Photo Flash: Happy New Year! ALADDIN Cast Preps for 2015 in Times Square

The cast of Aladdin on Broadway, the official sponsor of the Times Square New Year's Eve confetti wishes, just joined event organizers to throw handfuls of confetti from the New Amsterdam Theater marquee as part of the annual confetti test, yesterday in Times Square. Check out photos from the special event below!

Adam Jacobs (Aladdin), James Monroe Iglehart (Genie), and Courtney Reed (Jasmine) joined Times Square Alliance President Tim Tompkins, and Countdown Entertainment President Jeffrey Straus in preparation for the release of more than one ton of confetti-by hand from Times Square rooftops by more than 100 volunteers-at midnight on New Year's Eve.

Each year, visitors from countries across the world write their wishes for the New Year on pieces of confetti, which are collected at the New Year's Eve Wishing Wall. These pieces are then mixed in with 3,000 pounds of confetti that will flutter down onto revelers gathered in Times Square when the Ball, designed by Waterford Crystal and lit by Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs, drops at midnight. More than a thousand people from more than 50 countries have already submitted a wish this year. The public can submit wishes at the mobile New Year's Eve Wishing Wall in Times Square until December 29. Wishes can also be submitted online.

The Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment are the co-organizers of Times Square New Year's Eve.For more information, please visit TimesSquareNYC.org/NewYearsEve.

Photo Credit: Avi Gerver