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

American composer Alan Menken is renowned for his emotionally resonant scores in Disney animated classics, including the original Beauty And The Beast from 1991. (File photo: AFP/Alberto E Rodriguez, ...

Melbourne and Sydney audiences are in for a once-in-a-lifetime experience, with legendary composer Alan Menken confirming one-night-only performances of A Whole New World of Alan Menken in May 2026.

The ‘Beauty and the Beast’ voice actress and singer tells PEOPLE she received the tip from Howard Ashman, the film’s legendary lyricist Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her ...

A new Seymour is coming to the Westside Theatre! BroadwayWorld has just learned that television and film star Thomas Doherty (Hulu’s “Paradise,” “Tell Me Lies”) will make his New York stage debut as ...

Max Darwin, the son of Washington street performers who exposed him to all kinds of theater and performance from infancy, became especially fascinated by magic. Among his favorite jaunts with his ...

Presented in two acts, the first half offered an intimate showcase of Alan’s own piano and storytelling, highlighting songs from beloved classics like “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin,” and “The ...

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 ...

The artwork for Little Shop of Horrors, supplied by the production Exclusive: A new production of the much-loved musical Little Shop of Horrors will open next autumn. Based on a 1960 film, it features ...