STAGE TUBE: Alan Menken Sings for Kids at Seattle Children's Hospital

By: Jul. 22, 2011
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Legendary composer Alan Manken, who's music is currently represented on Broadway in SISTER ACT, visited Seattle Children Hospital this week, where he treated the kids to performance of some of his most popular tunes-  "Beauty and the Beast," "Under the Sea," and "A Whole New World." Click below to check out Menken in action!

Menken is best known for his numerous scores for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas have each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores for The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Home on the Range, Enchanted, and Tangled. Menken has collaborated on several occasions with lyricists including Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, Glenn Slater, and Stephen Schwartz. Having won a total of eight Oscars, he has won more Oscars than any other living individual. He has been Oscar-nominated a total of nineteen times.


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