Aladdin – The Hit Broadway Musical is preparing to celebrate 10 years on the stage. The musical will be celebrating this milestone at the New Amsterdam Theatre on March 20, 2024. On this date, Aladdin will be presenting its 3,513 show, a milestone in itself. By this time, it will have welcomed nearly 6M guests to the New Amsterdam Theatre and rank #15 on the list of all-time Broadway long runs. It also has appeared in the top ten Top 10 list of highest-grossing Broadway shows nearly every week of its run.
In the decade that Aladdin has been running on Broadway, only a few other shows have outgrossed it at the box office. In fact, only The Lion King, Wicked and Hamilton have beat it at the box office!
The week after the anniversary, there will be a celebratory performance. On Thursday, March 28, director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw will be staging a slate of hidden Easter eggs along with an epic surprise in the show’s signature production number Friend Like Me.
Aladdin hasn’t just been successful on Broadway, however. It has gone way beyond that and achieved success and popularity globally. Through the last decade there have been 11 productions on four continents that showcase the spectacle created by Nicholaw and his incredible creative team. Together, they are winners of 24 career Tony® Awards.
When Aladdin reaches its milestone anniversary on March, audiences on Broadway will have experienced an incredible number of special effects. Disney shared the following fun facts about this beloved show’s special effects:
- Aladdin and Jasmine have flown over 115 miles on the magic carpet while singing the Oscar-winning A Whole New World
- The Genie has set off more than 131,000 pyrotechnics in the showstopping Friend Like Me
- In the Act Two opener “Prince Ali,” the cast and wardrobe team have made nearly a quarter million lightning-fast costume quick changes
- 850 pounds of custom-mixed glitter have been used to create the Genie’s signature sparkle
Aladdin originally opened on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre on March 20, 2014. 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. It is produced by Disney Theatrical Group, under the direction of Andrew Flatt, Anne Quart and Thomas Schumacher. It features music by Tony Award and eight-time Oscar® winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, Sister Act), lyrics by two-time Oscar winner Howard Ashman (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid), three-time Tony Award and three-time Oscar winner Tim Rice (Evita, Aida) and six-time Tony Award nominee Chad Beguelin (The Wedding Singer), with a book by Beguelin, and is directed and choreographed by two-time Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon).
Aladdin was adapted from the animated Disney film of the same name along with centuries-old folktales including One Thousand and One Nights. The animated movie of the same name was released into theaters in 1992. More information about the Broadway musical can be found at AladdinTheMusical.com.
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