Howard Ashman News

Aladdin on Broadway made way for some star visitors this week as Lea Salonga, Merle Dandridge, and Alex Newell of Broadway's Once on This Island and television star Ty Burrell stopped in for a visit with the good people of Agrabah. Check out behind the scenes photos of the visit below!

Last night, Aladdin celebrated its second birthday on London's West End. The show was celebrated with a celebrity gala that included guests such as Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall, Marcus Collins, Amelia Lily, Ore Oduba, Ryan Molloy, Killian Murphy, Made in Chelsea's Ryan Libbey, and London Hughes.

Experience a whole new world, shining, shimmering, splendid at the Flat Rock Playhouse's next Studio 52 Family Friendly Series production of Disney's Aladdin Jr.! Flying into the Playhouse Downtown this June 21st - July 15th, this musical will bring the favorite childhood story and iconic animated film to life right before your eyes. With an Academy Award-winning score by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, and Tim Rice, audiences will soar above the clouds and explore the depths of the Cave of Wonders. Featuring all your favorites songs, A Whole New World, A Friend Like Me, and Prince Ali, enjoy the magic, adventure, and mayhem of this classic tale.

There's absolutely no need to equivocate, make comparisons or to otherwise water down this particularly judgmental opinion: The Little Mermaid - the stage version of the Disney musical about a gamine sea creature who longs to become human which is now onstage at Murfreesboro's Center for the Arts through June 24 - is the best show we've ever seen among the many CFTA productions reviewed over the years. Congratulations to direct Mark David Williams, musical director Nate Paul, choreographer Brittany Griffin and costumer Lisa McLaurin for their remarkable achievements that, combined, lift this oft-produced title from the stage-bound to far loftier heights of theater excellence.

As part of its Summer Theater Festival for Families, Rivertown Theaters will close out its 2017-2018 season with a lavish production of one of Disney's timeless Broadway musicals that continues to be a favorite with multi-generations July 12 - 22.

Disney Theatrical Productions has just announced that Morgantown, WV native Trevor Dion Nicholas, who is currently starring as 'Genie' in the London West End production of Aladdin, will come home to play the iconic role in Pittsburgh, where the hit Broadway musical will play a three-week engagement from August 22 - September 9, 2018 at the Benedum Center. Additional casting for the Pittsburgh engagement will be announced at a later time. This tour is part of the 2017-2018 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series, presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and Broadway Across America.

Students hailing from several areas in and around Massachusetts will participate in The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Art's 2018 Youth Summer Program (YSP). The first teen session of YSP will present Disney's Beauty and the Beast on Friday, July 27 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, July 28 at 2 and 7 p.m., and the second session will present the show Friday, August 17 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, August 18 at 2 and 7 p.m. YSP Pre-Teen will present Disney's Beauty and the Beast JR. on Saturday August 11 at 2 and 6 p.m. Tickets for all performances are now on sale.

Emmanuel Deleage, Executive Director of Josefina Lopez's CASA 0101 Theater announced today that the theater will stay open till the end of the year, at which time the theater's fate will be re-evaluated.

Find "adventure in the great, wide somewhere", or more specifically, Mill Hall, PA (June 2018). The Board of Directors and Artistic Director, David Leidholdt, are proud to present the first main stage production of the 55th anniversary season, Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, playing from June 15th to 30th.

Disney's Aladdin is celebrating a sold-out, two-week premiere engagement in Cincinnati, which concluded on June 10 at the Aronoff Center. The touring production, which the Cincinnati Enquirer called, "an outright spectacle; glitzy, playful, sassy and extravagant," grossed over $2.8 million at the box office and entertained more than 40,000 theatergoers during 16 performances. 

Red Mountain Theatre Company's enchanting production of 'Disney's Beauty and the Beast' is uplifting for adults and children. The high quality of creativity took me by the hand and led me through the story as if it was my first time seeing it.

Now onstage at the Z. Alexander Looby Theatre as the concluding production of Circle Players' 2017-18 season, Disney's Beauty and the Beast is brought to life by an eager-to-please cast and crew, giving further proof to the universality of the story and the continued delight of audiences lucky enough to score tickets (Circle Players' production has been playing to near-capacity, often sold-out, audiences in its three-week run at the Looby).

Get ready to have the magic carpet swept from under you as Aladdin and his group of magical friends make their way to The Grove Theatre. The street urchin turned Prince Ali will be whisking you off to a whole new world of magic and mystery, as he meets Princess Jasmine, makes new friends, and learns some valuable lessons about love and friendship along the way.

Experience a whole new world, shining, shimmering, splendid at the Flat Rock Playhouse's next Studio 52 Family Friendly Series production of Disney's Aladdin Jr.! Flying into the Playhouse Downtown this June 21st - July 15th, this musical will bring the favorite childhood story and iconic animated film to life right before your eyes. With an Academy Award-winning score by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, and Tim Rice, audiences will soar above the clouds and explore the depths of the Cave of Wonders. Featuring all your favorites songs, A Whole New World, A Friend Like Me, and Prince Ali, enjoy the magic, adventure, and mayhem of this classic tale.

Disney's Aladdin on Broadway has created a new 360 video experience. The VR video places the viewer right on stage of Broadway's legendary New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City for an immersive performance of the iconic 'Friend Like Me.'

Sierra Repertory Theatre will delight it's audiences this summer with Disney's Beauty and the Beast, one of modern musical theatre's biggest hits. Based on the classic 1991 Disney animated film, this theatrical telling celebrates the Academy Award-winning score by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and is expanded with soaring new melodies that enchants audiences of all ages. With a book by Linda Woolverton, it's everything to love about the film and more in a stage spectacular. The independent Belle, trapped in her provincial town, finds her life turned upside down when she takes her father's place as a captive in an enchanted castle ruled by an angry Beast. With help from the creatures in the castle and her own kindheartedness, Belle finds the prince inside the Beast and works to break the curse on the mysterious castle and all of its inhabitants. A fantastically enjoyable adventure, this classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters and dazzling production numbers, including: "Be Our Guest" and the beloved title song.

Featuring one of the most eclectic set lists I've encountered in recent years, Lea Michele and Darren Criss' - of 'Glee' and Broadway fame - one-night-only concert at the Kennedy Center was nothing short of entertaining and delightful.

Get ready to have the magic carpet swept from under you as Aladdin and his group of magical friends make their way to The Grove Theatre. The street urchin turned Prince Ali will be whisking you off to a whole new world of magic and mystery, as he meets Princess Jasmine, makes new friends, and learns some valuable lessons about love and friendship along the way.

As part of the Performing Arts Workshop, DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID will be at the Cam-Plex Multi-Event Facility on June 22 and June 23. 

Alan Menken (Music) and Howard Ashman's (Lyrics and Book) cult classic musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is presented with polish by Rockdale Musical Society.