Menken & Friends: 25 Years of Musical Inspiration

The acclaimed songwriter (Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas, Enchanted, Tangled) chats and sings with Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell, Enchanted, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, Moana), Robert Lopez (Frozen, The Book of Mormon), and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Frozen).
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[@gaminghands4945]

The amount of talent in this room is scary

[@speedracer2008]

Alan Menken is fun to watch when he plays his songs on the piano. His energy is infectious.

[@lobaggins3328]

Saw him in a concert last night and he’s just truly remarkable.. very surreal moment to watch your hero play before your eyes ❤😢

[@rafaelcastro8070]

OMG. The way this 5 talk to each other feels so cozy. This doesnt looks like was scripted, looks like a group of very good friends meeting each other and talking about what they love. Its so wholesome !! I love it 😍🥰

[@Bdaychick]

It’s criminal that this video is so short 😢 at least an hour! Such crazy talent in that room!

[@pauladeniceyap]

Kristen fangirling everytime Alan plays something is so me

[@oklu_]

When she screams "more" 😂

[@gaminghands4945]

What's interesting is that Alan Menken was originally going to do Frozen back when it was called The Snow Queen.

[@collgoff]

I didn’t know that!

[@gunshotslinger]

Also Howard Ashman's subject for his Master thesis is The Snow Queen

[@oklu_]

2:51 How could a person's face exude such pure vigor and charming energy, even in his age. He is amazing.

[@oklu_]

Looking at those legends sitting in the same room is pure ecstacy.

[@JamesDurbinOfficial]

It's not that I felt bad before watching this, but I definitely feel better after watching it

[@oklu_]

Oh I love this clip. This video is pure gold.

[@googlandroid176]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@QuasarYGO]

0:23 Gigantic. The lost Disney film

[@MrGabeanator]

Stephen Schwartz becoming a shrink that’d be the equivalent of Howard Ashman passing away and then Alan going to school to become a dentist am I right

[@joshberkin5567]

Yes

[@pedrod.7576]

Alan is a leeeeeeegend