Glenn Slater was born on January 28,1968 and is an American lyricist for musical theatre.
14 Facts About Glenn Slater
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Glenn Slater has collaborated with Alan Menken, Christopher Lennertz, Andrew Lloyd Webber, among other composers.
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Glenn Slater was nominated for three Tony Awards for Best Original Score for the Broadway version of The Little Mermaid at the 62nd Tony Awards in 2008, Sister Act at the 65th Tony Awards in 2011, and School of Rock at the 70th Tony Awards in 2016.
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Glenn Slater has received the ASCAP Foundation's Richard Rodgers New Horizon Award with composer Stephen Weiner.
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Glenn Slater wrote the lyrics for the stage adaptation of Disney's The Little Mermaid, replacing the animated film's original lyricist Howard Ashman, who died in 1991.
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Glenn Slater worked with Menken on the new musical version of Leap of Faith.
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Glenn Slater has 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.
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Glenn Slater attended the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop and was a resident writer with Musical Theatreworks.
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Glenn Slater has received the Kleban Award for Lyrics, the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award and the Jonathan Larson Award.
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Glenn Slater 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.
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Glenn Slater won a Grammy Award at the 2012 Grammy Awards, in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category for the song "I See The Light" from the animation movie Tangled.
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Glenn Slater was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song for that song.
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In July 2020, Glenn 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.
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Glenn Slater is a supporter of the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.