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Alan Menken

ALAN MENKEN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Alan Menkens music and lyrics have become an integral part of the fabric of our lives since his first works were produced nearly 40 years ago. His stage musicals include God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Atina: Evil Queen of the Galaxy, Real Life Funnies, Little Shop of Horrors, Kicks, The Dream on Royal Street, Beauty and The Beast, A Christmas Carol, Weird Romance, King David, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Leap of Faith, Newsies, Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. Song and score credits for film musicals include The Little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast, Newsies, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, The Shaggy Dog, Home on the Range, Enchanted, Tangled and Mirror Mirror. Individual songs for film include Rocky V - The Measure of a Man, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York  My Christmas Tree, Life With Mikey  Cold Enough to Snow, Noel  Winter Light and Captain America: First Avenger  Star Spangled Man. Television credits include writing songs for Sesame Street, the ABC mini-series Lincoln, a musical episode of The Neighbors and the ABC series Galavant. His chart topping songs have included Beauty and the Beast, A Whole New World, Colors of the Wind and Go the Distance. Winner of the 2012 Tony and Drama Desk awards for his score for Newsies, he has won more Academy Awards than any other living individual, including four Oscars® for Best Score and 4 for Best Song; 11 Grammy® Awards (including Song of the Year for A Whole New World); 7 Golden Globes; Londons Evening Standard Award; the Olivier Award; the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award. Other notable achievements include induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Billboards number one single (A Whole New World) and number one album (Pocahontas). In 2001 he received the distinction of being named a Disney Legend. Awarded two doctorates in Fine Arts from New York University and the North Carolina School of the Arts. In 2010 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Alans upcoming works include a stage production of A Bronx Tale, a City Centers Encores production of God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, a live-action film adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, a Sony animated movie titled Sausage Party and an as-yet-untitled film musical project at Universal Pictures.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Aladdin         Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, The         Atina: Evil Queen of the Galaxy         Beauty and the Beast         Bronx Tale, A         Christmas Carol, A         Der Glockner von Notre Dame         Dream on Royal Street, The         God Bless You Mr. Rosewater         Hunchback of Notre Dame, The         Kicks         King David         Leap Of Faith         Little Mermaid, The         Little Shop Of Horrors         Newsies         Personals         Real Life Funnies         Sister Act         Weird Romance

Aladdin

Synopsis:
Based on the 1992 animated film, Disney's Aladdin tells the story of a street-smart commoner whose whole life changes with one rub of a magic lamp.

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Book by Chad Beguelin; Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice; Additional lyrics by Chad Beguelin; Associate Musical Dir.: Aron Accurso. Based on the Disney film written by Ron Clements, John Musker, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio.

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New Amsterdam Theatre, NY     20 Mar 2014

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Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, The

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Atina: Evil Queen of the Galaxy

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Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast
the beginning of Disney's reign on Broadway, Beauty and the Beast recently celebrated its 12th birthday, and shows no signs of slowing down. Adapted from the now-classic Oscar-nominated animated film of the same name, Beauty and the Beast tells the story of Belle, a young French girl fed up with provincial life, who longs to experience the world-at-large. When her father, Maurice, takes a wrong turn one day, Belle gets her wish, and soon encounters the Beast, a former prince placed under a magical spell because he could not love. Bolstered by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, and Tim Rice's now famous score, Beauty and the Beast takes a traditional tale and renews it with magic and charm.
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music by Alan Menken; lyrics by Howard Ashman And Tim Rice; book by Linda Woolverton

1st Produced:
Palace Theatre, NY     1994

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Original cast recording: Walt Disney (60861)

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150 min Musical

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Bronx Tale, A

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Christmas Carol, A

Christmas Carol, A
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Music by Alan Menken; lyrics by Lynn Aherns; book by Lynn Aherns And Mike Ockrent. Based on the book by Charles Dickens

1st Produced:
Paramount, New York     01 Dec 1994

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Original cast recording: Columbia (67048) 1995

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Der Glockner von Notre Dame

Der Glockner von Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a musical based on the 1996 Disney film of the same name, which in turn was inspired by the 1831 Victor Hugo novel of the same name. This was Disney's first musical to premiere outside the US,[3] and it became one of Berlin's longest-running musicals to date. As with Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, Der Glockner Von Notre Dame opened three years after the release of the movie it is based on. The musical is a darker, more gothic adaptation of the film. According to translator Michael Kunze, he was " 'campaigning to allow Esmeralda to die at the end, as she does in the book. There was a feeling that the audience would be depressed if Esmeralda dies. I feel that a European audience would see this as a very romantic ending. . .two lost souls finally find each other. People will cry, but they'll be moved. And it is a very romantic ending.' " The producers wanted to see how "preview audiences react before making the final decision."

