Menken & Slater React to Oscar Nomination for Disney's TANGLED

Glenn Slater has worked on A Class Act, The Little Mermaid and Sister Act on Broadway. Both he and Menken received a Tony nomination for their work on A Little Mermaid. Slater wrote the lyrics for the Off-Broadway stage revue Newyorkers produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club in 2001. He has written lyrics for six editions of Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus. He first collaborated with Alan Menken on the film Home on the Range in 2004 and the stage production Sister Act the Musical (2006). He composed the lyrics and co-wrote the book for the major Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, which opened in the West End in March 2010. He and Menken are currently working on the new musical version of Leap of Faith.

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