'Aladdin' to reopen on Broadway on September 28th
Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ will reopen on Broadway on September 28th.
Tickets are currently listed on sale on Ticketmaster’s website.
An announcement was made on the show’s Facebook page.
Disney's 1992 animated film Aladdin, an adaptation of the classic Arabic folk tale from the book One Thousand and One Nights, was a worldwide smash, with songs like the wide-eyed "A Whole New World" and the jovial "Friend Like Me" entering the Mouse House's greatest-hits pantheon. In 2011, Aladdin: The Musical, featuring music from the movie as well as new songs were specifically written for the stage adaptation, debuted in Seattle, and it's been opening up "a whole new world" to audiences around the globe ever since.
Aladdin: The Musical was originally conceptualized by lyricist Howard Ashman, one of the key figures behind Disney's animated-musical renaissance of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Working with composer Alan Menken, his creative partner on groundbreaking musicals like Little Shop of Horrors and Beauty and the Beast, Ashman penned the lyrics for "Arabian Nights" and "Friend Like Me" before his untimely 1991 death; Tim Rice (Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita) then stepped in, writing the lyrics for "One Jump Ahead" and the eventual pop chart-topper "A Whole New World." Playwright Chad Beguelin, who wrote the book for Aladdin's musical-theater adaptation, also contributed lyrics to a few new Menken-written songs, including Princess Jasmine's stirring "These Palace Walls" and the Genie and Aladdin's "bromance" celebration "Somebody's Got Your Back."
Since 2014, Aladdin: The Musical has been one of Broadway's premier musical theater attractions, racking up Tony and Drama Desk nominations and earning standing ovations from the New Amsterdam Theatre crowd nightly. It's also lit up theaters in Europe, Asia, and Australia, including the Prince Edward Theatre on London's West End and the Dentsu Shiki Theatre in Tokyo.