Photo Coverage: Inside ALADDIN's Opening Night Theatre Arrivals!
By: Walter McBride Mar. 21, 2014
Disney's Aladdin, a new musical comedy based on the Academy Award®-winning animated film, opened on Broadway last night, March 20th, 2014, at the New Amsterdam Theatre, after beginning performances on February 26th, 2014. Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions, the show features music by Tony Award® and eight-time Oscar® winner Alan Menken(Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, Sister Act), lyrics by two-time Oscar winner Howard Ashman (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid), three-time Tony Award and three-time Oscar winnerTim Rice (Evita, Aida) and two-time Tony Award nominee Chad Beguelin (The Wedding Singer), with a book by Beguelin, and is directed and choreographed by Tony Award winnerCasey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon).
BroadwayWorld was there for all of the magical opening night festivities, and below you can check out full photo coverage from the theatre arrivals!
Aladdin stars Adam Jacobs (Les Miserables, The Lion King) in the title role, Courtney Reed (In the Heights, Mamma Mia) as Jasmine, James Monroe Iglehart (Memphis, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) as Genie, and, as Jafar, Tony Award nominee Jonathan Freeman (Mary Poppins, The Producers, She Loves Me) brings to the stage the role he indelibly created in the animated film. The show also stars Brian Gonzales, Brandon O'Neill and Jonathan SchwartzasAladdin's sidekicks Babkak, Kassim and Omar, Clifton Davis as Sultan and Don Darryl Rivera as Iago.Merwin Foard and Michael James Scott stand by for several principals.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Theatre Marquee
Theatre Marquee
Josh Strickland and Todd Dubail
Josh Strickland and Todd Dubail
Carla Hall
Laura Benanti and Cheyenne Jackson
Josh Strickland and Todd Dubail
Natasha Katz and family
Laura Michelle Kelly
Laura Michelle Kelly
Harvey Fierstein and Gabriel Ebert
Sierra Boggess and Sherie Renee Scott
Harvey Fierstein and Gabriel Ebert
Roger Rees and Rick Elice
Roger Rees and Rick Elice
Carla Hall
Carla Hall
Casey Nicholaw and Josh Marquette
Laura Benanti and Cheyenne Jackson
Sierra Boggess and Sherie Rene Scott