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music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and book by James Lapine. The first English version of the musical was performed by The King's Academy in 2013 (though other sanitised or abridged versions were also performed earlier).

1st Produced:
Musical Theater Berlin (Now Theater Am Potsdamer Platz)     05 Jun 1999

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Dream on Royal Street, The

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God Bless You Mr. Rosewater

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Hunchback of Notre Dame, The

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Kicks

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King David

King David
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Music by Alan Menken; Book by Tim Rice; Lyrics by Tim Rice

1st Produced:
New Amsterdam Theatre, NY     15 May 1997

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Broadway concert cast: Walt Disney (60944-7) 1997

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Leap Of Faith

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When his traveling ministry breaks down in a small Kansas town, part-time reverend and full-time con artist Jonas Nightingale quickly pitches a tent and invites the locals to a revival. the town sheriff Marla Humes is determined to stop him from separating the townspeople from their money.
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Music by Alan Mencken; lyrics by Glenn Slater; book by Janus Cercone And Warren Leight. Based on the film "A Leap Of Faith" screenplay by Janus Cercone

1st Produced:
Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles     05 Sep 2010

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  angels

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Little Mermaid, The

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Little Shop Of Horrors

Synopsis:
the cult hit musical tale of down and out shop assistant Seymour, whose life changes forever when he discovers an angry, foul-mouthed, blood-craving plant. Audrey 11, as the plant is named, is Seymour's ticket to fame and fortune, but as the ;takes are raised Audrey II's plan for world lomination is revealed.

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music by Alan Menken, based on film by Roger Corman, book by Howard Ashman

1st Produced:
Orpheum Theatre, New York     1982

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Samuel French Inc, New York,    -

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Original cast recording: Geffen (2020) 1982

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Genre:
Musical

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Newsies

Newsies
the film Newsies has grown into a cult phenomenon with a generation having grown up on the movie's driving, infectious score since its 1992 theatrical release and subsequent DVD. Newsies has for years been the single most requested title by professional and amateur theater groups, according to the world's largest Dramatic licensing agent, MTI. This new stage version keeps many of the film's beloved songs and adds several new numbers by the original team of Menken and Feldman. Newsies is inspired by the real life 'Newsboy Strike of 1899,' when newsboy Kid Blink led the ragged orphans and runaways known as newsies on a two-week-long action against Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst and other powerful newspaper publishers. Set in New York City at the turn of the century, the musical is the tale of newsie Jack Kelly, who dreams of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when Pulitzer and Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsies' expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies his army of newsies to strike.
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Book By: Harvey Fierstein; Lyrics By: Jack Feldman; Music By: Alan Menken

1st Produced:
Paper Mill Playhouse
Brookside Drive, Millburn, NJ 07041     25 Sep 2011

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Original Broadway cast recording: Ghostlight Records 2013

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Personals

Personals
People seeking love through the personal ads.

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Written by David Crane, Marta Kaufman And Seth Friedman; music by Michael Skloff,William Dreskin, Joel Philip Friedman, Alan Menken And Stephen Schwartz; lyrics by David Crane, Seth Friedman And Marta Kaufman

1st Produced:
Apollo, London     2000

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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, musical

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Real Life Funnies

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Sister Act

Sister Act
When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place the cops are sure she won't be found - a convent!

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Music by Alan Mencken; lyrics by Glenn Slater; book by Douglas Carter Beane; Bill Steinkellner; Cherie Steinkellner. Based on the movie "Sister Act" screenplay by Joseph Howard

1st Produced:
Pasadena Playhouse In Pasadena, California     24 Oct 2006

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Genre:
Musical

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Weird Romance

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