![]() ![]() James Monroe Iglehart won the Tony for his performance as the Genie. The musical was nominated for five 2014 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Casey Nicholaw, also represented on Broadway with Some Like It Hot and The Book of Mormon, directs and choreographs.Īladdin began previews at the New Amsterdam February 26, 2014. The stage production, which expands the 90-minute film into a two-act format, has music by Alan Menken, lyrics by the late Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and a book and additional lyrics by Chad Beguelin. The musical opened at the New Amsterdam March 20, 2014. The musical also recently joined the Top 20 longest-running Broadway productions when it surpassed the original run of the Tony-winning Jerry Herman musical Hello, Dolly! Aladdin joined two other Disney hits, The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast, both on that list as well.ĭisney's Aladdin, based on the 1992 animated film of the same name, celebrated its eighth anniversary on Broadway March 20. The Broadway company of Aladdin is also currently headed by Michael Maliakel in the title role, Michael James Scott as the Genie, and Dennis Stowe as Jafar.Īladdin celebrated its 3,000th performance at the New Amsterdam at the December 28 matinee. Her screen credits include FBI and Mozart in the Jungle. She did, however, play the role on Broadway for several weeks last fall while Shoba Narayan, who will play her final performance as Jasmine January 15, was working on a new project.īalsara's theatre credits include The Karate Kid (pre-Broadway lab), Sense and Sensibility (Theatreworks), and West Side Story (international). ![]() The film is set to debut in theaters May 24.Sonya Balsara will step into the role of Jasmine in the Broadway production of Disney's Aladdinbeginning January 19 at the New Amsterdam Theatre.Īladdin marks Balsara’s Broadway debut. Eight-time Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken ( Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid) provides the score, which includes new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Oscar-winning lyricists Howard Ashman ( Little Shop of Horrors) and Tim Rice ( The Lion King) as well as two new songs written by Menken and Oscar and Tony Award-winning songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul ( La La Land, Dear Evan Hansen).Īladdin was nominated for five Academy Awards and won two, including Best Original Score and Best Original Song for “A Whole New World.” Based on the Middle-Eastern folktale Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, the 1992 animated film was co-directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, who had previously-directed The Little Mermaid and would go on to make other Disney classics, including Hercules, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog, and Moana. In addition, Wreck-It Ralph‘s Alan Tudyk has also signed on to voice Jafar’s iconic parrot sidekick Iago.Īladdin is directed by Guy Ritchie ( Sherlock Holmes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) from a screenplay by John August ( Dark Shadows, Big Fish) based on the 1992 animated film Aladdin and stories from “One Thousand and One Nights.” The producer is Dan Lin ( The LEGO Movie) with Golden Globe winner Marc Platt ( La La Land), Jonathan Eirich ( Death Note) and Kevin De La Noy ( The Dark Knight Rises) serving as executive producers. RELATED: Aladdin: Listen to ZAYN & Zhavia Ward’s Version of A Whole New WorldĪladdin also stars Navid Negahban ( Homeland) as the Sultan, Nasim Pedrad ( Saturday Night Live) as Dalia, Billy Magnussen ( Into the Woods) as Prince Anders, and Numan Acar ( Homeland) as Hakim, Jafar’s right-hand man and head of the palace guards. Naomi Scott ( Power Rangers) stars as Princess Jasmine, the Sultan’s beautiful daughter who wants to have a say in how she lives her life with Marwan Kenzari ( Murder on the Orient Express) as Jafar, an evil sorcerer who devises a nefarious plot to unseat the Sultan and rule Agrabah himself. Two-time Oscar nominee Will Smith ( Ali, Men in Black) stars as the Genie in the new film alongside Mena Massoud (Amazon’s Jack Ryan) as Aladdin, the hapless but lovable street rat who is smitten with the Sultan’s daughter. It also features our first official preview of Jasmine’s original song titled “Speechless” which was composed by Alan Menken ( La La Land) and co-written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul ( The Greatest Showman). Walt Disney Pictures has released a new character featurette for their upcoming live-action Aladdin, highlighting Naomi Scott’s portrayal of Princess Jasmine. ![]()
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