Marina Pires Will Make Broadway Debut as Jasmine ALADDIN; Ainsley Melham and Rodney Ingram Will Return!
by Stephi Wild - February 11, 2020
Disney's Aladdin has announced new principal cast members ahead of the company's sixth anniversary. Ainsley Melham, star of the original Australian production of Aladdin, will return to the title role on Broadway in March. The exact date will be announced in the near future. Melham previously played the role on Broadway in 2019. Rodney Ingram will re-join the Broadway company to play the role starting Monday, February 17th until Melham's return. Marina Pires (On Your Feet! National Tour) will make her Broadway debut as Jasmine.
Michael James Scott Will Be Returning to ALADDIN as Genie in February
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 21, 2020
Disney Theatrical Productions President & Producer Thomas Schumacher announced this weekend at the Junior Theatre Festival in Atlanta, GA that Michael James Scott, an Aladdin original cast member, will be returning to Broadway on Friday, February 28th at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
Photo Flash: Lin-Manuel Miranda Stops By ALADDIN on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - January 6, 2020
Over the holiday Lin-Manuel Miranda made a return trip to Aladdin on Broadway. He stopped backstage afterwards to say hello to cast members Jacob Gutierrez and his former In the Heights co-star Arielle Jacobs.
Courtney Reed Will Return To ALADDIN
by Stephi Wild - October 9, 2019
Aladdin will welcome back Broadway's original Jasmine, Courtney Reed, for a limited run! Reed will assume the role from Wednesday, October 16th through Sunday, October 27th.
BWW Review: ALADDIN National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
by Jeffrey Kare - October 4, 2019
Based on Disney's 1992 Academy Award-winning animated film musical of the same name as well as the Arabic folktale from the One Thousand and One Nights, Aladdin follows an Arabian street urchin who steals food in order to support himself. Meanwhile, Princess Jasmine is feeling hemmed in by her father's desire to find her a royal groom. To win over both Jasmine and the Sultan, Aladdin teams up with a genie from a magic lamp he found to disguise himself as a wealthy prince. Yet, the Sultan's Grand Vizier, Jafar, is plotting to take over the throne.
VIDEO: ALADDIN Tour Celebrates 1,001 Performances with an Emotional Onstage Surprise for North Carolina Drama Teacher
by Alan Henry - September 20, 2019
The North American tour of Disney's Aladdin, which was adapted from the animated Disney film and the centuries-old folktales including a?oeOne Thousand and One Nights,a?? celebrated performance 1,001 on Wednesday, September 18 in Charlotte, NC at The Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, where the hit Broadway musical is playing through Sunday, September 29, 2019.
Photo Flash: Jimmy Fallon Stops By ALADDIN On Broadway!
by A.A. Cristi - September 13, 2019
Tonight Show host, Jimmy Fallon, paid a visit to Aladdin on Broadway this week and made a special trip backstage to say hello to cast members Arielle Jacobs, Michael James Scott and Jacob Dickey. See a photo from his visit!
Photo Flash: Original ALADDIN Performers Reunite On Stage
by Julie Musbach - September 11, 2019
The original singers of 'A Whole New World' from Disney's Aladdin, Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle, reunited to perform the hit song at the Broadway production of Aladdin. Check out the photos below!
VIDEO: D23 Expo Takes Fans on the Musical Journey of ALADDIN
by Stephi Wild - August 26, 2019
During this weekend's D23 Expo, hosts Scott Weinger (a?oeAladdina?? animated film) and Linda Larkin (a?oeJasminea?? animated film) took D23 Expo attendees on a magic carpet ride with a show-stopping evening of music and dance performances from stars of stage and screen in celebration of the upcoming in-home release of the live-action adaptation of ALADDIN and Walt Disney Animation Studios' ALADDIN Walt Disney Signature Collection.
Meet the Current Cast of ALADDIN on Broadway!
by Stephi Wild - June 23, 2019
For the last five years, the New Amsterdam Theatre has been all about magic lamps, carpet rides, princes, thieves and genies! That's because Disney's Aladdin, which opened in 2014, has played well over 2000 performances there.
BWW Interview: Behind the Magic of ALADDIN with Kate McDoniel at Dallas Summer Musicals
by Lorens Portalatin - June 12, 2019
If you've never worked in a theatre you wouldn't know that the stage manager is the person running the whole show. Stage managers are your number one behind the scenes, they. National tour veteran Kate McDoniel has stage managed productions of La Cage aux Folles, Flashdance: the Musical and most recently Kinky Boots.