Aladdin (musical)

Aladdin is 2011 stage musical based on the 1992 film of the same name. It will have it's world premire at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre playing from July 7-July 31 after which it will be licsened for amatur and professional productions around the world.

Background
Even though a stage version of "Aladdin" was already playing at Disney's California Adventure park, a full-length version had been going in and out of development for quite some time. Disney Theatrical Productions finally confirmed that a full length stage musical of "Aladdin" will premire in Seattle at The 5th Avenue Theatre in July 2011. The show will feature most of the songs by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman that were cut from the film as well as the songs in film by Menken and Tim Rice. Jonathan Freeman who was the voice for Jafar in the film was later announced that he would recreate his performance on stage.

Principals

 * Adam Jacobs as Aladdin
 * Courtney Reed as Princess Jasmine
 * James Monroe Iglehart as The Genie
 * Sean G. Griffin as The Sultan
 * Jonathan Freeman as Jafar
 * Don Darryl Rivera as Iago
 * Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Omar*
 * Brian Gonzales as Babkak*
 * Brandon O'Neil as Kassim*