He's got Tonys and a Grammy. Now songwriter Robert Lopez is a little stunned that he might soon take home an Oscar.
"My only dream coming out of college was to get a show up in New York and having it reviewed," he says. "Quite honestly, I just wanted to be doing something in the theater that wasn't just for free."
Lopez, who helped create "Avenue Q" and "The Book of Mormon," is up for an Academy Award next month along with his co-writing partner and wife, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, for best song honors.
The songwriting duo's "Let it Go" from the "Frozen" soundtrack is one of four eligible to win, including Pharrell's "Happy" from the "Despicable Me 2" soundtrack, U2's "Ordinary Love" from "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," and "The Moon Song" by Karen O. of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs for Spike Jonze's "Her." At the Oscars, Broadway star Idina Menzel will sing "Let it Go," as she did in the film.