Birth Place: USA
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
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 received numerous nominations for his work in musical theatre, including: - Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for A Bronx Tale - Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for Aladdin - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards for Aladdin - Best Score at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Newsies - Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for Newsies The Musical - Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for Leap of Faith - Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre at the Drama League Awards - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards for Newsies the Musical - Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for Sister Act - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards for Sister Act - Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards for Sister Act - Best Musical Revival at the Olivier Awards for Little Shop of Horrors - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards for The Little Mermaid - The American Express Award for Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards for Beauty and the Beast - Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for Beauty and the Beast - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards for Beauty and the Beast - Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for Little Shop of Horrors - Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Little Shop of Horrors - Musical of the Year at the Olivier Awards for Little Shop of Horrors - Best Score at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Little Shop of Horrors.
Alan Menken has won several prestigious awards, including Best Score at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Newsies, Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for Newsies The Musical, and the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre at the Drama League Awards. He also received the Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards for Newsies the Musical. Additionally, he won 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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