Editing Stephen Trask (section)

{{Short description|American composer (born 1966)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Stephen Trask
| image              = Hedwig Opening Night.png
| caption            = Trask at ''[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]'' opening night, April 2014
| birthname          = Stephen R. Schwartz
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1966|8|29|mf=yes}}
| birth_place        = United States
| death_date         =
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| occupation         = {{hlist|Musician|composer}}
| spouse             = Michael Trask<ref name=origin />
}}

'''Stephen Trask''' (born '''Stephen R. Schwartz''';<ref>{{cite web|title = Stephen Trask on Twitter|url = https://www.twitter.com/stephentrask/status/770317237836255232|website = Twitter|access-date = 2015-11-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Stephen Trask reflects on the "Hedwig" revival|url = http://www.theday.com/article/20140606/ENT12/306069995|website = The Day| date=March 15, 1989 |access-date = 2015-11-04}}</ref> born August 29, 1966)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/stephentrask/status/835131608340516864|title=Stephen Trask on Twitter}}</ref> is an American musician and composer who graduated from [[Wesleyan University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2003/sep/26/stephen-trask-stoops-to-conquer/ |title=Stephen Trask stoops to conquer &#124; Yale Daily News |access-date=2010-09-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920195738/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2003/sep/26/stephen-trask-stoops-to-conquer/ |archive-date=2012-09-20 }}</ref>
He was the music director and house band member at the New York City club Squeezebox, where they performed with stars such as [[Debbie Harry]], [[Lene Lovich]], [[Hole (band)|Hole]], [[Green Day]], and [[Joey Ramone]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stephen Trask |url=https://broadwaylicensing.com/creators/stephen-trask/ |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=Broadway Licensing |language=en-US}}</ref>

Trask composed the music and lyrics for the stage musical ''[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]'' (also [[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film)|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 April at the [[Belasco Theatre]] and winning the year's [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/tonys/la-et-cm-tonys-2014-best-revival-musical-hedwig-20140603-story.html|title=Tonys 2014: 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' wins best revival of musical|last=Khoshaba|first=Christy|date=June 8, 2014|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> The production closed on September 13, 2015. A national tour of the show began at San Francisco's [[Golden Gate Theatre]] on October 2, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/HEDWIG-National-Tour-Kicks-Off-in-Darren-Crisss-Hometown-This-Sunday-20160930#|title=Broadway World on Hedwig tour}}</ref>

Trask has worked on five films with filmmaker [[Paul Weitz (filmmaker)|Paul Weitz]]. He composed the score for 2004's ''[[In Good Company (2004 film)|In Good Company]]'' and 2006's ''[[American Dreamz]],'' for which they also co-wrote the numerous songs the contestants sing, as well as the 2009 film ''[[Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant]]''. Trask also scored the 2003 films ''[[Camp (2003 film)|Camp]]'' and ''[[The Station Agent]]'', as well as ''[[Dreamgirls (film)|Dreamgirls]]'' (2006), ''[[In the Land of Women]]'' (2007), ''[[The Savages (film)|The Savages]]'' (2007), and ''[[The Back-up Plan]]'' (2010), among other works.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fandango.com/stephentrask/filmography/p292868 |title=Stephen Trask Filmography |access-date=September 9, 2010 |archive-date=April 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427045153/http://www.fandango.com/stephentrask/filmography/p292868 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He scored the 2010 film ''[[Little Fockers]]'', a sequel to both ''[[Meet the Parents]]'' (2000) and ''[[Meet the Fockers]]'' (2004).  In 2013, Trask scored the films ''[[Lovelace (film)|Lovelace]]'', directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffery Friedman, and ''[[Admission (2013 film)|Admission]]'', directed by Paul Weitz.