The New York Pops: Part of His World—The Songs of Alan Menken

The Pops snap and crackle through a star-studded 35th-anniversary gala evening of orchestral delight in a tribute to the music of Alan Menken, who helped revivify the moribund world of musical-theater through works including Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. Among the Menken veterans scheduled to perform are Michael Arden, Roger Bart, Jodi Benson, Ashley Brown, Kerry Butler, Nick Cordero, Corey Cott, Susan Egan, Harvey Fierstein, James Monroe Iglehart, Adam Jacobs, Judy Kuhn, Patina Miller, Cheryl Freeman, Roz Ryan, Vaneese Thomas and Lillias White. Steven Reineke wields the baton.