“Moana 2” is now in theaters and just like it’s predecessor, it is chock full of original songs. This time though, Lin-Manuel Miranda isn’t the one who wrote them. That task fell to Abigail Barlow and ...

Moana 2 featured an abundance of songs for fans to enjoy. Due to this, many are wondering who wrote Moana 2’s music. Did Lin-Manuel Miranda write the film’s music? Did some other writers contribute to ...

At the end of “Moana,” which came out eight years ago, our plucky Polynesian heroine-who’s-not-a-princess had defeated the giant lava monster Te Kā and returned the heart of Te Fiti, the moss-green ...

The Disney musical sequel “Moana 2” is, like David Lynch’s surreal adult masterpiece “Mulholland Drive” before it, a repurposing of material originally intended for the small screen. The follow-up to ...

Make no mistake about it, “Moana 2” is a hit. The Disney sequel set a Thanksgiving box office record with $225 million over the five-day holiday frame. While audiences have flocked to movie theaters, ...

Moana 2's new songs won't be written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We also wanted her to be more ...

"That was multiple sessions to get that song down," the actor says of "Can I Get a Chee-Hoo?", his challenging "Moana 2" track. Wanna get through it? You just gotta chee-hoo it. But Moana 2, in ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Broadway fans may recognize the songwriting team from their work on the viral ...

Moana 2 would have made for a very nice television series – as it was originally meant to be. But as a reskinned theatrical sequel to one of Disney Animation’s biggest hits, it’s a little harder to ...