A Conversation with Alan Menken | Chazz Palminteri Show | EP 22

Welcome to the Chazz Palminteri show! Join Chazz Palminteri every week as he shares his life lessons about Hollywood, Broadway and the craft of acting, writing and directing.  Learn the secret to producing your own one person show.  Lookout for great guests & great conversation.  Not to be missed!!  This episode Chazz talks with musical genius Alan Menken. Menken is best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores and songs for The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995) have each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores and songs for Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Newsies (1992), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Home on the Range (2004), Enchanted (2007), and Tangled (2010), among others. His accolades include eight Academy Awards, a Tony Award, eleven Grammy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Award.He is also known for his work in musical theater for Broadway and elsewhere. Some of these are based on his Disney films, but other stage hits include Little Shop of Horrors (1982), A Christmas Carol (1994), and Sister Act (2009). Menken has collaborated with such lyricists as Lynn Ahrens, Howard Ashman, Jack Feldman, Tim Rice, Glenn Slater, Stephen Schwartz, and David Zippel. With eight Academy Award wins, Menken is the second most prolific Oscar winner in the music categories after Alfred Newman, who has 9 Oscars. He has also won 11 Grammy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award among many other honors. Menken is one of sixteen people to have won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony. Every Monday morning come join Chazz for another great episode of the Chazz Palminteri Show! Follow Chazz on Social Media! @ChazzPalminteri http://hyperurl.co/ChazzPalminteriShow