Glenn Slater
Glenn Slater | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Harvard University (1990) |
Occupation | Lyricist |
Spouse | Wendy Leigh Wilf |
Children | 2 |
Glenn Slater (born January 28, 1968) is an American
Early life
Slater was born in
Career
Slater wrote the lyrics for the
His first work with Alan Menken was writing the lyrics for the film
He wrote the lyrics for the stage adaptation of
Slater and his wife, Wendy Leigh Wilf, wrote the book, music and lyrics to a new musical Beatsville that received a production at the 2008 NAMT Festival of New Musicals, in New York. It is based on the 1959 Roger Corman film A Bucket of Blood.[7]
He has also composed the lyrics and co-wrote the book for the major Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Love Never Dies, which is a sequel to Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera. The show premiered in the West End in March 2010.[8]
Adding to his career as a lyricist, Slater wrote the lyrics for the songs in Disney's 50th animated feature Tangled. In 2015 he worked again with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Broadway musical School of Rock and continued his working relationship with Alan Menken writing lyrics for the songs of Galavant on ABC.[9]
Slater attended the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop and was a resident writer with Musical Theatreworks.[3]
Awards and honors
Slater has received the Kleban Award for Lyrics, the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award and the Jonathan Larson Award.[10]
He was nominated for the 2008 Tony Award for Best Original Score for The Little Mermaid and received his second nomination for this award in 2011 for Sister Act.[11]
He won a
Personal life
Slater lives in New York City with his wife, Wendy Leigh Wilf, and two sons, Benjamin and Daniel.[10] He is a supporter of the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
References
- ^ Jones, Kenneth (2011-05-28). "PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Sister Act Lyricist Glenn Slater". Playbill. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
- ^ Keller, Ilana. "Glenn Slater: The man behind the music", Asbury Park Press, April 7, 2016. Accessed August 4, 2017. "Thirty years ago, Glenn Slater wandered the halls of East Brunswick High School — these days, you'll find him at School of Rock.... 'I owe quite a bit of where I am to East Brunswick,' said Slater, whose Class of 1986 is holding its 30th reunion next week."
- ^ a b Jones, Kenneth."New Revue, Newyorkers, Premieres at MTC Feb. 27; Opens March 20" Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, playbill.com, February 27, 2001
- ^ Hernandez, Ernio.Sister Act Musical Opens Run at Atlanta's Alliance Jan. 24" Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, January 24, 2007
- ^ Gans, Andrew."Disney's The Little Mermaid to Premiere in Denver in 2007" Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, September 6, 2006
- ^ Gans, Andrew."Tony Nominees Menken and Slater Have Full Plate with Mermaid, Faith and Sister Act" Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, playbill.com, June 13, 2008
- ^ Hetrick, Adam.New Music: "NAMT Announces Selections for 2008 Festival of New Musicals" Archived 2010-03-01 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, July 17, 2008
- ^ Gans, Andrew and Shenton, Mark."Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies to Premiere in London in March 2010; New York, Australia to Follow" Archived 2010-09-03 at the Wayback Machine, playbill.com, October 8, 2009
- ^ "Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'School of Rock' Musical Coming to Broadway in November". The New York Times. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ a b Slater credits Archived 2010-02-10 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, accessed February 1, 2010
- ^ "2011 Tony Nominations Announced! THE BOOK OF MORMON Leads with 14!".
- ^ Nordyke, Kimberly (26 July 2020). "Daytime Emmy Awards Winners List: Amazon, HBO And Netflix Top Children's, Lifestyle, And Animation Honorees; Alan Menken Achieves EGOT Status". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 27 July 2020.