Terrible last name. Good songs.
Alan Schmuckler writes music and lyrics for the live stage, television, film and digital formats. His work has been performed across the US and internationally. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Sara, and their daughter, Hallie.
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“Extraordinarily soulful and intelligent, with gifts that harken back to Gershwin and Rodgers and Hammerstein and Porter and Sondheim and Ashman. I treasure our work together.”
Alan Menken
In the works
An American Tail
Co-music & co-lyrics with Michael Mahler
Book by & co-lyrics with Itamar Moses
Developed with NBCUniversal
Night at the Museum
Music by Alan Menken
Co-lyrics with Michael Mahler
Book by Shawn Levy & Bob Martin
Produced by Kevin McCollum
The Monster
Co-music & co-lyrics with Michael Mahler
Book by Chelsea Marcantel
Winner, Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre
and more…
Featured
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Photo credit: Dan Norman
“Wimpy or not, this kid might make it to Broadway.”
NY Times
Kidding
Source: Showtime
“An emotional masterpiece... an example of what all TV should strive to be.”
TV Guide
My Little Pony: A New Generation
Source: Netflix
“90%”
Rotten Tomatoes
“Alan is beyond.”
Ariana Grande
Photo credit: Playbill (Marc J. Franklin)