Photos/Video: ALADDIN Celebrates 10 Years on Broadway
The hit production has played over 3,500 performances and welcomed nearly 6M guests to the New Amsterdam Theatre.
By: Jennifer Broski Mar. 29, 2024
The Broadway production of Aladdin celebrated its 10th anniversary at the New Amsterdam Theatre on March 20, 2024. The hit production has played over 3,500 performances and welcomed nearly 6M guests to the New Amsterdam Theatre. It ranks #15 on the list of all-time Broadway long runs and has appeared on the Top 10 list of highest-grossing Broadway shows virtually every week of its run.
A special celebratory performance commemorating the anniversary was held on Thursday, March 28. Director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw staged a slate of hidden Easter eggs, including cameo appearances by Aladdin’s original stars Adam Jacobs (Aladdin), Courtney Reed (Jasmine), Jonathan Freeman, who indelibly created Jafar in the animated film before originating the role on Broadway, and James Monroe Iglehart, who won a 2014 Tony Award® for the role of Genie. The evening’s surprises culminated in the addition of 20 returning alumni surrounding the audience throughout the house of the New Amsterdam Theatre for the final moments of the show’s signature production number “Friend Like Me.”
Check out photos and video footage from the big night here!
Aladdin, the hit musical based on the Academy Award®-winning animated film, opened on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre to critical acclaim on March 20, 2014 and quickly established itself as one of the biggest new blockbusters in recent years.
The current cast of Aladdin stars Michael Maliakel making his Broadway debut in the title role, Michael James Scott as Genie, Sonya Balsara as Jasmine and Dennis Stowe as Jafar. The show also features Milo Alosi, Zach Bencal and Brad Weinstock as Aladdin’s sidekicks Kassim, Babkak and Omar, JC Montgomery as Sultan and Don Darryl Rivera as Iago. Caleb Barnett,Jeremy Gaston and Wes Hart stand by for several principals.
Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski
Major Attaway, Korie Lee Blossey
Drew Redington, Matthew deGuzman
Clifton Davis, J.C. Montgomery
J. Harrison Ghee, Casey Nicholaw, Adrianna Hicks
Netanel Bellaishe, Katie Terza
Jonathan Freeman, Don Darryl Rivera
Jonathan Freeman, James Monroe Iglehart
Rhea Patterson, James Monroe Iglehart, Nikki Long
Tia Altinay, Rhea Patterson, Nikki Long
Pierre Marais, Bethany Tesarck
Ensemble cast of Aladdin
Brad Weinstock, Milo Alosi, Zach Bencal
Nikki Long, Courtney Reed, Tia Altinay
Matthew deGuzman, Lissa deGuzman
Brittany Nicole Williams
Jonathan McClinton Smith and guest
Ensemble cast of Aladdin
Thomas Mulhare, April Holloway
Sonya Balsara, Michael Maliakel
Sonya Balsara, Michael Maliakel
Michael James Scott, Sonya Balsara, Michael Maliakel
Michael James Scott, Sonya Balsara, Michael Maliakel
James Monroe Iglehart, Michael James Scott
Clifton Davis, James Monroe Iglehart, Michael James Scott
