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Alan Menken has officially confirmed Lin-Manuel Miranda’s role on Disney’s upcoming live action adaptation of The Little Mermaid.

For Disney fans far and wide, the stakes are high when it comes to the company’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Aladdin. Even so, fans can rest easy knowing the music is in the capable hands of famed composer Alan Menken.

Don’t start singing that swan-song just yet, Galavant fans. There’s still a glimmer of hope — or, is that a spotlight?

Look at this stuff! Isn’t it neat? Lin-Manuel Miranda performs next to Disney favorite composer, Alan Menken, in Hamilton’s first ever digital Ham4Ham show.

Speaking at an event in New York City on Wednesday, songwriter Alan Menken revealed new details about the music in Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast.

ABC’s medieval musical comedy Galavant premiered last weekend, and for better or worse we’ve been belting the songs for all to hear. Whether they wanted to listen or not.

This January ABC will launch the brand new musical comedy Galavant, and if you’re not planning on watching already, then you seriously need to pencil this brilliant show into your schedule now.

Here’s a great story: At the Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film & TV Music Conference tonight, Glee star Darren Criss surprised and performed for Alan Menken – who wrote songs for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.

Disney has been known to turn some of their greatest features into full-scale theatrical productions. Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and The Lion King have all enjoyed musical theatre fame on Broadway and the West End. Naturally, Disney has decided to adapt another of their beloved features, Aladdin, into a musical that promises to be a very exciting production.