Aladdin (musical)

Aladdin is a musical based on the Disney film of the same name . Alan Menken composed the music, Howard Ashman , Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin wrote the lyrics. Aladdin premiered in Seattle on July 7, 2011 , and first performed on Broadway on March 20, 2014 at the New Amsterdam Theater . The European premiere took place in December 2015 in the Theater Neue Flora in Hamburg .

action

first act

The young street thief Aladdin is homeless, poor and lives in the fictional Agrabah. Together with his friends Babkak, Omar and Kassar he earns his living by stealing. In the palace of Agrabah the Sultan gives his daughter Jasmin a choice: Either she finds a prince and marries, or he looks for a husband for her. However, Jasmin wants to get married out of true love. Since she has never left the palace, she secretly wants to sneak out of her home and explore the city. The Sultan's Grand Vizier, Jafar, learns of the Sultan's plans and hatches a plan how he can come to the throne himself. Together with his assistant Iago, he has to get a magic lamp out of a cave. However, the two are forbidden to enter the cave, as it can only be entered by a person with a flawless character, the "uncut diamond". It's Aladdin.

Aladdin and Jasmin meet in the bazaar, and the two are blown away by each other. Jasmine accompanies Aladdin to his shelter. There they are caught by the palace guards, however, and Aladdin is to be executed for kidnapping the princess. However, he is rescued by Jafar on the condition that Aladdin fetches the magic lamp from the cave. Aladdin agrees and goes into the cave. There he not only finds the oil lamp, but also Egyptian jade. When he takes it, the cave closes. In his desperation he rubs the lamp and the magical genie appears. Since Aladdin freed Genie, he has three wishes. After Genie has freed Aladdin from the cave, he wishes - for Jasmin - to be a prince.

Second act

Under the name of Prince Ali, he arrives at the palace together with Dschinni, Babkak, Omar and Kassar to ask for the hand of Princess Jasmin. Here Iago shows Aladdin the way to the princess' chambers, although this is forbidden. Prince Ali comes closer to Jasmin and shows her his world. This is how Jasmin finds out that Prince Ali is the boy from the bazaar. But Aladdin is captured by Jafar and ends up in the dungeon with his friends. Aladdin's second wish frees the five.

The sultan gives the blessing for the wedding of Aladdin and Jasmin, but Jafar steals the oil lamp and becomes the new master of the jinnis. With his first wish he captures Jasmine, with his second he claims the sultan's throne. Knowing that a Djinni's capabilities are limited, Aladdin advises Jafar to make himself the most powerful Djinni. He then disappears into an oil lamp that is kept by the Sultan. Jasmin and Aladdin get married and he wishes with his remaining wish that Dschinni is released from his duties as a lamp spirit and is thus free. Iago is thrown in prison and Babkak, Omar and Kassar become royal advisers.

Track list

English (original)

Three songs that were taken out of the 1992 film in the course of production after Howard Ashan's death were given a place in the stage musical again. Four more were written in addition. All compositions are by Alan Menken, the songwriters are in square brackets after the respective title.

first act “Overture” orchestra "Arabian Nights" [A / B ***] - genius and ensemble "One Jump Ahead" [A] - Aladdin and Ensemble "One Jump Ahead (Reprise)" [A] - Aladdin "Proud of Your Boy" [B *] - Aladdin "These Palace Walls" [C **] - Jasmine and Maids "Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim" [B *] - Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim, Jasmine and Ensemble "A Million Miles Away" [C **] - Aladdin and Jasmine "Diamond in the Rough" [C **] - Jafar, Iago and Aladdin "Friend Like Me" [B] - Genie, Aladdin and Ensemble "Act One Finale" - Genius and Aladdin "Friend Like Me (Reprise)" [B] "Proud of Your Boy (Reprise I)" [C **]

Second act "Prince Ali" [B] - Genie, Babkak, Omar, Kassim and Ensemble "A Whole New World" [A] - Aladdin and Jasmine "High Adventure" [B *] - Babkak, Omar, Kassim and Ensemble "Somebody's Got Your Back" [C **] - Aladdin, Genie, Babkak, Omar and Kassim "Proud of Your Boy (Reprise II)" [B] - Aladdin "Prince Ali (Sultan Reprise)" [C **] - Sultan and Ensemble "Prince Ali (Jafar reprise)" [A] - Jafar "Finale Ultimo" - Ensemble "Arabian Nights (Reprise)" [B / C *] "A Whole New World (Reprise)" [A] "Bows: Friend Like Me (Reprise II)" [B] - Ensemble

[A] Tim Rice • [B] Howard Ashman • [C] Chad Beguelin
* This song was cut from the film and reintegrated for the musical.
** This song was written especially for the stage musical.
*** This song contains an addition to Ashman's text, which was originally written for the 1992 film in response to a controversy aroused therein.

