For one
night only, two of the world’s most celebrated
songwriters and composers
will take to the stage for “Richard M. Sherman and
Alan Menken: The
Disney Songbook.” The concert will take place at
the D23 Expo 2013 at the
Anaheim
Convention Center
in the D23 Expo Arena
on Saturday, August 10.
Together
Sherman and Menken have won a combined 10
Academy Awards for their work with Disney, and
have composed music and songs
for more than three dozen Disney feature films,
over two dozen Disney Park
attractions and half a dozen Disney musicals on
Broadway.
Richard M. Sherman and Alan Menken at
Alan's walk-of-fame star ceremony back
in November of 2010. Photo by Valerie
Macon / Getty Image North America
“I
can’t express how excited I am that my
esteemed friend Alan Menken and I will be sharing
the same bill for the very
first time,” said Sherman.
“Alan is an incredible talent, and I know we’re
both thrilled to be
performing for Disney’s most ardent fans—they’re
the best and
I can’t wait to be a part of what promises to be a
very special night for
all of us.”
“Richard
Sherman and I share so many things; our
cherished association with The Walt Disney
Company, the blessing of having the opportunity
to share our musical talents with "children of all
ages" and a
genuine mutual admiration—but one thing we've
never gotten to share is a
concert stage,” said Menken. “This summer at the
D23 Expo 2013, we
will do just that. And I can't think of anyone I'd
prefer to share that stage
with. Richard, along with his brother Robert,
wrote songs that filled my
formative years with joy and fantasy. And, all
these years later, I can say
with complete honesty that there is no one I've
met in our business who is more
warm and generous than my friend and fellow
songwriter, Richard Sherman.”
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Admission
to the concert will be on a first-come,
first-served basis and is included in the price of
a ticket to the D23 Expo. In
addition to the 4,000-seat D23 Expo Arena, the
concert will be simulcast into a
2,000-seat overflow theater inside the Convention
Center.