Blogs about: Alan Menken

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The Best Film Scores: Wishing My Life Had Its Own Soundtrack1 comment

sydneyfbernardo wrote 3 days ago: Recently I’ve noticed that, aside from like ABBA, the Bee Gees, and Michael Jackson, I’v … more →

Tags: films, Culture, Alan Silvestri, back to the future, Bernard Hermann, cinesniffles, danny elfman, film, Film Score

Beauty And The Beast (with Billy Always) - Opening Season's Concert Of The Boston Pops Orchestra - 1993

allaretha wrote 4 days ago: Title  Beauty And The Beast Composer  Howard Ashman, Alan Menken Live at  Opening Season’s Con … more →

Tags: Video, 1993, beauty and the beast, live, TV Show, Aretha Franklin, John Williams, Symphony Hall, Boston Pops

Federal Emergency Manic Agents1 comment

randomwordbyruth wrote 2 weeks ago: Are people basically good? English: AmeriCorps logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Diane Arbus Photograph … more →

Tags: substance abuse, Politics, humor's bucket list, gay-culture, Volunteering, conformity, Ugliness, randomwordbyruth, Addiction

365 Days of Writing - Day 122 - Words of Wisdom from Alan Menken

lxfolsom wrote 2 weeks ago: Yesterday I had the pleasure of hearing Alan Menken speak about his career composing music for such … more →

Tags: little Mermaid, beauty and the beast, music, composer

Forgotten/Minor Characters #35: Penelope the Donkey5 comments

The Animation Commendation wrote 2 weeks ago: Talk about patterns! First, we had a pattern of forgotten/minor characters of royalty; now there see … more →

Tags: Disney Canon-Forgotten/Minor Characters, animated film, Animated Movie, Animation, danny devito, David Zippel, Disney, Disney Animation, Disney Canon

Taking a Leap of Faith: the anniversary of the best day of my life

Mary Best wrote 3 weeks ago: This slideshow requires JavaScript. April 21, 2012 was one of the best days of my life. Despite an i … more →

Tags: New York State of Mind, Personal, Broadway, Theater, Personal, broadway, leap of faith, Stage door, raul esparza

Forgotten/Minor Characters #34: The Boatman4 comments

The Animation Commendation wrote 3 weeks ago: As you all know, “Beauty and the Beast”, is my favorite Disney film; hence it’s no … more →

Tags: Disney Canon-Forgotten/Minor Characters, animated film, Animated Movie, Animation, David Ogden Stiers, Demi Moore, Disney, Disney Animation, Disney Canon

Quote for Today: Stephen Schwartz

katmcdaniel wrote 3 weeks ago: © morgantj with CCLicense You think you own whatever land you land on The Earth is just a dead thing … more →

Tags: Quote for Today, Creation, Life, Connectedness, Nature, Learning, Earth, Stranger, Spirit

I LOVE That Scene: The Smell of Despair in Little Shop of Horrors

Julianne Ramsey wrote 4 weeks ago: What is I LOVE That Scene?  It is a regular feature on our website in which we detail one single fil … more →

Tags: film, I LOVE That Scene, Regular Features, little shop of horrors, Ellen Greene, Rick Moranis, Roger Corman, Seymour, Frank Oz

90s Movie Review - Aladdin

smallishbear wrote 1 month ago: Rotten Tomato score of 100% fresh from top critics. Average score of 8/10 on RT and IMDB 85% liked i … more →

Tags: 5 Stars, 90s reviews, Movie, Review, Tiger, Disney, Princess, aladdin, robin williams

Dear Disney, Why Do You Hate Women?1 comment

sarahlizturner wrote 1 month ago: Dear Disney, Why do you hate women? This question stems from the rather intense discussion I had wit … more →

Tags: Divorce, Disney, Belle, Disney Princess, Bambi, Ariel, Jasmine, pocahontas, Feminism

When Will My Life Begin?

extendedrecovery wrote 1 month ago: This song makes me think of recovery for some reason. … more →

Tags: Purging Thoughts Instead of Food, recovery, Repunzel, Disney, Tangled, Mandy Moore

The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1990s Musicals1 comment

David Fick wrote 1 month ago: To purchase the original Broadway Cast Recording of RENT, click on the image above. The 1990s. The n … more →

Tags: The Saturday List, A New Brain, AiDA, andrew lloyd webber, Assassins, beauty and the beast, Cameron Mackintosh, Elton John, Genn Close

The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1980s Musicals3 comments

David Fick wrote 1 month ago: To purchase the Broadway Revival Cast Recording of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, click on the image above. Cho … more →

Tags: The Saturday List, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents, Liza Minnelli, Dreamgirls, Nine, La Cage aux Folles, into the woods, Miss Saigon

Why I love Disney and learned to stop worrying about feminism.

bumbfluff wrote 1 month ago: There has been a lot of worry I’ve heard recently surrounding female Disney characters, Disney … more →

Tags: philosophies, Disney, The Little Mermaid, Feminism, Musical Theatre, Songs that changed my life, Vocals, feminist lyrics, Jodi Benson

Flashback: on 1986's Little Shop of Horrors-The Director's Cut2 comments

reviewedbymarkleonard wrote 1 month ago: What a history I’ve had with this morbidly, delightful work. Talk about a case of unexpected a … more →

Tags: film, theatre, off-broadway, Jack Nicholson, Little Shop of Horrors - The Director's Cut, The Little Shop Of Horrors, Frank Oz, Roger Corman, Ellen Greene

Forgotten/Minor Characters #28: The Princess of Glowerhaven5 comments

The Animation Commendation wrote 1 month ago: Yeah, I’m going obscure again! Let’s talk about this film before we get to the character … more →

Tags: Disney Canon-Forgotten/Minor Characters, Animation, Disney Animation, Disney Canon, walt disney, Disney, animated film, Animated Movie, Jodi Benson

Crude Croods

Robert Cole wrote 1 month ago: Oh, my. The Croods was an experience. Do you remember our childhoods? Now, I’m speaking to those of … more →

Tags: films, Reviews, the lion king, Tangled, The Croods, Nicolas Cage, John Cleese, The Fox and the Hound, The Black Cauldron

March 21, 2013

airjohnny wrote 1 month ago: I woke up today around three o’clock in the morning, which is universally recognized as a GOD- … more →

Tags: Sex Dream Boners, dream, Belle, Disney Princess, Colors Of The Wind, social sciences, Psychology, pocahontas


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