German

first act “Overture” orchestra “Arabian Nights” - Djinni and Ensemble "Fast way" - Aladdin and Ensemble "Proud of Your Son" - Aladdin "These walls" - Jasmin and Maids "Babkak, Omar, Aladdin And Kassar" - Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassar, Jasmin and Ensemble "A million miles away" - Aladdin and Jasmine "The Unpolished Diamond" - Jafar, Iago and Aladdin "You've never had such a buddy" - Dschinni, Aladdin and Ensemble "Act One Finale" - Genie and Aladdin

Second act "Prince Ali" - Babkak, Omar, Kassar, Dschinni and Ensemble "In My World" - Aladdin and Jasmine “The highest tension” - Babkak, Omar, Kassar and Ensemble "How well we understand each other" - Dschinni, Aladdin, Babkak, Omar and Kassar "Proud Of Your Son (Reprise)" - Aladdin "Prince Ali (Sultan Reprise)" - Sultan and Ensemble "Prince Ali (Jafar reprise)" - Jafar "Finale Ultimo" - Ensemble

occupation

Germany

	Premiere cast Hamburg (2015)	Premiere cast Stuttgart (2019)
Aladdin	Richard-Salvador Wolff	Philipp Buettner
jasmine	Myrthes Monteiro	Nienke Latten
Djinni	Enrico De Pieri	Maximilian Mann
Jafar	Ethan Freeman	Paolo Bianca
sultan	Claus Dam
Iago	Eric Minsk
Omar	Pedro Reichert	Robin Cadet
Babkak	Stefan Tolnai	Rafael van der Maarel
Cashier	Philipp Hägeli	Nicolas Christahl

International

Character	Original Broadway cast	Original Tokyo cast	Original London cast	Original Australian cast
Aladdin	Adam Jacobs	Yuichihiro Hyakuya	Dean-John Wilson	Ainsley Melham
jasmine	Courtney Reed	Mizue Okamoto	Jade Ewen	Arielle Jacobs
Djinni	James Monroe Iglehart	Hisashi Takiyama	Trevor Dion Nicholas	Michael James Scott
Jafa	Jonathan Freeman	Kimizuki Makino	Don Gallagher	Adam Murphy
sultan	Clifton Davis	Yoishihiro Ishinami	Irvine Iqbal	George Henare
Iago	Don Darryl Rivera	Ryota Sakai	Peter Howe	Ajin Abella
Omar	Jonathan Schwartz	Yoichiro Saito	Rachid Sabitri	Robert Tripolino
Babkak	Brian Gonzales	Hidenori Shirase	Nathan Amzi	Troy Sussman
Kassim	Brandon O'Neill	Kenji Nishio	Stephen Rahman-Hughes	Adam Jon Fiorentino

Performances

country	Performance location	premiere	Kidney	theatre
United States	Broadway	March 20, 2014	open	New Amsterdam Theater
	tour	April 11, 2017	open
Japan	Tokyo	May 20, 2015	open	Dentsu Shiki Theater
Germany	Hamburg	December 6, 2015	3rd February 2019	New flora
	Stuttgart	March 21, 2019	open	Apollo theater
United Kingdom	London	June 15, 2016	August 24, 2019	Prince Edward Theater
Australia	tour	11th August 2016	1st September 2019

Awards

The Hamburg production of the musical won a prize at the Live Entertainment Award 2016 (LEA) in the “Show of the Year” category. The Broadway musical was nominated for several Tony Awards and Drama Desk Awards in 2014, among others , and won one award each.

Web links

• official page

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gregory Miller: Aladdin gets big changes for Broadway debut . New York Post. March 9, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2016.