The production officially opened on March 20, 2014, starring Adam Jacobs as Aladdin, Courtney Reed as Jasmine, Iglehart as the Genie and Jonathan Freeman as Jafar.
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“What I find lovely when I’m sitting in the theatre at night in New York and I look at a few 35-year-old Brooklyn hipster who is bringing his girlfriend to watch the show – which happens all the time – they were 12 when the movie came out”, Schumacher told AAP. With a book by Beguelin, Aladdin is directed and choreographed by Tony Award victor Casey Nicholaw.
Schumacher said 22 years was a long time between film and musical because it was a tough one to adapt to the stage.
“Aladdin really started with Howard Ashman and Alan Menken”, Clements said.
Mr Schumacher says it is such a multicultural cast so there is great scope to have such a wide-range of performers.
Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney Theatrical Productions announced Aladdin is coming to Sydney at the Capitol Theatre on Thursday.
Aladdin, adapted from the Disney film and centuries-old folktales including “One Thousand and One Nights”, is brought to fresh theatrical life in this bold new musical.
It uses the original score that won Sir Tim Rice an Oscar in 1993.
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While Aladdin is still alive on Broadway, the Disney classic of 1992 left an indelible impression, and recently we were reminded of one of its most attractive songs via an even more mesmerizing performance on Good Morning America. I love what I do and do what I love, ” adds Mr Schumacher. The stage production keeps numerous songs from the film including “Friend Like Me”, “Prince Ali” and the Oscar and Grammy award-winning “A Whole New World”, as well as featuring new songs written specifically for the stage. The Peabo Bryson/Regina Belle recording of the tune soared to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
