This Week on Broadway for June 30, 2013: Alan Menken

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Alan Menken. We also discuss the International Thespian Festival, Unlock'd @ The Duke, Zach Braff will be in Bullets Over Broadway, Murder Ballad Closing and South Pacific at John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, NY   Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. Subscribe to BroadwayRadio in iTunes by CLICKING HERE. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click on the arrow in the player below.   Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook PETER FILICHIA is a theater journalist and historian with a number of books, with Strippers, Showgirls and Sharks being his most recent. His columns appear at MTI, Kritzerland, Masterworks Broadway and many other places.   James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Twitter | Facebook BroadwayStars   Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and essayist, whose work appears at TalkinBroadway, The Sondheim Review and BroadwayStars. He is also a photographer whose work can be seen at FollowSpotPhoto.com and many other places on the internet.   Notes and links for the podcast.   Guest: Alan Menken Wikipedia IBDB IMDB     ‘Aladdin’ Will Launch in Toronto Before Broadway Run by PATRICK HEALY   Disney Shows in Development by PATRICK HEALY     News & Reviews:  International Thespian Festival for Teenagers at the University of Nebraska, (@ Lincoln, Nebraska) Reminder: The National High School Musical Theater Awards: The Jimmy's Unlock'd @ The Duke on 42nd Street via Prospect Theater Company Zach Braff will be in Bullets Over Broadway, opens April 10, 2014 at the St. James Theatre Rupert Holmes stage adaptation of  John Grisham's "A Time to Kill" opens October 20, 2013 at the John Golden Theatre A Night With Janis Joplin opens October 20, 2013 at the Lyceum Theatre Murder Ballad Closing South Pacific at John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, NY   Post Script: Tune into PBS on July 4th   Next Week:      Explicit: No     Music: Belle from Beauty and the Beast Suddenly Seymour from Little Shop of Horrors   Contact Info: Email addresses: see above Phone / Voicemail: +1-855-987-8277 BroadwayStars: Twitter | Facebook   Subscribe: Stitcher: Stitcher App iPhone/iPod: iTunes Listen on BroadwayWorld Radio Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm We need Listener Volunteers to help out with a few projects. If you have a few hours and would like to help out, contact james@broadwayradio.com.