The post Alan Menken and Howard Ashman Gave the Disney Renaissance Its Voice appeared first on Consequence. In the late ’80s, Disney Animation Studios fell in a major slump. 1985’s dark, moody The ...

Meet the songwriting behind hits from The Little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast, Tangled, Aladdin and many more ...

Speaking with PEOPLE from his piano, the composer offers a rare glimpse into how instinct, collaboration and revision shaped ...

You wouldn’t clock Alan Menken on the street. The composer – spiky grey hair, crinkled forehead, encouraging grin – is altogether unassuming. To see his oeuvre, though, is to realise this 75-year-old ...

Alan Menken is an EGOT winner, so he has enough awards to fill his shelves, and then some. But an award he’s receiving on Feb. 26 figures to be especially meaningful to him – the Howard Ashman Award, ...

Howard Ashman was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1950. After studying at Goddard College, he earned his MFA from Indiana University, then moved to New York, where he began a career in publishing.

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. GMHC will honor Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award-winning composer Alan ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. She will be joined by Hadestown’s Alex Lugo, who currently understudies Eva ...