Alan Menken on Being Nominated
Says Alan Menken in response to his Tony nomination:
“I was getting ready to leave my home in upper Weschester for rehearsal. We’re doing a workshop for Leap of Faith, which is coming in next season, and Tom Schumacher gave me a call from London, saying, ‘Well, you’re nominated!’ I was like, ‘What? Oh, OK. That beats a stick in the eye.’ [Laughs] No, it really brightened my day, and it’s wonderful to get the acknowledgement of my peers. I wasn’t even looking, to be honest. I’ve been prepared for quite a while for the idea of The Little Mermaid not to get any nominations. And to me, The Little Mermaid has already won. It’s an enormous hit at the box office. Audiences love it. Everything I wanted to achieve with it, we’ve achieved, and I’m really thrilled with the show. It’s wonderful to get the acknowledgement of my peers. I’m being inducted into the songwriter Hall of Fame next month, too. So June’ll be a very nice month for me!”
[Source: Broadway.com]
