"Howard and Alan Menken had captured the imagination of a generation…" Disney has released the new official trailer for a documentary titled Howard, made by the acclaimed Disney veteran Don Hahn. The doc film tells the story of songwriter Howard Ashman, who penned the lyrics for the musicals Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast, before he died of AIDS at the height of the AIDS crisis in 1991. "You may not know his name, but you sure know Howard Ashman's music," states Hahn. "He's one of the greatest storytellers of the twentieth century who helped to revitalize the American musical and re-energize Disney Animation. He left us a songbook that still lives on in us today, yet his personal story has never been fully told until now." The film features interviews with Ashman's longtime musical collaborator Alan Menken, who also scored the film, Bill Lauch (Ashman's partner), Jodie Benson (The Little Mermaid), Paige O'Hara (Beauty and the Beast), Sarah Gillespie (Ashman's sister), and more. This originally premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018, but is finally coming to Disney+ this summer. ›››
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