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Stephen Trask

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ComposerLyricist b. 1966

Stephen Trask (born Stephen R. Schwartz; born August 29, 1966) is an American musician and composer who graduated from Wesleyan University. He was the music director and house band member at the New York City club Squeezebox, where he performed with stars such as Debbie Harry, Lene Lovich, Hole, Green Day, and Joey Ramone. Trask composed the music and lyrics for the stage musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch (also a 2001 film), about a struggling rock star named Hedwig. Trask's real-life band Cheater performed as Hedwig's band "The Angry Inch". He received an Obie Award for the play and a Grammy Award nomination for the movie. In 2014, the show saw its first Broadway incarnation, opening that A…

Also credited on2 works

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014 Revival)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

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In the literature7 passages

  • Accompanying Mitchell onstage was a band, Cheater, led by the show's swashbuckling 32-year-old composer and lyricist, Stephen Trask.ebooks/Singer, Barry/Ever After_ The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond - Barry Singer.txt
  • About that time, on a plane, John meets Stephen Trask, an enormously talented singer/songwriter with a band called Cheater. He loves the idea of Hedwig and the two begin to collaborate, with Stephen writing the songs and John the book. As the two continue to develop it further, Hedwig’s story grows more complex. I don’t fully understand i…ebooks/Unknown/Commercial Theater Institute Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals, The - Unknown.txt
  • 4 John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, (Woodstock: The Overlook Press), 15. From the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask, text Copyright 1998 by John Cameron Mitchell, music and lyrics copyright 1999 by Stephen Trask.ebooks/Unknown/Commercial Theater Institute Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals, The - Unknown.txt
  • HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Book, John Cameron Mitchell; Music/Lyrics, Stephen Trask; Director, Peter Askin; Set/Projections, James Youm Costumes, Fabio Toblini; Lighting, Kevin Adams; Sound, Werner F.; Musical Staging, Jerry Mitchell; Wigs/Makeup, Mike Potter; Stage Manager, Joe Witt; Cast Recording, Atlantic; Presented by Alice’s Enterpr…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1998-99 Season, v. 55 (Willis).txt
  • Music and Lyrics, Stephen Trask; Director, Brad Rouse; Scenic Design, Michael Olich; Costume Design, Miguel Angel Huidor; Lighting Design, Howell Binkley; Sound Design, Keith Bates and Elizabeth Atkinson; Hair Design, Lair Paulsen; Production Stage Manager, Patti Kelly; May 1-June 27, 2003; Cast: Anthony Rapp (Hedwig), Sarah Siplak (Yitza…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2002-03 Season, v. 59 (Willis).txt
  • Book by John Cameron Mitchell, music and lyrics by Stephen Trask; Produced by Scott Tucker and Trisha Doss; Presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS: Director, Aaron Mark; Musical Director, Daniel Lincoln; Production Managers, Nathan Hurlin and Michael Palm; Sound, Eva Schultz; Lighting, David Lau; PSM,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2009-2010 Season, v. 66 (Willis).txt

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