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Fresh from his Tony Award winning, nightly show-stopping performance in as the beloved Genie in Disney's Aladdin, as well as Broadway performances in Memphis and Spelling Bee, James Monroe Iglehart makes his 54 Below debut with How the Heck Did I Get Here? tonight, May 4th at 7 pm.

Party like you're ALADDIN!

The cast of Broadway's Aladdin recently gathered to celebrate the musical's one-year anniversary on the Great White Way for a new video quiz, testing how well they know each other. Check it out below!

ALADDIN star James Monroe Iglehart returned as co-host of ABC's THE VIEW and shared his thoughts on recent research which indicates that chivalry may actualy be considered 'benevolent sexism.'

Original stars Adam Jacobs (Aladdin), Tony Award nominee Jonathan Freeman (Jafar), Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart (Genie) and Courtney Reed (Jasmine) just sat down with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to chat about their magical year in the show. Be sure to check out the full interview, split into Part 1 and Part 2. In the meantime, find out what we learned from the stars below!

Disney's Aladdin, the Tony Award-winning new musical comedy based on the Academy Award-winning animated film, celebrates one year on Broadway March 20th at the New Amsterdam Theatre (214 West 42nd Street).

Disney's Aladdin, the Tony Award-winning new musical comedy based on the Academy Award®-winning animated film, celebrates one year on Broadway today, March 20th at the New Amsterdam Theatre (214 West 42nd Street). Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the cast celebration, which included a beautiful cake designed by Beth Bennett from Bebe Bakes!

ALADDIN star and Tony Award winner James Iglehart is set to return to ABC's THE VIEW to serve as co-host tomorrow, March 20th.

In this week's edition, we caught up with Steel Burkhardt, who is starring as 'Kassim' in Aladdin- currently playing at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

ALADDIN star and Tony Award winner James Iglehart announced on his official Facebook page that he will be returning to ABC's THE VIEW to serve as co-host on Friday, March 20th.

Welcome to BWW's exclusive talk show, BACKSTAGE WITH Richard Ridge. Follow Richard as he visits the theater's best and brightest in their dressing rooms, on their stages and favorite hang outs to talk about their lives, careers and all of the things you don't know, but want to know. In the special interview below, Richard welcomes the four original stars of Aladdin (Adam Jacobs, Jonathan Freeman, James Monroe Iglehart, and Courtney Reed), who just extended their contracts in the Tony Award-winning new musical comedy through 2016. Watch as they discuss how they got into the business, which Disney movies inspired them as children, and so much more. Check out Part 2 of the interview below!

Welcome to BWW's exclusive talk show, BACKSTAGE WITH Richard Ridge. Follow Richard as he visits the theater's best and brightest in their dressing rooms, on their stages and favorite hang outs to talk about their lives, careers and all of the things you don't know, but want to know. In the special interview below, Richard welcomes the four original stars of Aladdin (Adam Jacobs, Jonathan Freeman, James Monroe Iglehart, and Courtney Reed), who just extended their contracts in the Tony Award-winning new musical comedy through 2016. Watch as they discuss their year with the show, how they wrap their heads around playing iconic Disney characters, and so much more. Check out Part 1 of the interview below!

In this week's edition, we caught up with Brian Gonzales, who is starring as 'Babkak' in Aladdin- currently playing at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

This Sunday March 8, 1:00pm matinee performance of Disney's Tony Award-winning musical, Aladdin at the New Amsterdam Theatre (214 West 42nd Street) completes the fourth season of autism-friendly performances presented by TDF's Autism Theatre Initiative (ATI). The other autism-friendly performances of Broadway shows presented this past season have been The Lion King, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and Matilda.

James Monroe Iglehart makes his 54 Below debut with How the Heck Did I Get Here? on Monday, May 4th at 7 pm.

Adam Jacobs and Courtney Reed, the stars of ALADDIN on Broadway sharewhat they've learned from playing Broadway's most romantic couple in this all-new video titled 'You Can't Wish for Love.'

Welcome to THE FRIDAY SIX: Q&As with your favorite Broadway stars. Want to know what hooked them to a career in the theater? Their dream roles? Their Broadway crushes? Read on! In this week's edition, we caught up with Jonathan Schwartz, who is starring as 'Omar' in Aladdin- currently playing at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Disney's Aladdin, the Tony Award-winning new musical comedy based on the Academy Award-winning animated film, just announced that original stars Adam Jacobs(Aladdin), Tony Award nominee Jonathan Freeman (Jafar), Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart (Genie) and Courtney Reed(Jasmine) have extended their contracts with the production through February 21, 2016. The four actors have led the 'sublime' (NY1) Aladdin company since its pilot production at Seattle's Fifth Avenue Theatre in the summer of 2011 and garnered critical acclaim when the Broadway production opened on March 20, 2014. In celebration of their extensions, BroadwayWorld brings you videos of the four stars in action (and performing songs you won't see in Aladdin)!

Disney's Aladdin, the Tony Award-winning new musical comedy based on the Academy Award-winning animated film, is pleased to announce that original stars Adam Jacobs (Aladdin), Tony Award nominee Jonathan Freeman (Jafar), Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart (Genie) and Courtney Reed (Jasmine) have extended their contracts with the production through February 21, 2016. The four actors have led the 'sublime' (NY1) Aladdin company since its pilot production at Seattle's Fifth Avenue Theatre in the summer of 2011 and garnered critical acclaim when the Broadway production opened on March 20, 2014.

Jimmy Kimmel Live's security guard, and sidekick, Guillermo, made his Broadway debut in Disney' ALADDIN this week and and footage from the special event was shared on last night's show on ABC.