Alan Menken

Broadway musical 'Newsies' turns quick profit for Disney

2012-12-21 07:00:00

In bygone days "extra, extra" is what newspaper hawkers used to shout to sell copies. Now it's what the Walt Disney Co. is adding to its bottom line, with word that "Newsies, the Musical," about turn-of-the-20th century paperboys who go on strike, has...

2013 Grammy Award nominees

2012-12-06 17:03:00

Indie-rock trio Fun. and R&B/hip-hop star Frank Ocean scored big in Grammy Award nominations, scoring six nods apiece mostly in the top Grammy categories. The Recording Academy announced the nominations Wednesday during a show in Nashville. The 55th...

Tony Awards 2012: For 'Once' daring trumps commerce

2012-06-11 08:00:00

Will wonders never cease: David overcame Goliath in a rare victory at the Beacon Theatre that will force us to rethink the old truism that commerce trumps independent vision on Broadway. "Once," the little musical spun from an Irish art house film,...

Tony Awards 2012: The complete nominees and winners list

2012-06-10 00:00:00

Here is the full list of Tony nominations for 2012 (WINNERS are noted): Play "Clybourne Park,"� Bruce Norris WINNER "Other Desert Cities,"� Jon Robin Baitz "Peter and the Starcatcher,"� Rick Elice "Venus in Fur,"� David Ives Musical "Leap of Faith"...

Tony Awards 2012: Alan Menken wins for Disney musical 'Newsies'

2012-06-10 18:15:00

Alan Menken, the multiple Oscar-winning composer of multiple Disney animated movies, took home his first Tony Award for another Disney property — the musical "Newsies." Based on the 1992 movie of the same name, "Newsies" is a family-friendly...

Tony Awards: 'Clybourne Park,' 'Once' are big winners

2012-06-10 22:09:00

Bruce Norris' "Clybourne Park," a sharp-toothed satirical drama about the vagaries of race and real estate, won for best play, and "Once," a starry-eyed romance centered on an Irish street musician and a Czech immigrant flower seller, topped the best...

Broadway musical 'Leap of Faith' to close on Sunday

2012-05-08 13:15:00

"Leap of Faith," the Broadway musical that had its world premiere in 2010 in Los Angeles at the Ahmanson Theatre, will close its doors earlier than expected. Organizers announced Tuesday that the musical starring Raul Esparza will officially end its run...

Robert Sherman dies at 86; songwriter best known for 'Mary Poppins'

2012-03-07 00:00:00

At the Academy Awards ceremony in 1965, Robert and Richard Sherman already had accepted their Oscar for best score for "Mary Poppins" when they returned to the stage to pick up another statuette for best song, "Chim Chim Cher-ee." Having already...

'Leap of Faith' adds Christopher Ashley as director for Broadway

2011-12-13 16:33:01

'Leap of Faith' sets April debut on Broadway

2012-01-12 21:33:06

Elton John, Lady Gaga among pop stars snubbed in Oscar best song category

2012-01-24 16:36:21

'Spring Awakening' team to bring fairy-tale show to La Jolla

2012-03-06 16:33:52

Few shows at Northwest Indiana's Theatre at the Center � venerable Equity house though it may be � feature a member of the original New York cast, and certainly not a performer willing and able to reprise her original role 30 years later without her appearance having changed one bit.

2012-07-20 15:11:00

, got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last week right in front of Disney's El Capitan Theatre.

2010-11-17 19:52:36