Authors
ALAN MENKEN Composer
Theater: God Bless You Mr Rosewater , Little Shop of Horrors , Real Life Funnies , Atina: Evil Queen of the Galaxy , Kicks , The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz , Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol , Weird Romance , King David , Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame , The Little Mermaid , Sister Act , Leap Of Faith , Aladdin , and Newsies . Film: Little Shop of Horrors , The Little Mermaid , Beauty and the Beast , Newsies , Aladdin , Pocahontas , The Hunchback of Notre Dame , Hercules , Life With Mikey , Lincoln , Home On The Range , Noel , Enchanted , Shaggy Dog , Tangled , and Mirror Mirror . Songs: Rocky V , Home Alone 2 and Captain America . Awards: 8 Oscars (19 nominations), 11 Grammys (including Song of the Year), 7 Golden Globes, Tony® (plus 4 nominations), Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, New York Drama Critics, Olivier and London's Evening Standard Award, Drama League. Honors: Songwriter's Hall of Fame, Doctorates from New York University and University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ Lyricist
Stephen Schwartz wrote the music and lyrics for the current Broadway hit WICKED , and has also contributed music and/or lyrics to GODSPELL , PIPPIN , THE MAGIC SHOW , THE BAKER’S WIFE , WORKING (which he also adapted and directed), RAGS , and CHILDREN OF EDEN. He collaborated with Leonard Bernstein on the English texts for Bernstein’s MASS and wrote the title song for the play and movie BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE . For children, he has written songs for two musicals, CAPTAIN LOUIE and MY SON PINOCCHIO . He has also worked in film, collaborating with Alan Menken on the songs for Disney’s ENCHANTED as well as the animated features POCAHONTAS and THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME , and writing the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature THE PRINCE OF EGYPT . His first opera, SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON , was produced at Opera Santa Barbara and New York City Opera. A book about his career, “Defying Gravity,” has been released by Applause Books. Mr. Schwartz has been inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Awards include three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, and a tiny handful of tennis trophies.
PETER PARNELL Librettist
Peter Parnell most recently wrote the new book for the Broadway revival of Lerner and Lane’s On A Clear Day You Can See Forever , starring Harry Connick Jr. and Jessie Mueller. His plays include Trumpery (Atlantic Theatre Company), QED starring Alan Alda (Mark Taper Forum, Vivian Beaumont, LCT), a two-part stage adaptation of John Irving’s The Cider House Rules (Seattle Rep, Taper, Atlantic, American Theatre Critics Association Award). His other plays, Sorrows of Stephen , The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket , Romance Language , Hyde in Hollywood , Flaubert’s Latest, and An Imaginary Life , were first produced by the Public Theater and at Playwrights Horizons. For television, Parnell was a co-producer for “The West Wing” (two EMMY Award citations), and a producer for “The Guardian,” “Inconceivable,” and “Six Degrees.” His children’s book And Tango Makes Three, co-authored with Justin Richardson, was an American Library Association Notable Book, a Henry Bergh Award winner, and has either headed or been on the ALA’S Top Ten List of Most Banned Books from 2006-2012. Parnell has served on the Literary Award Committee of PEN, and has taught writing at Dartmouth, the New School, Columbia, the Yale School of Drama, and currently at NYU. He proudly serves as Vice-President of The Dramatists Guild.
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