Stephen Trask

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Stephen Trask
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Trask at Hedwig and the Angry Inch opening night, April 2014
Born
Stephen R. Schwartz

(1966-08-29) August 29, 1966 (age 55)
United States
Occupation
  • Musician
  • composer
Spouse(s)Michael Trask[1]

Stephen Trask (formerly Stephen R. Schwartz;[2][3] born August 29, 1966)[4] is an American musician and composer who graduated from Wesleyan University.[5] 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 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 April at the Belasco Theatre and winning the year's Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.[6] 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.[7]

Trask has worked on five films with filmmaker Paul Weitz. He composed the score for 2004's In Good Company and American Dreamz, for which he 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 and The Station Agent, as well as Dreamgirls (2006), In the Land of Women (2007), The Savages (2007), and The Back-up Plan (2010), among other works.[8] He scored the 2010 film Little Fockers, a sequel to both Meet the Parents (2000) and Meet the Fockers (2004). Recent work includes the 2013 films Lovelace, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffery Friedman and Admission, directed by Paul Weitz.

Personal life[]

Trask resides in Lexington, Kentucky, with his husband Michael Trask, who is a professor at the University of Kentucky.[1] They were married by their neighbor, former state senator Kathy Stein.[9]

Trask grew up in Connecticut, in a Jewish household. He also went to Hebrew school, had a Bar Mitzvah, and both his parents were involved in the synagogue — his father was head of the youth program there. His mother's maiden name is Rhodes.[1]

Trask announced they were non-binary in May 2021, and goes by he/him and they/them pronouns.[10][11]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "The Origin of Love | the Detroit Jewish News".
  2. ^ "Stephen Trask on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  3. ^ "Stephen Trask reflects on the "Hedwig" revival". The Day. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  4. ^ "Stephen Trask on Twitter".
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Khoshaba, Christy (June 8, 2014). "Tonys 2014: 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' wins best revival of musical". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ^ "Broadway World on Hedwig tour".
  8. ^ http://www.fandango.com/stephentrask/filmography/p292868
  9. ^ https://www.kentucky.com/news/coronavirus/article241920526.html
  10. ^ Trask, Stephen [@stephentrask] (May 27, 2021). "I'm non-binary, not that anyone asked" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Trask, Stephen. "(((Stephen Trask))) (@stephentrask)". Twitter. Retrieved July 10, 2021.

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