The San Francisco Walt Disney Family Museum will celebrate Alan Menken earn EGOT status with a virtual fundraiser to celebrate the Beauty and the Beast and Little Mermaid composer’s career, with special guest Lin-Manuel Miranda. The couple is currently working on writing new songs for a live-action film version of The little Mermaid.
An afternoon with Alan Menken, scheduled for August 6, will kick off with a VIP ticket chat between Menken and music producer Chris Montan at 8 PM ET, immediately followed by a performance by Menken and Miranda at 8:30 PM ET. Free and open to the public, the performance will showcase some of Menken’s most beloved Disney songs, including “Under the Sea,” “A Whole New World” and “Be Our Guest.”
Proceeds from the event will support the educational programs of the Walt Disney Family Museum, which offer instruction to aspiring animators. The event will also benefit the museum’s work with underserved youth in the Bay Area, including the At-Promise Academy of Youth Animation.
Officially named Disney Legend in 2002, Menken began his Disney career with collaborator Howard Ashman, writing songs and composing the score for the film. The little Mermaid in 1989. Menken followed up with a number of beloved Disney animated films, including Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Hercules, The Hunchback of Notre Dameand Pochahontasand real action movies Newsies and Haunted. Her prolific theatrical career includes musicals such as God bless you, Mister Rosewater, Little shop of horrors, Sister law, A tale from the Bronxand Duddy Kravitz’s apprenticeship, along with many theatrical adaptations of his Disney movies.
Tickets for the VIP chat, starting at $ 200, and free registration for the virtual presentation are available at WaltDisney.org/Menken.
