Glenn Slater

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Glenn Slater (* 1968 ) is an American songwriter who has worked with Alan Menken and other composers for musicals . He has been nominated for a number of Tony Awards , including the Broadway version of The Little Mermaid in 2008 , Sister Act in 2011 , and School of Rock in 2016 , as well as a Grammy Award for the song I See the Light .

Career

Slater was born in Brooklyn , New York and grew up in East Brunswick, New Jersey . He graduated from Harvard University in 1990 . Slater wrote the lyrics for the Newyorkers Off-Broadway Revue in 2001 . He wrote the lyrics for six shows for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus .

His first projects with Menken were the film Home on the Range in 2004 and the stage version of the musical Sister Act 2006.

As the successor to Howard Ashman , who died in 1991 , he wrote the lyrics for the stage version of Walt Disney's The Little Mermaid in 2008 . He wrote the lyrics for Disney's animated film Tangled .

Awards

Slater received the Kleban Award for Lyrics, the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, and the Jonathan Larson Award. He has been nominated for a Tony Award several times , including the Broadway version of The Little Mermaid in 2008 , Sister Act in 2011 , and School of Rock in 2016 .

He received a 2011 Grammy Award in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category for the song I See the Light from Tangled .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jones, Kenneth. New Revue, Newyorkers, Premieres at MTC Feb. 27; Opens March 20 ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , playbill.com, February 27, 2001 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.playbill.com
  2. ↑ Hernandez, Ernio: Sister Act Musical Opens Run at Atlanta's Alliance Jan. 24 ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. playbill.com, January 24, 2007 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.playbill.com
  3. ↑ Goose, Andrew. Disney's The Little Mermaid to premiere in Denver in 2007 ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. playbill.com, September 6, 2006 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.playbill.com
  4. ↑ Slater credits ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. playbill.com, accessed February 1, 2010  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.playbill.com
  5. ↑ 2011 Tony Nominations Announced!
personal data
SURNAME Slater, Glenn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1968