Aladdin (2011 musical)

Aladdin
Broadway promotional poster
MusicAlan Menken
LyricsHoward Ashman
Tim Rice
Chad Beguelin
BookChad Beguelin
BasisAladdin
by Ron Clements
John Musker
Ted Elliott
Terry Rossio
PremiereJuly 7, 2011: 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle
Productions2011 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.[1] It has been seen by more than 17 million people worldwide.[2]

  1. ^ "Cumulative Broadway Grosses by Show". Broadway World. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "Aladdin: The Musical". esmadrid.com.