Who also provided lyrics along with Howard Ashman on his first Disney duo movie with Alan Menken?
Howard Ashman Howard Elliott Ashman (May 17, 1950 – March 14, 1991) was an American playwright and lyricist. He collaborated with Alan Menken on several works and is most widely known for several animated feature films for Disney, for which Ashman wrote the lyrics and Menken composed the music. Ashman and Menken began their collaboration with the musical "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" (1979), for which Ashman directed and wrote both book and lyrics. Their next musical, "Little Shop of Horrors" (1982) for which Ashman again directed and wrote both book and lyrics, became a long-running success and led to a 1986 feature film. The partnership's first Disney film was "The Little Mermaid" (1989), followed by "Beauty and the Beast" (1991). After his death, some of Ashman's songs were included in another Disney film, "Aladdin" (1992).
A Change in Me "A Change in Me" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Tim Rice for the musical "Beauty and the Beast", a stage adaptation of Disney's 1991 animated film of the same name. The song was written specifically for American singer Toni Braxton when she joined the production to play the role of Belle in 1998, four years into the musical's run. Menken and Rice wrote "A Change in Me" to appease Braxton after Rice promised the singer, who was hesitant to sign her contract, that he would write an entirely new song for her to perform in the musical on the condition that she finally agree to play Belle.