Beauty and the Beast is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton.
 Adapted from Walt Disney Pictures' Academy Award-winning 1991 animated musical film of the same name – which in turn had been based on the classic French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont – "Beauty and the Beast" tells the story of a cold-blooded prince who has been magically transformed into an unsightly creature as punishment for his selfish ways.
 To revert into his true human form, the Beast must first earn the love of a bright, beautiful young woman whom he has imprisoned in his enchanted castle before it is too late.
Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular was a Broadway-style show based on Disney's 1992 animated film "Aladdin" with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Alan Menken.
Aida (also known as "Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida") is a musical based on the opera of the same name by Giuseppe Verdi.
 It has music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, and was originally produced by Walt Disney Theatrical.
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).
The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice is a four-disc box set highlighting the creative evolution behind the music of Disney's "The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin.
" Released on November 22, 1994 on Walt Disney Records, the set includes work tape recordings, demos, previously released final recordings, and unreleased master recordings of songs and score cues.
Aladdin is a musical based on the 1992 Disney animated film of the same name with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin.
 Beguelin also wrote the book.
 The musical includes three songs written for the film by Ashman but not used there and four new songs written by Menken and Beguelin.
Brooke Elliott (born November 16, 1974) is an American actress and singer.
 She has previously appeared in musical theatre, including the US tours of "Beauty and the Beast" and "Wicked", and the Broadway productions of "Taboo" and "The Pirate Queen".
 She is best known for her roles in the 2000 Mel Gibson film "What Women Want", her big-screen debut, and as Jane Bingum on the Lifetime series "Drop Dead Diva".
Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 American rock musical horror comedy film directed by Frank Oz.
 It is a film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman about a nerdy florist shop worker who finds out his venus fly trap can speak.
 Menken and Ashman's Off-Broadway musical was based on the low-budget 1960 film "The Little Shop of Horrors", directed by Roger Corman.
 The 1986 film stars Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, and Levi Stubbs as the voice of Audrey II.
 The film also featured special appearances by James Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, and Bill Murray.
 It was produced by David Geffen through The Geffen Company and released by Warner Bros. on December 19, 1986.
"Human Again" is a song originally written for, deleted from, and later restored to the 1991 Disney animated musical "Beauty and the Beast".
 With music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman, "Human Again" was replaced during production of the original 1991 version of the film by "Something There", but retained and revised by Menken and new lyricist Tim Rice for the 1994 stage musical adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast".
 A newly produced sequence featuring "Human Again" was added to the "Beauty and the Beast" animated film for its 2002 IMAX Special Edition and subsequent DVD, VHS, and Blu-Ray home releases.
The Little Mermaid: Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 1989 Disney animated feature film, "The Little Mermaid".
 It contains the songs from the film written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as the film's score composed by Alan Menken.
 The score was orchestrated by Thomas Pasatieri.
 The album has achieved multi-platinum sales and won the Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children.
 The album includes recordings of the music that won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television ("Under the Sea"), the Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song ("Under the Sea") and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.

Question: What actress and singer appeared in a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton?
Answer: Brooke Elliott