BroadwayWorld Readers Name Their Favorite Alan Menken Shows!
By: Linnae Medeiros Jul. 23, 2019
We asked, and you answered! The legendary Oscar and Tony-winning composer Alan Menken is celebrating his birthday this week, so in honor of the occasion, we asked BroadwayWorld readers to name their favorite of his countless iconic shows! Check out your top picks below, from Disney stage adaptation like Newsies and Beauty and the Beast classics like Little Shop of Horrors and more!
NEWSIES
- Theresa Kent (@TheresaKent14) July 23, 2019
Definitely Newsies! It helped further my interest in musical theatre! pic.twitter.com/iJdOcBIhU2
- Ashley Rosario Wijangco (@wijangco12) July 23, 2019
@mags_a_million13 on Instagram - "I love Newsies!!!! It was the musical that made me fall in love with theatre!!"
@audreybrett on Instagram - "Newsies! It was the show that made me realize acting was what I wanted to do"
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Little Shop of Horrors, naturally. pic.twitter.com/zvkm9Gk5Ux
- Tobias??? (@Sarostar16) July 23, 2019
little shop of horrors of course ! pic.twitter.com/lw2dPw5qUa
- kv ? PINNED (@beetIejuicebway) July 22, 2019
@dalekbieber on Instagram - "Little Shop of Horrors"
@sorshakmt on Instagram - "Little Shop of Horrors"
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
No contest. pic.twitter.com/fzPUsXuGgW
- Lori Joffs (@dramaMPHSchoir) July 22, 2019
Beauty and The beast!
- ILikeGoats (@DanteGoatGhost) July 22, 2019
@jesse_marie88 on Instagram - "Beauty and the Beast ... hands down"
@gzertuches on Instagram - "Beauty and the Beast!!!!!!"
@allifen__ on Instagram - "Beauty and the Beast! Nothing is better than OG Disney on Broadway and perfect casts"
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
There are so many good ones ? but I think I'd have to go with Hunchback
- Emily (@flowerchild193) July 23, 2019
@gaby_hernandezz on Instagram - "HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME!!"
@bella.grace.correa on Instagram - "Hunchback!!"
@_casspamdra on Instagram - "HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME ALL THE WAYY"
A BRONX TALE
Newsies also A Bronx Tale ???
- Hannah~MISSING ABT (@Hannahcariad) July 22, 2019
@heartbreak_and_musicals on Instagram - "A Bronx Tale!!!"
@newsies.facts.opinions on Instagram - "A Bronx Tale!"
@haylee_fersaci on Instagram - "A Bronx Tale"
ALADDIN
THE LITTLE MERMAID
@victoriamauri14 on Instagram - "The Little Mermaid. It was my first Broadway show and it is still my absolute favorite!"
@lilyaguilera78 on Instagram - "The Little Mermaid"
@jlcarroll1014 on Instagram - "Little Mermaid!"
LEAP OF FAITH
Leap of Faith pic.twitter.com/rZx5kVEQcB
- Jackie ????i??? (@JSibille42) July 22, 2019
@belana.ortega on Instagram - "Leap of Faith!!!"
@its.me.n8an on Instagram - "Leap of Faith!"
ABOUT ALAN MENKEN
Alan Menken is well known for writing the classic scores of many of Disney's renaissance era films, including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Hercules. His other work on film includes Little Shop of Horrors, Newsies, Home on the Range, Enchanted, and Tangled. He also worked on the stage adaptations of the films Leap of Faith and A Bronx Tale. He has won more Academy awards then any other living composer in Oscar history, with eight wins under his belt thus far. He has also garnered eleven Grammys, seven Golden Globes, and two Tonys as well as being awarded as a Disney Legend in 2002.
He is currently working on the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid with Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda. A stage production of Hercules is also set to play at The Public Theater's Delacorte Theater August 31 through September 8.
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