No longer waiting in the wings, Alan Menken, the songwriter and composer of celebrated musicals including “Little Shop of Horrors” and the Disney films “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Little Mermaid,” is the newest member of the elite EGOT club. With his Daytime Emmy win on Sunday for best original song in a children’s, young adult or animated program, Mr. Menken became the 16th person to win all four of the top awards in entertainment: the Emmy, the Grammy, the Oscar and the Tony. After having already accumulated an avalanche of awards throughout his career, including 11 Grammys, eight Oscars and a Tony, the 71-year-old Mr. Menken collected the award for his work on the Disney Channel series “Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure.” It was the last award he needed to complete his EGOT suite.

Source: New York Times July 28, 2020 21:45 UTC