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, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Menken and Slater are frequent collaborators, having preciously worked on films "Tangled" and "Home on the Range," TV series ...

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 ...

Dan + Shay, John Stamos, Aaron Dessner, Alan Menken and Benj Pasek & Justin Paul are among the performers and presenters set for the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Dinner, which is ...

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 ...

In the latest episode of the Disney’s “For Scores” podcast, EGOT-certified composer Alan Menken looks back at his history with the studio, for whom he composed songs and scores for “The Little Mermaid ...

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 ...