![]() ![]() ![]() Menken previously told that the stage production incorporates many ideas he and Ashman conceived for the 1992 film that never made it to the screen. Rounding out the cast are Tia Altinay, Mike Cannon, Andrew Cao, Lauryn Ciardullo, Joshua Dela Cruz, Yurel Echezarreta, Daisy Hobbs, Donald Jones, Jr., Adam Kaokept, Nikki Long, Stanley Martin, Brandt Martinez, Michael Mindlin, Rhea Patterson, Bobby Pestka, Khori Petinaud, Aleks Pevec, Ariel Reid, Jennifer Rias, Trent Saunders, Jaz Sealey, Dennis Stowe, Marisha Wallace and Bud Weber. Merwin Foard and Michael James Scott standby for several principals. Iglehart, of Broadway's Memphis, also reprises his performance as the Genie, and Jonathan Freeman, who voiced the nefarious villain Jafar in the 1992 animated Disney film and reprised his performance on stage, again plays that role.īrian Gonzales, Brandon O'Neill and Jonathan Schwartz play Aladdin's sidekicks Babkak, Kassim and Omar, respectively, and Tony nominee Clifton Davis plays the Sultan with Don Darryl Rivera as Iago. Jacobs ( Les Misérables, The Lion King) and Reed ( In the Heights, Mamma Mia!) starred in the show's Seattle premiere and Toronto engagement. The musical received five Tony Award nominations, including Best Book of a Musical (Beguelin), Best Choreography (Nicholaw), Best Featured Actor in a Musical ( James Monroe Iglehart), Best Original Score (Menken, Ashman, Rice and Beguelin) and Best Musical. Tony Award-winning director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw ( The Book of Mormon) directs and choreographs the musical, which officially opened on Broadway March 20. The stage production, which expands the 90-minute film into a two-act format, has a Tony-nominated score by Alan Menken (music), the late Howard Ashman and Tim Rice (lyrics) and Chad Beguelin (additional lyrics and book). ![]() For other theatrical recordings, visit the Playbill Store. The original Broadway cast recording is produced by Alan Menken, Michael Kosarin, Frank Filipetti and Chris Montan and executive-produced by Kurt Deutsch. ![]()
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