Overview
- Aladdin marked its 4,092nd performance on August 6 at the New Amsterdam Theatre, surpassing Miss Saigon’s run to claim the 14th-longest spot in Broadway history.
- Since its March 20, 2014 opening, the show has welcomed over 6.5 million guests in New York and appeared on the weekly top-10 list of highest-grossing Broadway productions for nearly its entire run.
- Disney Theatrical Group’s Broadway staging has set 17 house records and features music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, a book and additional lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw.
- The musical has grown into 11 international productions across four continents and has drawn more than 21 million people worldwide.
- Adapted from Disney’s 1992 animated film, the two-act production combines five original Academy Award–winning songs with new numbers created for the stage.