Alan Menken recalls working on “The Little Mermaid” as “a constant miracle.

He and lyricist Howard Ashman were still flying high from the screen adaptation of their eccentric stage show

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“Little Shop of Horrors,” and they were re-teaming to write music for a new film.

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What are these two off-Broadway songwriters doing at Disney?

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What are these two off-Broadway songwriters doing at Disney?

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in these little warehouses that had been converted for work on animation

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looking at the storyboards and giving details to

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the animators about what we think the structure of the story should be.

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Alan Menken recalls working on “The Little Mermaid” as “a constant miracle.

He and lyricist Howard Ashman were still flying high from the screen adaptation of their eccentric stage show

“Little Shop of Horrors,” and they were re-teaming to write music for a new film.

What are these two off-Broadway songwriters doing at Disney?

What are these two off-Broadway songwriters doing at Disney?

in these little warehouses that had been converted for work on animation

looking at the storyboards and giving details to

the animators about what we think the structure of the story should be.

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