November 24, 2009

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HOWARD ASHMAN

HOWARD ASHMAN wrote the lyrics for the Disney animated films The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin (three songs). He was a producer on The Little Mermaid and executive producer on Beauty and the Beast. With composer Alan Menken, he received two Oscars(r) and two Golden Globes(r) for Best Song ("Beauty and the Beast" and "Under the Sea") and four GRAMMYS(r). He received an Oscar(r) nomination with Mr. Menken for "Friend Like Me" from Aladdin. As author, lyricist and director for the record-breaking stage musical Little Shop of Horrors, Mr. Ashman received two Outer Critics Circle Awards, a New York Drama Critics Circle Award, a London Evening Standard Award and a Drama Desk Award. For the film version of Little Shop, he received a Best Screenplay nomination from the Writers Guild and, with Mr. Menken, an Oscar(r) nomination for Best Song. He was author, lyricist and director of Smile for which he received a Tony(r) nomination for Best Book. His other credits include God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; The Confirmation; artistic director, WPA Theatre (1976-1982). Born in Baltimore, Mr. Ashman died at age 40 of complications due to AIDS.

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Little Mermaid, The

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Lyrics

Beauty and the Beast

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Lyricist

Little Shop of Horrors

August Wilson Theatre

Book and Lyrics

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