BURBANK, Calif., June 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Currently
available digitally and in-theater,
the Aladdin Original Broadway Cast Recording is
set for physical release by Walt Disney Records on June
17. The cast recording was produced by Alan Menken, Michael
Kosarin, Frank Filipetti and
Chris Montan and executive produced
by Kurt Deutsch.
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Aladdin stars Adam
Jacobs (Aladdin), Courtney
Reed (Jasmine), Jonathan
Freeman (Jafar) and recent Tony Award® winner James Monroe Iglehart (Genie) will be signing
CDs at the Barnes & Noble Citigroup Center location (160
East 54th at Third) on Friday, June 20th from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Produced by Disney Theatrical
Productions, Aladdin features music by Tony
Award and eight-time Oscar® winner Alan
Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, Sister Act),
lyrics by two-time Oscar winner Howard
Ashman (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid),
three-time Tony Award and three-time Oscar winner Tim Rice (Evita, Aida) and three-time
Tony Award nominee Chad Beguelin
(The Wedding Singer), with a book by Beguelin, and is
directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of
Mormon). This new production features a full score,
including the Oscar and Grammy®-winning hit "A Whole New World,"
and four other cherished songs from the film and multi
Grammy-winning original motion picture soundtrack. The cast
album also includes four Menken/Beguelin songs written
especially for the stage and three Menken/Ashman songs
that were cut from the original film, plus exclusive
bonus content created especially for the album.
Disney's Aladdin, the Tony Award-winning new
musical comedy based on the Academy Award®-winning animated film,
opened to critical acclaim on March
20th, 2014 at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre
and went on to receive 24 major theatrical award
nominations. USA Today
raves, "Pure GENIE-US! Aladdin delivers a rush that
will surprise you." New York Magazine calls it "Musical
comedy wish-fulfillment!" while The New
York Times hails the show as "Fabulous... Extravagant!"
Huffington Post says Aladdin is "the surprise
hit of the season!" and the Daily News declares, "Seriously, it's
amazing!"
Aladdin stars Adam Jacobs (Les Miserables, The
Lion King) in the title role, Courtney
Reed (In the Heights, Mamma Mia) as Jasmine,
James Monroe Iglehart
(Memphis, The
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee) in his Tony Award-winning role as Genie, and, as Jafar,
Tony Award nominee Jonathan Freeman
(Mary Poppins, The
Producers, She Loves Me) brings to the stage the
role he indelibly created in the animated film. The show also
stars Brian Gonzales, Brandon O'Neill and Jonathan Schwartz as Aladdin's sidekicks Babkak,
Kassim and Omar, Clifton Davis as
Sultan and Don Darryl Rivera as
Iago.
The Aladdin Original Broadway Cast
Recording will be available in physical format on
June 17 wherever music is sold and
in-theater at http://www.aladdinthemusicalstore.com.
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PRESS CONTACTS:
For Walt Disney
Records:
Maria Kleinman,
maria.kleinman@disney.com
For Aladdin on Broadway:
Dennis Crowley,
dennis.m.crowley@disney.com
Michael Strassheim,
michael.strassheim@disney.com
SOURCE Walt Disney Records