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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a new video for PEOPLE filmed at his Upstate New York home, Menken reflects on more than five decades of songwriting, ...

A Tribute to Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, celebrating the rhymes and rhythms of composer Menken and late lyricist-librettist Ashman, plays 54 Below July 2-3 at 7 PM; the July 2 performance will also ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to princess songs, there’s no bigger name in the game than Alan Menken. That’s why Skydance Animation turned to the ...

How did Alan Menken start working for Disney? Even if you’ve never heard his name, you’ve heard Menken’s music. Menken and Howard Ashman, his late writing partner, made musicals in New York together ...

The Ultimate Disney Fan Event kicks off on August 14, D23: The Official Disney Fan Club has announced afternoon offerings ...

When composer Alan Menken first joined the animated film “Spellbound,” the prospect of writing the score and songs felt “exciting and terrifying at the same time” because the story “defied a formulaic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a composer who knows his way around a good reprise, Alan Menken is appropriately inclined to revisit his work. Take “Aladdin” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even decades later, Little Shop of Horrors is a widely beloved musical by fans of the genre. The idea of taking a 1960 Roger ...

Alan Menken is a true romantic. Just ask him how he met his wife of 52 years, Janis. “This dancer walks into the room, and I knew immediately who she was, because I dreamt her,” he says, beaming from ...