DY N A MIC Duo:

Who’s Behind THE Words AND Music?

Composer Alan Menken has created some of the most beloved musical scores of our time, continuing to capture the imaginations of audiences for more than 35 years. To name a few: Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Aladdin, and Newsies endure as examples of Menken’s theatrical genius. And then there’s the movies: The Shaggy Dog, Tangled, Mirror Mirror, Home Alone 2, and Rocky V, to name a few.

And awards? Menken has received 8 Oscars, 11 Grammys, 7 Golden Globes, a Tony, Drama Desk, New York Drama Critics and on and on – to say nothing of the stack of nominations!! With his Emmy win in 2020, he became the 16th EGOT recipient. He’s in the Songwriters Hall of Fame and has received honorary doctorates from New York University as well as the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Hunchback Lyricist Stephen Schwartz wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway hit Wicked and has contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell, Pippin, Rags, and Children of Eden. He collaborated with Leonard Bernstein on the English texts for Bernstein’s Mass and wrote the title song for Butterflies are Free. Schwartz and Menken collaborated on Enchanted and Pocahontas.

A fellow inductee into the Theatre Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Schwartz also has a star on the Hollywood walk of Fame. His awards include three Oscars, four Grammys, a Golden Globe, and four Drama Desk Awards.

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