The Next Best Theatre Podcast: Episode 51 - Howard Ashman

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🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL EPISODE. Please check out the full podcast episode on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture The Next Best Theatre Podcast is back, and for this latest episode, Lauren LaMagna, Dan Bayer, and I (Cody Dericks) came together to talk about the late, great American playwright, lyricist, and stage director Howard Ashman. Known for his songs for "Little Shop of Horrors," "The Little Mermaid," Beauty and the Beast," and "Aladdin," with the release of Disney's live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid" this weekend, we felt it was appropriate to discuss the life and work of this man. Thank you for all of your support. Please take a listen and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the American Theater wings Tony Goes to...
0:04.0	And the Tony Moore goes to...
0:06.0	And the Tony goes to...
0:07.0	Dear Evan Hanson.
0:09.0	Memphis.
0:10.0	Watts Avenue Q.
0:12.0	Hamilton. A strange movie.
0:14.0	Hello, and thank you for listening to Next Best Theater, a branch of the Next Best Picture podcast umbrella.
0:21.8	And we are here today to talk about the works of Howard Ashman on occasion of the live-action
0:27.4	remake of The Little Mermaid, which, of course, the original version of the 1980s was
0:32.0	lyrics and all sorts of other editions from Howard Ashman.
0:36.8	Howard Ashman was a lyricist who worked with mostly Alan Rankin, of course, of Disney theme,
0:42.3	on both Little Shop of Horrors and a trio of animated musicals in the 80s and 90s,
0:47.8	A Little Mermaid, Beating the Beast, and Aladdin.
0:49.7	And we are going to talk about those shows and movies today.
0:53.2	Here to discuss with me, I have Dan Baer.
0:55.6	Hello, Little Town, full of little people.
0:58.8	Thank you, okay, thank you.
1:00.2	I'm glad somebody did something.
1:02.7	And Lauren LaMagna.
1:04.1	Hello.
1:05.4	So just to do a little intro in the works of Howard Ashman, he was, of course, best known
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