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Glenn Slater (born January 28, 1968) is an American lyricist for musical theatre. He's collaborated with Alan Menken, Christopher Lennertz, & Andrew Lloyd Webber, among other composers. He was nominated for three for Best Original Score for the Broadway versions of The Little Mermaid in 2008, Sister Act in 2011, & School of Rock in 2016.
His first work with Alan Menken was writing the lyrics for the film Home on the Range in 2004 and the stage production Sister Act the Musical (2006).Hernandez, Ernio. Sister Act Musical Opens Run at Atlanta's Alliance Jan. 24" playbill.com, January 24, 2007
He wrote the lyrics for the stage adaptation of Disney's The Little Mermaid (2008), replacing the animated film's original lyricist Howard Ashman, who died in 1991.Gans, Andrew. "Disney's The Little Mermaid to Premiere in Denver in 2007" playbill.com, September 6, 2006 He also worked with Menken on the new musical version of Leap of Faith.Gans, Andrew. "Tony Nominees Menken and Slater Have Full Plate with Mermaid, Faith and Sister Act" , playbill.com, June 13, 2008
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.Hetrick, Adam. New Music: "NAMT Announces Selections for 2008 Festival of New Musicals" playbill.com, July 17, 2008
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.Gans, Andrew and Shenton, Mark. "Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies to Premiere in London in March 2010; New York, Australia to Follow" , playbill.com, October 8, 2009
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 theatre musical School of Rock and continued his working relationship with Alan Menken writing lyrics for the songs of Galavant on ABC.
Slater attended the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop and was a resident writer with Musical Theatreworks.
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.
He won a Grammy Award in 2012 for Best Song Written for Visual Media for the song "I See The Light" from the animated movie Tangled. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song for that song. In July 2020, Slater won a Daytime Emmy Award for Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program for the song "Waiting in the Wings" from Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure.
Awards and honors
Slater has received the Kleban Award for Lyrics, the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award and the Jonathan Larson Award. Slater credits playbill.com, accessed February 1, 2010
Personal life
Slater lives in New York City with his wife, Wendy Leigh Wilf, and two sons, Benjamin and Daniel. He is a supporter of the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
External links
Categories: 1968 Births, American Musical Theatre Lyricists, Broadway Composers And Lyricists, Jewish American Songwriters, Living People, Musicians From Brooklyn, East Brunswick High School Alumni, People From East Brunswick, New Jersey, Walt Disney Animation Studios People, Skydance Media People, Daytime Emmy Award Winners, Grammy Award Winners, Songwriters From New Jersey, Songwriters From New York, Hasty Pudding Alumni, Animation Composers
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