Aladdin | |
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Music | Alan Menken |
Lyrics | Howard Ashman Tim Rice Chad Beguelin |
Book | Chad Beguelin |
Basis | Aladdin by Ron Clements John Musker Ted Elliott Terry Rossio |
Premiere | July 7, 2011: 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle |
Productions | 2011 Seattle 2014 Broadway 2016 West End 2016 Australian tour 2017 US Tour 2022 North American tour 2023 UK & Ireland tour |
Aladdin is a stage musical based on Disney's 1992 animated feature 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, and has been produced globally since. It is the 10th highest-grossing Broadway production of all time, having grossed $500 million at the Broadway theatre as of August 2022[update].[1] It has been seen by more than 15 million people worldwide.[2]