Howard

He gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul.

Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely through rare archival footage and interviews with Ashman’s family, friends, associates, and longtime partner Bill Lauch, Howard is an intimate tribute to a once-in-a-generation talent and a rousing celebration of musical storytelling itself.

Documentary Music

Howard Ashman

(Self/ Various Character Scratch Singing (archive footage))

Alan Menken

(Self / Various Character Scratch Singing)

Bill Lauch

(Self)

Don Hahn

(Self)

Sarah Gillespie

(Self)

Shirley Ashman

(Self)

Kyle Renick

(Self)

Nancy Parent

(Self)

Dennis Green

(Self)

Jodi Benson

(Self / Ariel (voice) / Doria Hudson)

Jeffrey Katzenberg

(Self)

Chris Montan

(Self)

Rob Minkoff

(Self)

Roger Allers

(Self)

Glen Keane

(Self)

Gary Trousdale

(Self)

Thomas Schumacher

(Self)

David Friedman

(Self (archive footage))

Paige O'Hara

(Self / Belle (archive footage))

Richard White

(Self (archive footage))

Jerry Orbach

(Self / Lumiere (archive footage))

Angela Lansbury

(Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage))

Ray Ashman

(Self (archive footage))

Stuart "Snooze" White

(Self (archive footage))

Brynn O'Malley

(Self (archive footage))

Kurt Vonnegut

(Self (archive footage))

Edith Vonnegut

(Self (archive footage))

Holly Villaire

(Dawn Leonard / Hostess / Caroline Rosewater (archive footage))

Jonathan Hadary

(Norman Mushari (archive footage))

Peter J. Saputo

(Noyes Finnerty / Fred Rosewater / Fireman (archive footage))

Frederick Coffin

(Eliot Rosewater (archive footage))

David Little

(Fireman (archive footage))

Douglas Fisher

(Fireman (archive footage))

Jonathan Haze

(Seymour Krelborn (archive footage))

Charles B. Griffith

(Audrey Junior (voice) / Screaming Patient (archive footage))

Leola Wendorff

(Siddie Shiva (archive footage))

John Herman Shaner

(Dr. Phoebus Farb (archive footage))

Mel Welles

(Gravis Mushnick (archive footage))

Ellen Greene

(Self / Audrey (archive footage))

Ronnie Spector

(Self (archive footage))

Estelle Bennett

(Self (archive footage))

Nedra Talley

(Self (archive footage))

Phil Spector

(Self (archive footage))

R. Keith Michael

(Self (archive footage))

Rick Moranis

(Seymour Krelborn (archive footage))

Tichina Arnold

(Crystal (archive footage))

Michelle Weeks

(Ronnette (archive footage))

Tisha Campbell

(Chiffon (archive footage))

Bill Boggs

(Self (archive footage))

Roger Ebert

(Self (archive footage))

Levi Stubbs

(Audrey II (voice) (archive footage))

Vincent Gardenia

(Mr. Mushnik (archive footage))

Richard Beymer

(Tony (archive footage))

Natalie Wood

(Maria (archive footage))

Steve Martin

(Orin Scrivello, DDS (archive footage))

Dan Rather

(Self (archive footage))

Barry Peterson

(Self (archive footage))

Bobby Campbell

(Self (archive footage))

Larry Kramer

(Self (archive footage))

David Evans

(Self (archive footage))

Marvin Hamlisch

(Self (archive footage))

Anne Bobby

(Robin Gibson (archive footage))

David Geffen

(Self (archive footage))

Diane Sawyer

(Self (archive footage))

Frank Oz

(Self (archive footage))

Randy Cartwright

(Self (archive footage))

Walt Disney

(Self (archive footage))

Peter Schneider

(Self (archive footage))

Ron Clements

(Self (archive footage))

John Musker

(Himself (archive footage))

Mike Gabriel

(Self (voice) (archive footage))

Divine

(Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson (archive footage))

Pat Carroll

(Self (archive footage))

Roy Edward Disney

(Self (archive footage))

Janis Menken

(Self (archive footage))

Anna Rose Menken

(Self (archive footage))

Nora Lily Menken

(Self (archive footage))

Danny Troob

(Self (archive footage))

Fats Waller

(Self (archive footage))

Benny Carter

(Trumpeter (archive footage))

Zutty Singleton

(Drummer (archive footage))

Slam Stewart

(Bassist (archive footage))

Taps Miller

(Trumpeter (archive footage))

Bing Crosby

(Jeff Peters (archive footage))

Bob Hope

(Orville 'Turkey' Jackson (archive footage))

Douglas Seale

(The Sultan (archive footage))

Donald W. Ernst

(Self (archive footage))

Paula Abdul

(Self (archive footage))

Dudley Moore

(Self (archive footage))

Danny Glover

(Self (archive footage))

Kirk Wise

(Self (archive footage))

James Monroe Iglehart

(Genie (archive footage))

Adam Jacobs

(Aladdin (archive footage))

Emma Watson

(Belle (archive footage))

Dale Branston

(Baker (archive footage))

Mena Massoud

(Aladdin (archive footage))

Will Smith

(Genie / Mariner (archive footage))

Dan Stevens

(Beast (archive footage))

Joan Prather

(Robin (archive footage))

Denise Nickerson

(Shirley (archive footage))

Melanie Griffith

(Karen (archive footage))

Annette O'Toole

(Doria (archive footage))

Maria O'Brien

(Maria (archive footage))

Colleen Camp

(Connie (archive footage))

Caroline Williams

(Helga (archive footage))

Kate Sarchet

(Judy (archive footage))

Maureen Abbott

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Leslie Anderson

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Janette Butler

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Shawn Christianson

(Young American Miss / The Winner (archive footage))

MaryStella Church

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Dana Couey

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Deborah Coy

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Marie Curry

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Teri Duggan

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Mary Gannon

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Nancy Hess

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Owens Hill

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Joanna Vogel

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Catherine Klein

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Christie Lawrence

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Amy Leitman

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Barbara McCutchan

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Dona Miller

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Karen Miller

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Sadie Raker

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Janis Russell

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Frances Sartori

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Lisa Scott

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Melinda Smith

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

MaryAnn Stineman

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Beth Turner

(Young American Miss (archive footage))

Maury Yeston

(Self (archive footage))