OMG. Like my nineties kid-self (inside my about to graduate, 21 year-old body) is so excited for the new Aladdin stage musical, I could jump onto a magic carpet and go to the moon.
Aladdin is being revamped for Broadway, but is pre-showing in Toronto. Â Finally, my proximity to the moose and maple leaf country pays off! Â The show runs at the Ed Mirvish theater in Toronto for nine weeks (Nov. 1 – Jan. 5) before heading to Broadway in 2014.
At the bottom of this post is a teaser featuring Alan Mencken (the artistic genie-us behind ‘A Whole New World’) and the rest of the cast and crew. Â It will please everyone to know that Jonathan Freeman who originally voiced Jafar, will be reprising his infamous villain role for the stage. Â There are few sounds in the world that I would love to hear live, but the real voice of Jafar saying, “Prince Ali Abu-bu” is one of them.
Some other sounds that I am looking forward to hearing are the deleted songs from the film that have been reworked into the story line.
Aladdin, Jasmine, and the genie have new cast members, but judging by their enthusiasm and energy in the teaser, I’d say this show is going to be a win for all of us. Â I don’t know when I’m going (I am hoping to convince my sister and brother-in-law to road-trip it through the wild Canadian landscape) but this will happen.
The original movie came out the year I was born. Â Hard to imagine that prior to 1992, we lived in a world without ‘One Jump’ and ‘Friend Like Me’.
The next Aladdin stage show that I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to see, would be Robin Williams performing the 16 hours of extra material for the genie. Â Okay, maybe not all 16. Â But I would definitely attend a ‘Aladdin Genie: Live!’ performance put on by Robin Williams.
And now, without further ado…the Aladdin Teaser!
