Photo FeaturesFrom Beauty and the Beast to ABronx Tale: Celebrating Alan Menken on BroadwayThe EGOT winner celebrates his birthday July 22.
By
Playbill Staff
July 22, 2021
Famed songwriter Alan Menken celebrates his birthday July 22.
Known for his work for film, the prolific writer made his Broadway debut in 1994, creating the music for Disney's Beauty and the Beast. In the three decades since, he has written for stage musicals including The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Newsies, Aladdin, A Bronx Tale, and more. Menken has been nominated for five Tony Awards, winning in 2012 for Best Original Score for Newsies.
In 2020, Alan Menken scored EGOT status with a win at the Daytime Emmy Awards, becoming the 16th person in history to win a competitive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. The composer won Outstanding Original Song in a Children’s, Young Adult, or Animated Program alongside lyricist Glenn Slater for "Waiting in the Wings" from Disney Channel's Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure.
In honor of Menken, take a look back at his career on Broadway.
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From Beauty and the Beast to A Bronx Tale: Celebrating Alan Menken on Broadway
From Beauty and the Beast to A Bronx Tale: Celebrating Alan Menken on Broadway
35 PHOTOS
Beauty and the Beast Playbill - Opening Night
Tom Bosley and Susan Egan
Joan Marcus/Walt Disney Theatrical Productions
Susan Egan and Terrence Mann
Terrence Mann and Susan Egan in the original Broadway cast of Beauty and the Beast
Joan Marcus
Susan Egan
Joan Marcus
King David
Cast of King David
Little Shop of Horrors Playbill - Opening Night, Aug 2003
Hunter Foster and Kerry Butler in Little Shop of Horrors on Broadway
(l.-r.) Kerry Butler and Hunter Foster in the revival of Little Shop of Horrors
Hunter Foster in Little Shop of Horrors
Photo by Paul Kolnick
Little Mermaid Playbill
Sherie Rene Scott in The Little Mermaid.
Per Breiehagen
Sierra Boggess
Per Breiehagen
Sierra Boggess and ladies
Sister Act Playbill - Opening Night
Patina Miller
Joan Marcus
Victoria Clark in Sister Act
Fred Applegate, Victoria Clark, Chester Gregory and Patina Miller in Sister Act
Newsies Playbill - Opening Night
Jeremy Jordan in Newsies.
Deen van Meer
Kara Lindsay and Jeremy Jordan
Deen van Meer
The ensemble
Deen van Meer
Leap of Faith Playbill - Opening Night
Raul Esparza in Leap of Faith.
Photo by Craig Schwartz
The cast of Leap of Faith
The cast of Leap of Faith
Aladdin Playbill - April 2018
Courtney Reed and Adam Jacobs in Aladdin
Deen Van Meer
James Monroe Iglehart in Aladdin.
Cylla von Tiedemann
Courtney Reed and Adam Jacobs in Aladdin
A Bronx Tale Playbill - Opening Night
Bobby Conte Thornton and Nick Cordero
Joan Marcus
Trista Dollison, Ariana DeBose, and Christiani Pitts
