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Jul 13, 2022 · From The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast to Newsies, Little Shop of Horrors and Sister Act, Alan Menken has made an indelible mark as one of the great composers of musicals – both on stage and on screen.
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Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer, best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Skydance Animation. Menken's music for The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995) has each won him two Academy Awards .
Jun 13, 2024 · Top Alan Menken musicals and plays include Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors, and the theater adaptations of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. But well before he ever hit the Great White Way, Menken was composing melodies on shows like Sesame Street!
Newsies: The Musical is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein. The show is based on the 1992 musical film of the same name, which in turn was inspired by the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City, with Fierstein's script adapted from the film's screenplay by Bob Tzudiker and ...
Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman. The story follows a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh.
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Mar 20, 2024 · Alan Menken —composer of such magical musicals as Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and, currently celebrating its 10th anniversary of making wishes come true on Broadway,...