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Aladdin (2011 Musical)
''Aladdin'' is a stage musical based on the Walt Disney Animation Studios 1992 film of the same name, with a book by Chad Beguelin, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Beguelin. It resurrects three songs written by Menken and Ashman for the film but not used, and adds four songs written by Menken and Beguelin. Set in the fictional Arabian city of Agrabah, the story follows the familiar tale of a poor young man who is granted three wishes by a genie in a lamp, which he uses to woo a princess and to thwart the sultan's evil Grand Vizier. ''Aladdin'' premiered at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle in 2011. After several regional and international productions in 2012, the musical was given a Toronto tryout in 2013. The Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on March 20, 2014 to mixed to positive reviews, and has been produced globally since. It is the 10th highest-grossing Broadway production of all time, having grossed at the Broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Menken
Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer and conductor. Over his career he has received List of awards and nominations received by Alan Menken, numerous accolades including winning eight Academy Awards, a Tony Awards, Tony Award, eleven Grammy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Awards, Daytime Emmy Award. He is one of 21 recipients to have won the competitive EGOT, EGOT (Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony). He is best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Menken's contributions to ''The Little Mermaid (1989 film), The Little Mermaid'' (1989), ''Beauty and the Beast (1991 film), Beauty and the Beast'' (1991), ''Aladdin (1992 Disney film), Aladdin'' (1992), and ''Pocahontas (1995 film), Pocahontas'' (1995) won him two Academy Awards for each film. He also composed the scores and songs for ''Little Shop of Horrors (film), Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986), ''Newsies'' (1992), ''The Hunchback of Not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aladdin
Aladdin ( ; , , ATU 561, 'Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with '' One Thousand and One Nights'' (often known in English as ''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of the original text; it was added by the Frenchman Antoine Galland, based on a folk tale that he heard from the Syrian storyteller Hanna Diyab.Razzaque (2017) Sources Known along with Ali Baba as one of the "orphan tales", the story was not part of the original ''Nights'' collection and has no authentic Arabic textual source, but was incorporated into the book '' Les mille et une nuits'' by its French translator, Antoine Galland. John Payne quotes passages from Galland's unpublished diary recording Galland's encounter with a Maronite storyteller from Aleppo, Hanna Diyab. According to Galland's diary, he met with Hanna, who had travelled from Aleppo to Paris with celebrated French traveller Paul Lucas, on March 25, 1709. Galland's diary furthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregg Barnes
Gregg Barnes is an American costume designer for stage and film. Barnes is a three-time winner of the Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical for his work on the Broadway productions of ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2006), ''Follies'' (2011), and ''Some Like It Hot'' (2022). Education Barnes has a MFA in Design from New York University and an undergraduate degree from San Diego University. Career Barnes grew up in the San Diego, California area and credits seeing the circus, ice shows, and a local production of ''As You Like It'' in his youth as his inspiration to pursue a career in the theatre. He worked at Grossmont College in the Costume Department with other costume designers and artists such as Clark Mires, James "Biff" Baker, and Rebecca McKee. He taught at the New York University graduate school for 20 years. Barnes served as the resident costume designer for Paper Mill Playhouse, in Millburn, New Jersey for 9 years. Broadway credits *'' Side Show'' (1997) *''Flowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Nicholaw
Casey Nicholaw (born October 6, 1962) is an American theatre director, choreographer, and performer. He has been nominated for several Tony Awards for his work directing and choreographing ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2006), ''The Book of Mormon'' (2011), ''Aladdin'' (2014), '' Something Rotten!'' (2015), ''Mean Girls'' (2018), '' The Prom'' (2019), and ''Some Like It Hot'' (2023) and for choreographing '' Monty Python's Spamalot'' (2005), winning for his co-direction of ''The Book of Mormon'' with Trey Parker and his choreography of ''Some Like It Hot''. He also was nominated for the Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Direction and Choreography for ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2006) and ''Something Rotten!'' (2015) and for Outstanding Choreography for ''Spamalot'' (2005). Early life The son of Andy and Kay Nicholaw and the oldest of three children, Nicholaw grew up in San Diego, California, and performed in community theatre there as a teenager. He graduated from Clairemont High School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Disney's Aladdin Characters
The following is a list of characters that appear in The Walt Disney Company, Disney's ''Aladdin (franchise), Aladdin'' franchise, including the Aladdin (1992 Disney film), 1992 film, its direct-to-video sequels ''The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves'', the Aladdin (animated TV series), television series, the Aladdin (2019 film), live-action adaptation, and other spin-off projects. Introduced in ''Aladdin'' Aladdin Princess Jasmine Genie Jafar Iago Abu Abu (vocal effects provided by Frank Welker) is Aladdin's kleptomaniac pet monkey. In ''Aladdin: The Series'', he is a voice of dissent whenever he is dragged into Iago's schemes, though, over time, they go from enemies to friends after Iago's reformation. Abu was created by Disney employee Joe Grant, with animators filming monkeys at the San Francisco Zoo to study his movements. He is based on the thief of the same name from ''The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film), The Thief of Bagdad''. In other media, Abu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Andrew Keenan-Bolger is an