question: What composer wrote songs for movies like Geppetto, Pippin, and Godspell?
answer: Stephen Schwartz
context: Title: Sethu (actor)
  Passage: Sethu G Pillai also known simply as "Sethu" is an Indian film actor who appears in South Indian language films.  Sethu (born 13 March) is an Indian film actor, producer and businessman.  He was born in Mavelikkara in Alappuzha district of Kerala.  Sethu resides with his family in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  He is also called as Mynaa Sethu, after the film ‘Mynaa’, in which he had debuted as an actor.  After the success of Mynaa, Sethu acted in many more movies like 100 Degree Celsius, Manadhil Maayam Seidhai and Prema Khaidi to name a few.  Currently, he has turned producer and has produced movies like Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar and Kokki.
  Title: Séance on a Wet Afternoon (opera)
  Passage: Séance on a Wet Afternoon is an opera in two acts by Stephen Schwartz to a libretto by the composer, based on the novel by Mark McShane and the screenplay by Bryan Forbes to the 1964 film of the same name.  The work, Schwartz's first opera after a string of Broadway musicals ("Godspell", "Pippin", "Wicked"), premiered on 26 September 2009 at the Granada Theatre of Opera Santa Barbara which commissioned the work.  The work lasts for about 2 hours 50 minutes.
  Title: Geppetto (film)
  Passage: Geppetto is a 2000 made-for-television musical remake of the popular children’s book "The Adventures of Pinocchio" and the original 1940 Disney film, starring Drew Carey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus debuting on The Wonderful World of Disney.  It featured original songs written by Stephen Schwartz.  Schwartz had developed the songs as a reunion for "Mary Poppins" stars Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, but Andrews was undergoing throat surgery so the idea was dropped.
  Title: Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra
  Passage: In 2003 SVCC started their production career with the movie "Ee Abbai Chala Manchodu", directed by "Agathiyan", starring "Ravi Teja", "Sangeetha Krish" and Vani.  After a gap of a year, SVCC produced one of the biggest blockbuster hits of Tollywood, "Chatrapathi", directed by "S. S. Rajamouli" starring "Prabhas" and "Shriya Saran".  SVCC uniquely paired in alternate movies with "Ravi Teja" and "Prabhas" for their next two movies, "Khatarnak" starring "Ileana D'Cruz" and "Kajal Aggarwal".  The production house gained its popularity, by selectiong new scripts always. " Darling" starring "Prabhas" was their third film together and this was also a hit at the box office.  This was the second movie with "Kajal Aggarwal".  They paved way to many other huge movies like, "Devudu Chesina Manushulu", "Ongole Gitta" etc..  They made some movies like "Sahasam", starring "Gopichand", "Taapsee Pannu", which was an action based historic film and it also created a new dimension for Gopichand's career. " Attarintiki Daredi" starring "Pawan Kalyan", "Samantha Ruth Prabhu" and "Pranitha Subhash" is again a huge hit yet again at the box office.  The movie was written and directed by the ace director "Trivikram Srinivas".  Their films made their way to box office in the perfect way, "Dohchay","Nannaku Prematho" were also great at box office.  The production house tries=d a new genre Comedy, starring "Allari Naresh", "Kruthika Jayakumar" directed by "G. Nageswara Reddy".  Their latest film "Radha", with "Sharwanand" and "Lavanya Tripathi" is again a flag bearing hit movie at box office.
  Title: Raveendran (actor)
  Passage: Raveendran (Ravindher) is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating in Malayalam and Tamil films.  He was a very busy actor in both these languages in 1980's.  He debuted in Tamil mega hit "Oru Thalai Ragam".  He was the second lead in Kamal Hassan and Rajnikanth movies like, "Sagalakala Vallavan, Per Sollum Pillai, Ram Lakshman, Ranga, Thankamagan and Pokkiri Raja".  But he concentrated more in Malayalam with I.V.Sasi movies like Aswaratham, Ee Nadu, John Jaffer Janardhan, Innalengil Nale, Sindhoora Sandhyakku Mounam, Iniyengilum, Athiratram, Idanilangal, Karimbinpoovinakkare, Rangam, Abhayam Thedi and was a part of numerous hit films until he decided to quit movies.  He has also done major roles in "Echchil Iravugal", "Poikkal Kudhirai", "En Priyame" and "Kutravaaligal.
  Title: Nandamuri Kalyan Ram
  Passage: Nandamuri Kalyan Ram is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Telugu cinema.  He was born to actor and politician Nandamuri Harikrishna and Lakshmi.  He is one of the grandsons of N. T. Rama Rao, who was an actor and a statesman.  Actor Jr.NTR is his Brother.  He is the owner of the production company named after his grandfather late NTR, called N.T.R. Arts.  He had played a lead role in several movies like "Athanokkade", "Hare Ram" and "Pataas".  He also owns a VFX company named "Advitha Creative Studios" which provided special effects for movies like "Legend", "Nannaku Prematho", "Krishnashtami" etc.
  Title: S. Varalakshmi
  Passage: Saridey Varalakshmi (13 August 1925 – 22 September 2009), popularly known as S. Varalakshmi, was a veteran Telugu and Tamil actress and singer.  She was popular for her roles and songs in Telugu movies like "Mahamantri Timmarasu" and "Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam" and Tamil movies like "Veerapandiya Kattabomman" and in "Poova Thalaiya".
  Title: Stephen Schwartz (composer)
  Passage: Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theatre lyricist and composer.  In a career spanning over four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as "Godspell" (1971), "Pippin" (1972) and "Wicked" (2003).  He has contributed lyrics for a number of successful films, including "Pocahontas" (1995), "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1996), "The Prince of Egypt" (1998; music and lyrics) and "Enchanted" (2007).  Schwartz has won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, three Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards and has been nominated for six Tony Awards.  He received the 2015 Isabelle Stevenson Award, a special Tony Award, for his commitment to serving artists and fostering new talent.
  Title: Blond Eckbert
  Passage: Blond Eckbert is an opera by Scottish composer Judith Weir.  The composer wrote the English-language libretto herself, basing it on the cryptic supernatural short story "Der blonde Eckbert" by the German Romantic writer Ludwig Tieck.  Weir completed the original two act version of the opera in 1993, making "Blond Eckbert" her third full-length work in the genre.  Like its predecessors, it was received well by the critics.  She later produced a one act "pocket" version of the work.  This uses chamber forces rather than the full orchestra of the two act version and omits the chorus.  The pocket version receives frequent performances, especially in Germany and Austria, while the full version is available in a recording featuring the original cast.
  Title: Nabendu Ghosh
  Passage: Nabendu Ghosh (27 March 1917 – 15 December 2007) was an acclaimed Indian author in Bengali literature, and screenwriter.  He has written screenplays of classic Bollywood movies like, Sujata, Bandini, Devdas, Majhli Didi, Abhimaan and Teesri Kasam.  He has written stories for movies like Baap Beti, Shatranj, Raja Jani.  He has also acted briefly in Do Bigha Zameen, "Teesri Kasam" and Lukochuri.  Later in his career, he directed four movies as well.
citations: Geppetto (film) Stephen Schwartz (composer)