"Howard" premieres on Disney+ The film follows the captivating life story of Disney Legend and Academy Award®-winning Lyricist Howard Ashman. As a large part of Howard's life, Alan is not only interviewed in the film, but he also composed the original film score for the documentary.

Alan becomes an EGOT recipient EGOT, an acronym for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards, is the designation given to people who have won all four awards. Having won his recent Emmy Award, Alan becomes the 16th person in history to have accomplished this feat.

Alan wins Daytime Emmy Alan and Glenn Slater (lyrics) have won a Daytime Emmy Award for their song "Waiting in the Wings" from the second season of the Disney Animated TV show "Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure".

Max Steiner Lifetime Achievement Award and Concert Announced Due to current world events, this event has been postponed. Alan has been named the current award honoree. The award is bestowed by the City of Vienna and named for Austrian composer Max Steiner (who penned the scores of Gone With the Wind, Casablanca and more). Purchase tickets here

Upcoming "A Whole New World of Alan Menken" at Ridgefield Playhouse Connecticut Currently postponed to a later date this year, come and enjoy Alan performing a solo concert of some of his best-loved tunes, as well as experiencing some a variety of multimedia surprises along the way. Purchase tickets here

"Beauty and the Beast" live concert in Japan Alan just returned from a concert series of the animated "Beauty and the Beast", performed with full orchestra in front of a total audience of 30,000 people, and was joined on stage with Paige O'Hara, the original voice of Belle from the film.

Alan honored with SCL Lifetime Achievement Award The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) honored Alan with the SCL’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. See BMI article and slideshow

Watch THE LITTLE MERMAID Live! on ABC tonight Live musical performances by a star-studded cast is interwoven into the broadcast of the animated classic. Visit official site

Whoopi Goldberg to star in SISTER ACT stage musical Returning to the role of Deloris Van Cartier for the 2020 London production next spring. Get tickets here

Second Nation Tour of A BRONX TALE launches The 2019–2020 North American tour of the Broadway musical A Bronx Tale launches today, featuring American Idol winner Nick Fradiani Find details here

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS opens off-Broadway Jonathan Groff and Tammy Blanchard star in the Michael Mayer-helmed production at the Westside Theatre. Get tickets here

HERCULES is Critic's Pick The Public Works/Public Theatre's production of the new stage version of Hercules receives glowing reviews. Read the New York Times article here: