 
2009 Fringe (TV series)
Bad Dreams (2009) (writer: "Corner of the Sky" - uncredited)
 
2008 The X Factor (TV series)
Episode #5.1 (2008) (writer: "When You Believe" - uncredited)
 
2008 Bones (TV series)
The Wannabe in the Weeds (2008) (music: "Corner of the Sky" - uncredited / lyrics: "Corner of the Sky" - uncredited)
 
2008 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Amy Adams/Vampire Weekend (2008) (music: "What Is This Feeling?" / lyrics: "What Is This Feeling?")
 
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (lyrics: "Happy Working Song", "That's How You Know", "So Close")
 
2007 Ugly Betty (TV series)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (2007) (music: "Popular", "I'm Not That Girl", "Defying Gravity" / lyrics: "Popular", "I'm Not That Girl", "Defying Gravity")
 
2007 Enchanted (lyrics: "True Love's Kiss", "Happy Working Song", "That's How You Know", "So Close", "Ever Ever After" / producer: "True Love's Kiss", "Happy Working Song", "That's How You Know", "So Close")
 
2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! Cr@psule Monsters (TV series)
Cr@psule Monsters 1 (2007) (writer: "Colors of the Wind" - uncredited)
 
2007 Autism: The Musical (documentary) (writer: "I'm Not That Girl")
 
2007 ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (documentary) (music: "Defying Gravity", "No One Mourns the Wicked", "One Short Day", "Popular", "What Is This Feeling", "Which Way Is The Party", "The Wizard and I" / lyrics: "Defying Gravity", "No One Mourns the Wicked", "One Short Day", "Popular", "What Is This Feeling", "Which Way Is The Party", "The Wizard and I" / performer: "Defying Gravity")
 
2005 Eve and the Fire Horse (writer: "O Bless the Lord My Soul")
 
2004 Noel (lyrics: "Winter Light")
 
2004 The 58th Annual Tony Awards (TV special) (music: "Defying Gravity", "No One Mourns the Wicked" / lyrics: "Defying Gravity", "No One Mourns the Wicked")
 
2001-2002 Operación triunfo (TV series)
Episode #2.6 (2002) (writer: "When You Believe")
Gala Disney (2002) (writer: "Sueña Someday" / lyrics: "Si no te conociera If I Never Knew You", "Colores en el viento Colors of the Wind")
Episode #1.4 (2001) (writer: "Sueña")
 
2002 Stars and the Moon: Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar (video) (writer: "Meadowlark")
 
2001 Great Performances: Dance in America (TV series)
From Broadway: Fosse (2001) (music: "Manson Trio" / lyrics: "Manson Trio")
 
2001 Steve Carell Salutes Steve Carell (TV movie) (music: "All Good Gifts" - uncredited)
 
2001 Wet Hot American Summer (writer: "Day By Day")
 
2001 Scotland, Pa. (writer: "Day By Day")
 
2000 Meet the Parents (writer: "Day By Day")
 
2000 Geppetto (TV movie) (music: "Toys", "Empty Heart", "And Son", "Just Because It's Magic", "Bravo, Stromboli!", "Satisfaction Guaranteed", "Pleasure Island", "Since I Gave My Heart Away" / lyrics: "Toys", "Empty Heart", "And Son", "Just Because It's Magic", "Bravo, Stromboli!", "Satisfaction Guaranteed", "Pleasure Island", "Since I Gave My Heart Away")
 
1999 The 71st Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "When You Believe")
 
1998 The Prince of Egypt (writer: "All I Ever Wanted", "The Plagues", "When You Believe" / music: "Deliver Us", "Queen's Reprise", "Through Heaven's Eyes", "Playing with the Big Boys", "When You Believe" / lyrics: "Deliver Us", "Queen's Reprise", "Through Heaven's Eyes", "Playing with the Big Boys", "When You Believe")
 
1998 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Episode dated 25 November 1998 (1998) (music: "When You Believe" / lyrics: "When You Believe")
 
1998 Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Honor to Us All (video short) (lyrics: "A Guy Like You")
 
1997 Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Zero to Hero (video) (lyrics: "Topsy Turvy", "Colors Of The Wind")
 
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (writer: "The Bells of Notre Dame", "Out There", "Topsy Turvy", "God Help the Outcasts", "Heaven's Light/Hellfire", "A Guy Like You", "The Court of Miracles", "The Bells of Notre Dame Reprise", "Someday", "Heaven's Light Reprise")
 
