Shows · Linda Woolverton
Linda Woolverton (born December 19, 1952) is an American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist, whose most prominent works include the screenplays and books of several acclaimed Disney films and stage musicals. She is the first woman to have written an animated feature for Disney, Beauty and the Beast (1991), which is also the first animated film ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. She also co-wrote the screenplay of The Lion King (1994), provided additional story material for Mulan (1998), and adapted her own Beauty and the Beast screenplay into the book of the Broadway adaptation of the film, for which she received a Tony Award nomination and won an Olivier Award.…
Also credited on5 works
Aida
Beauty and the Beast
Lestat
The Lion King
Wonderland
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- They asked Roth, West, and Meyer to make a proposal independent of composer Alan Menken and scriptwriter Linda Woolverton. (Lyricist Howard Ashman had died.)B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia
- BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS FROM PAST SEASONS BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Music, Alan Menken; Lyrics, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice; Book, Linda Woolverton; Director, Robert Jess Roth; Orchestrations, Danny Troob; Musical Supervision/Vocal Arrangements, David Friedman; Musical Director/Incidental Arrangements, Michael Kosarin; Choreography, Matt West; Sets,…Theatre World, 1995-96 Season, v.52 (Willis)
- AIDA Music, Elton John; Lyrics, Tim Rice; Book, Linda Woolverton and Robert Falls and David Henry Hwang; Suggested by the opera; Director, Robert Falls; Choreography, Wayne Cilento; Set/Costumes, Bob Crowley; Lighting, Natasha Katz; Sound, Steve C. Kennedy; Music Produced and Musical Direction, Paul Bogaev; Music Arrangements, Guy Babylon…Theatre World, 2000-01 Season, v. 57 (Willis)
- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Music, Alan Menken; Lyrics, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice; Book, Linda Woolverton; Director, Robert Jess Roth; Orchestrations, Danny Troob; Musical Supervision/Vocal Arrangements, David Friedman; Musical Director/Incidental Arrangements, Michael Kosarin; Choreography, Matt West; Set, Stan Meyer; Costumes, Ann Hould-Ward; Li…Theatre World, 2000-01 Season, v. 57 (Willis)
- AIDA Music, Elton John; Lyrics, Tim Rice; Book, Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, David Henry Hwang; Suggested by the opera; Director, Robert Falls; Choreography, Wayne Cilento; Set/Costumes, Bob Crowley; Lighting, Natasha Katz; Sound,Theatre World, 2002-03 Season, v. 59 (Willis)
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