Alan Menken News

Experience the cult classic musical comedy, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, presented by CENTERstage Productions at The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, NY. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Discover the major revival of THE BAKER'S WIFE, a classic by Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein, announced by the Menier Chocolate Factory. Don't miss this theatrical masterpiece.

The Argyle Theatre's production of A Bronx Tale, directed and choreographed by Todd L. Underwood, with musical direction by Jonathan Brenner, opened Saturday, April 27 and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the festivities. Check out photos below!

The Argyle Theatre's production of A Bronx Tale, directed and choreographed by Todd L. Underwood, with musical direction by Jonathan Brenner opened Saturday, April 27 and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the curtain call. Check out photos here!

If there’s one thing, Dear Readers, that Disney is good at, it’s spectacle. But when you take that spectacle and combine it with one of their most musically magical properties such as “Aladdin”, it should end up with theatrical gold for the whole family. When the genie first poked his head from the lamp on stage back in 2011, I’ll admit it was less than magical. But, by the time it went to Broadway it grew by leaps and bounds. And even now, this tour currently playing at the Paramount, they seem to have updated some of their Disney Imagineering to make the experience even more magical and when combined with a killer cast, just hold on for a good time.

Broadway icon Stephen Schwartz, the composer behind the blockbuster hit Wicked, hit the stage with songstress Melissa Errico for a very special performance at 54 Below.

The producers of the award-winning production of SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL have announced that stage and screen talent Lee Mead will star as Eddie Souther from Monday 10 June 2024. Following her acclaimed return to London's West End, Ruth Jones will now also extend her run as Mother Superior until Saturday 3 August 2024.

A deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, Little Shop Of Horrors has devoured the hearts of theatre-goers for over 30 years. The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names 'Audrey II' - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II's out of this world origins and intent towards global domination!

Join the Sisters of Queen of Angels Cathedral at Colonial Chorus Players' presentation of the Tony-nominated musical SISTER ACT. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Broadway's ALADDIN is set to welcome Adi Roy in the title role starting June 4. Catch the magical performance as the new Aladdin brings a fresh take to the beloved character.

With Music by Alan Menken and Book by Howard Ashman, the creative geniuses behind Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, Little Shop of Horrors plays through April 28 at SOTA Drama Theatre.

30 years ago, on April 18, 1994, Disney's Beauty and the Beast opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre. The musical would go on to run for 46 previews and 5462 regular performances, making it the 10th longest-runing Broadway show of all time. 

In an all new video, Casey Nicholaw discussed the production of Disney's Hercules in Hamburg, which he is directing and choreographing. Performances run through December 22 at Stage Theater Neue Flora Hamburg, Germany.   Check out the video here!

The Novello Orchestra will present two classic Disney films in concert this summer, Beauty and the Beast and The Jungle Book will be performed live to film as part of Wimbledon Childrens Festival. Beauty and the Beast will take place on 10th August, with showings at 3pm and 7pm and The Jungle Book the following day on the 11th August, with showings at 10am and 3pm.

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST will be presented at the Rose Center Theater in Westminster, CA. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Video designer George Reeve discusses the process of designing Disney's HERCULES in Hamburg.

Casey Donovan has been confirmed to lead the cast of the most heavenly of musicals, Sister Act, when it opens at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney from August and the Regent Theatre in Melbourne from November.

Get the latest updates on the cast and creatives for A BRONX TALE at Long Island's ARGYLE THEATRE, starting April 25, 2024.

ALADDÍN ha celebrado su primer año en Madrid al mismo tiempo que la producción de Broadway cumple una década en la gran manzana, y qué mejor manera de aunar ambos eventos que con la visita a la versión española de Michael James Scott, quien en la actualidad interpreta al Genio en el New Amsterdam Theatre de Nueva York.

HERCULES opened Sunday, March 24th at Stage Theater Neue Flora Hamburg, Germany. Go inside the design studio for an depth look at the revisioned set design in this video.