1996 The 68th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Colors of the Wind")
 
1995 Pocahontas (lyrics: "The Virginia Company" 1995, "The Virginia Company" Reprise / 1995, "Steady as the Beating Drum" 1995, "Steady as the Beating Drum" Reprise / 1995, "Just Around the Riverbend" 1995, "Listen with Your Heart I, II, III" 1995, "Mine, Mine, Mine" 1995, "Colors of the Wind" 1995, "Savages" Part 1 / 1995, "Savages" Part 2 / 1995)
 
1993 Life with Mikey (lyrics: "COLD ENOUGH TO SNOW")
 
1985 Great Performances (TV series)
The Best of Broadway (1985) (writer: "All For The Best")
 
1983 Echoes (writer: "Time Out of Mind", "Tailspin", "A Night on the Town")
 
1982 American Playhouse (TV series)
Working (1982) (music: "All the Live Long Day", "Neat to Be a Newsboy", "It's an Art", "Fathers and Sons" / lyrics: "All the Live Long Day", "Neat to Be a Newsboy", "It's an Art", "Fathers and Sons")
 
1981 Pippin: His Life and Times (TV movie) (music: "Magic to Do", "Corner of the Sky", "Welcome Home", "War Is a Science", "Glory", "Simple Joys", "No Time at All", "With You", "Spread a Little Sunshine", "Morning Glow", "On the Right Track", "Kind of Woman", "Extraordinary", "Love Song", "Finale" / lyrics: "Magic to Do", "Corner of the Sky", "Welcome Home", "War Is a Science", "Glory", "Simple Joys", "No Time at All", "With You", "Spread a Little Sunshine", "Morning Glow", "On the Right Track", "Kind of Woman", "Extraordinary", "Love Song", "Finale")
 
1976 The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (TV series)
Pilot (1976) (writer: "Corner of the Sky" - uncredited)
 
1973 Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew (writer: "We Beseech Thee", "Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord", "Learn Your Lessons Well", "All For The Best", "Light Of The World", "Alas For You", "Beautiful City", "On The Willows", "Finale" / music: "Save The People", "Day By Day", "Turn Back, O Man", "Bless The Lord", "All Good Gifts")
 
1972 Butterflies Are Free ("Butterflies Are Free")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (7 titles)
2016 Mumbai Musical (lyricist) (pre-production)
 
2007 Johnny and the Sprites (TV series) (composer: main title theme - 6 episodes)
Seymour's Guest/Root of Passage (2007) (composer: main title theme)
Ginger Listens/Aloha, Johnny (2007) (composer: main title theme)
The Sprites & the What?!/Doctor Basil (2007) (composer: main title theme)
Johnny's Sister Tina/Spritesgiving! (2007) (composer: main title theme)
Root's Dadoots/The Rare Nospotalotacus (2007) (composer: main title theme)
 
2000 Joseph: King of Dreams (video) (music consultant)
 
2000 Geppetto (TV movie) (songs: music and lyrics)
 
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (songs: Lyrics by)
 
1995 Pocahontas (songs producer)
 
1973 Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew (musician: keyboards, songs: Lyrics by / Music by)
 
Show ShowComposer (7 titles)
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1982 American Playhouse (TV series)
Working (1982) (adaptation)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1982 American Playhouse (TV series)
Working (1982)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1993 Great Performances (TV series) (with appreciation to - 1 episode)
Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music (1993) (with appreciation to)
 
Show ShowSelf (19 titles)
2012 Project Runway All Stars (TV series)
Himself - Godspell Composer
Puttin' on the Glitz (2012) … Himself - Godspell Composer
 
2011 Schwartz: Seance Is a 'Wicked' Mistress (video short)
Himself
 
2010 David Campbell on Broadway (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2009 Studs Terkel: Listening to America (TV documentary short)
 
2009 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Spicks and Specks (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.12 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Becoming Enchanted: A New Classic Comes True (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Original Song
 
2007 ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 190 North (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary)
Himself
Putting It Together: 1980-Present (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Wicked: The Road to Broadway (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 The 58th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Original Score
 
2001 Cabaret Live! (TV series)
Himself
 
1998 The 78th Annual Miss America Pageant (TV special)
Himself - Judge
 
1996 The 68th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score and Best Original Song
 
1996 The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Original Song
 
1996 The Making of Disney's 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' (TV documentary)
Himself - Lyricist
 
1993 Friends of Gilda (TV movie)
Himself
 
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(2002) His musical, "Pippin," was performed at the Boxer Rebellion Ensemble Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Chris Staton was musical director. See more »

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Trivia:

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces