Alan Menken

Blogs
August 31, 2012
Ten Musicians Who Did Time On Broadway
Broadway has been known to make both actors and singers into legends. However, due to what is known as stunt casting -- which is essentially gimmickry in order to gain ticket sales -- some musicians have headed to Broadway, if only for a short period of time. Here are some of the musical artists fro ... More >>
Culture
June 28, 2012
Capsule Stage Reviews: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Little Shop of Horrors, The Psychic, Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, Travelsty
Calendar
June 14, 2012
Sister Act
Blogs
January 13, 2012
Reviews For The Easily Distracted:
Beauty And The Beast 3D
Title: Beauty and the Beast 3D Hey, This Movie's 20 Years Old, What Gives? It's 3D, nimrod. That's, like...a whole new movie. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: Four-and-a-half Gaston chins out of five. Brief Plot Synopsis: A New York cosmetologist mistakenly thought to be a scie ... More >>
Film
November 25, 2010
Rapunzel Takes a Haircut
Disney's latest looks and feels great, so why is the studio selling Tangled short?
Culture
November 26, 2009
Capsule Stage Reviews: A Christmas Carol, the Musical, Miracle on 34th Street, The Nerd, The Story of My Life
Calendar
November 19, 2009
A Christmas Carol
The musical version of the holiday standard means one thing: Scrooge sings!
Culture
October 29, 2009
Capsule Stage Reviews: The Elixir of Love, Little Shop of Horrors, Mary Poppins, The Rocky Horror Show
Culture
October 22, 2009
Capsule Stage Reviews: The Lighter Side of the Recession, Little Shop of Horrors, Our Town
Calendar
October 15, 2009
Little Shop of Horrors
That's a hell of a case of indigestion
Culture
October 15, 2009
Capsule Stage Reviews: Little Shop of Horrors, Seven Guitars, Red Light Winter, Our Town,
Culture
October 8, 2009
Feed Me
Little Shop of Horrors
Calendar
July 3, 2008
Little Shop of Horrors
Galveston’s Strand Theatre brings back the tale of Seymour and Audrey II
Film
November 29, 2007
Enchanted
Fairy-tale land and the real world collide to no good end in Enchanted
Culture
August 9, 2007
Stage Capsule Reviews
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Culture
July 27, 2006
Capsule Reviews
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Culture
January 13, 2005
Kill Me, Seymour!
Little Shop of Horrors goes limp but refuses to die
Culture
June 13, 2002
Inanimate Objects
Beast falls flat in the move from film to stage
Culture
February 28, 2002
Comic But Cramped
A good cast and blazing urchins help Little Shop overcome a tiny stage
Calendar
January 29, 1998
Press Picks
Culture
July 28, 1994
Sadism by the Sea
Galveston stages the macabre Little Shop of Horrors
Culture
December 16, 1993
Taming the Beast ... and teaching him to tapdance.
In Disney and TUTS' Beauty and the Beast, we've an entertaining "spectacular," but where is my beautiful metaphor for male potency?