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Alan Menken is a Disney legend who has won more Academy Awards than any other living individual, including eight Oscars with 4 for Best Score and 4 for Best Song; 11 Grammy Awards (including Song of the Year for "A Whole New World"); and 7 Golden Globes. He is best known for his work on Disney films including The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, Pocahontas, Enchanted, and Tangled, as well as the onstage musicals Newsies, Little Shop of Horrors, A Christmas Carol and Sister Act. He is currently working with Lin-Manuel Miranda on the new live action version of The Little Mermaid.
Alan Menken, A Bronx Tale
Alan Menken, Aladdin
Alan Menken, Aladdin
Alan Menken, Newsies
Alan Menken, Newsies The Musical
Alan Menken, Leap of Faith
Alan Menken
Alan Menken, Newsies the Musical
Alan Menken, Sister Act
Alan Menken, Sister Act
Alan Menken, Sister Act
Alan Menken, Little Shop Of Horrors
Alan Menken, The Little Mermaid
Alan Menken, Beauty And The Beast
Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken, Little Shop of Horrors
Alan Menken, Little Shop of Horrors
Alan Menken, Little Shop Of Horrors
Alan Menken, Little Shop of Horrors
Wondering what the kids are up to? The Broadway Kids are singing at a nightclub and training for their professional careers. BKA (Broadway Kids Auditions) hosted a talent showcase of young aspiring performers. The young folks raising their voices in song seemed at home on a stage, delivering their material with gusto and grace
Discover the exciting lineup for SOUTH COAST REPERTORY's 2024-25 Season, featuring three world premieres: JOAN by Daniel Goldstein, THE STAIRCASE by Noa Gardner, and a surprise play yet to be announced.
The Lied Center's 2024-2025 season will feature more than 35 events including top artists and ensembles from around the world in dance, classical music, jazz, musical theater, comedy, family, illusion, and more.
A partir del próximo 10 de mayo y durante 16 días podrá visitarse en la Biblioteca Eugenio Trías, en el Parque del Buen Retiro la exposición de aniversario de ALADDÍN, que cumple su primer año en Madrid con esta visita que desvelará algunos de los aspectos más destacados tanto fuera como dentro del escenario.
The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced initial casting for The Baker's Wife – with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Joseph Stein. Learn more about the cast here!
Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, May 6, 2024.
Screen Actors Guild Award winner Sarah Hyland and stage and film star Andrew Barth Feldman will star as Audrey and Seymour in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. Learn more here!
Not every Broadway show is a smash. A focus on 14 hidden gems from shows that disappeared too quickly fueled an entertaining evening at 54 Below last Sunday on April 29th. Hosted by Charles Kirsch of Backstage Babble podcast and Robert W. Schneider, the evening was a success.
The York Theatre Company has announced that Broadway leading ladies Leslie Uggams and Liz Callaway have been added to the starry list of the company's Honorary Board of Directors.
Florida Rep’s Education Conservatory Program will present Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”. Lear how to purchase tickets.
Get ready for a summer of thrills with LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol.
The school edition of the award-winning and record-breaking Broadway and West End play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, is now available for worldwide licensing via Broadway Licensing Global. The school edition is specifically tailored for high school and secondary school productions and can be licensed for productions beginning as early as fall 2024.
The cast has been announced for the Muny production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, which runs July 8-16 on the James S. McDonnell Stage in Forest Park.
Disney's Newsies Jr. will open Friday, May 10th at the Burton Leavitt Theartre.
Experience the cult classic musical comedy, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, presented by CENTERstage Productions at The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, NY. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Discover the major revival of THE BAKER'S WIFE, a classic by Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein, announced by the Menier Chocolate Factory. Don't miss this theatrical masterpiece.
The Argyle Theatre's production of A Bronx Tale, directed and choreographed by Todd L. Underwood, with musical direction by Jonathan Brenner, opened Saturday, April 27 and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the festivities. Check out photos below!
The Argyle Theatre's production of A Bronx Tale, directed and choreographed by Todd L. Underwood, with musical direction by Jonathan Brenner opened Saturday, April 27 and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the curtain call. Check out photos here!
If there’s one thing, Dear Readers, that Disney is good at, it’s spectacle. But when you take that spectacle and combine it with one of their most musically magical properties such as “Aladdin”, it should end up with theatrical gold for the whole family. When the genie first poked his head from the lamp on stage back in 2011, I’ll admit it was less than magical. But, by the time it went to Broadway it grew by leaps and bounds. And even now, this tour currently playing at the Paramount, they seem to have updated some of their Disney Imagineering to make the experience even more magical and when combined with a killer cast, just hold on for a good time.
Broadway icon Stephen Schwartz, the composer behind the blockbuster hit Wicked, hit the stage with songstress Melissa Errico for a very special performance at 54 Below.
Alan Menken has written 22 shows including Ballad of Little Pinks (Composer), Kicks (Composer), Patch, Patch, Patch (Conceiver), Personals (Composer), Maggie May (Composer), The Present Tense (Composer), God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Composer), Real Life Funnies (Composer/Lyricist), Little Shop of Horrors (Composer), Diamonds (Composer), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Composer), Weird Romance (Composer/Lyricist), Beauty and the Beast (Composer), Hundreds of Hats (Composer), A Christmas Carol (Composer), King David (Composer), Sister Act (Composer), The Little Mermaid (Composer), Leap of Faith (Composer), Newsies (Composer), Aladdin (Composer), A Bronx Tale (Music).
Alan Menken has been nominated for various awards throughout his career. Some of his nominations include Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) for "A Bronx Tale," Outstanding Music for "Aladdin," Best Original Score for "Aladdin," Best Score for "Newsies," Outstanding Music for "Newsies The Musical," Outstanding Music for "Leap of Faith," Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre, Best Original Score for "Newsies the Musical," Outstanding Music for "Sister Act," Best Original Score for "Sister Act," Best New Musical for "Sister Act," Best Musical Revival for "Little Shop Of Horrors," Best Original Score for "The Little Mermaid," The American Express Award for Best New Musical for "Beauty And The Beast," Outstanding Music for "Beauty and the Beast," Best Original Score for "Beauty and the Beast," Outstanding Music for "Little Shop of Horrors," Best Musical for "Little Shop of Horrors," Musical of the Year for "Little Shop Of Horrors," and Best Score for "Little Shop of Horrors."
Alan Menken has won several awards for his work in Broadway shows. Some of his notable wins include Best Score at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Newsies, Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for Newsies The Musical, Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre at the Drama League Awards, Best Original Score at the Tony Awards for Newsies the Musical, The American Express Award for Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards for Beauty And The Beast, Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Little Shop of Horrors, and Best Score at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Little Shop of Horrors.
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