American actor. He is best known for originating the roles of Crutchie in ''Newsies'' and Jesse Tuck in '' Tuck Everlasting'' on Broadway. His other Broadway credits include Robertson Ay in ''Mary Poppins'', Jojo in '' Seussical'', and Chip in ''Beauty and the Beast''. In 2010, Keenan-Bolger co-created the web series ''Submissions Only'' with Kate Wetherhead. He serves as the series' director and editor. He has also directed two short films, ''Sign'' and ''The Ceiling Fan''. Early life and education A Detroit native, Keenan-Bolger is the brother of Celia Keenan-Bolger and Maggie Keenan-Bolger. He graduated from Renaissance High School and the University of Michigan, where he received with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, in musical theatre, in 2007. Career As a teenager, Keenan-Bolger was in the original 2000 cast of '' Seussical'' on Broadway, as an alternate Jojo. He made his Broadway debut in the mid-1990s as Chip in ''Beauty and the Beast,'' and appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Monroe Iglehart
James Monroe Iglehart (born September 4, 1974)"Igleharts Wish Granted" nypost.com, March 9, 2014 is an American actor, singer and writer. He is perhaps best known for his -winning performance as the in the original Broadway pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playbill
''Playbill'' is an American monthly magazine for Audience, theatergoers. Although there is a subscription issue available for home delivery, most copies of ''Playbill'' are printed for particular productions and distributed at the door as the show's Programme (booklet), program. ''Playbill'' was first printed in 1884 for a single theater on 21st Street in New York City. The magazine is now used at nearly every Broadway theatre as well as many Off-Broadway productions. Outside New York City, ''Playbill'' is used at theaters throughout the United States. its Magazine circulation, circulation was 4,073,680. History What is known today as ''Playbill'' started in 1884, when Frank Vance Strauss founded the New York Theatre Program Corporation specializing in printing theater programs. Strauss reimagined the concept of a theater program, making advertisements a standard feature and thus transforming what was then a leaflet into a fully designed magazine. The new format proved popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Freeman (actor)
Jonathan Freeman (born February 18, 1950) is an American actor and puppeteer. He is known for voicing Jafar in Disney's ''Aladdin'' franchise, as well as the ''Kingdom Hearts'' franchise and the 2011 ''Aladdin'' musical. Early life Freeman was born in Bay Village, Ohio on February 18, 1950. He graduated from Ohio University. Career As well as being the voice of Jafar in ''Aladdin'', a role he once said he is called in to reprise every 3 to 6 months, Freeman is also known for being the puppeteer for Tito Swing of the Jukebox Band (Flexitoon Puppets) on the PBS series '' Shining Time Station''. Freeman reprised his role as Jafar in the ''Aladdin'' sequel ''The Return of Jafar'' and the ''Hercules'' crossover episode " Hercules and the Arabian Night". In 1994, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role in '' She Loves Me''. Additionally, he appeared in the Broadway revival productions of '' How to Succeed in Business Without Really Tryi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington (state)
Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is often referred to as Washington State to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the national capital, both named after George Washington (the first President of the United States, U.S. president). Washington borders the Pacific Ocean to the west, Oregon to the south, Idaho to the east, and shares Canada–United States border, an international border with the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia to the north. Olympia, Washington, Olympia is the List of capitals in the United States, state capital, and the most populous city is Seattle. Washington is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 18th-largest state, with an area of , and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 13th-most populous state, with a population of just less than 8 million. The majority of Washington's residents live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway World
BroadwayWorld is a theatre news website based in New York City, New York. Launched in 2003, the site covers Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional, and international theater productions, with sections devoted to particular countries, cities, or regions. The website publishes theatre news, interviews, reviews, and other coverage related to theater. It also includes an online message board for theater fans. The UK / West End section awards the UK / West End BroadwayWorld Awards each year, based on votes by theater-goers to productions in the UK. History Published by Wisdom Digital Media Publishing (launched in 2001), BroadwayWorld.com was founded in 2003 to cover theater news. As of September 2018, the website had a readership of 5.5 million monthly online visitors and an Alexa PageRank of 16,156 worldwide. The site also produces annual fan-voted awards and competitions related to various types of production. In 2020, the site underwent a major redesign, and which included the cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Highest-grossing Musicals
The following is a list of highest-grossing musical theatre productions on Broadway, the highest-grossing musical theatre franchises globally, and the highest theatre admissions at the box office globally. Highest-grossing Broadway musical theatre productions The following is a list of the top 25 highest-grossing Broadway theatre, Broadway musicals since 1982, based on data collected by the Broadway League. These grosses do not take into account the effects of inflation and as such the list is heavily skewed in favor of more recent Broadway shows. Moreover, the Broadway League did not begin collecting gross data until June 1984. Hence, accurate pre-1984 gross data is not available and this list should not be considered accurate for musicals that premiered on Broadway before that year. ''The Lion King (musical), The Lion King'' sits at the top, with a Broadway gross of $2 billion. Dates refer to original Broadway productions, with notes added for future productions that outran t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
