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Playing the title role in Broadway's ALADDIN, Adam Jacobs knows a lot about the magic carpet rides Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn were talking about when they wrote the American Songbook classic, "Come Fly with Me."
In a new edition of Disney Sessions, the talented young star displays vintage supper club panache with that great number, even taking a turn at ballroom dancing with a certain surprise guest star.
Click here if you missed Jacobs' previous Disney Session, a duet with ALADDIN co-star Courtney Reed covering Ed Sherran's "Thinking Out Loud."
The Diamond Edition of Disney's Aladdin recently hit Blu-ray and Digital HD, and Disney's Aladdin, the Tony Award-winning new musical comedy based on the Academy Award-winning animated film, is now in its second smash year on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre (214 West 42nd Street), with plans for a summer 2016 West End debut.
Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions, the show 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 four-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).
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 of 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 Steel Burkhardt, Brian GonzalesandJonathan Schwartz as Aladdin's sidekicks Babkak, Kassim and Omar, Clifton Davis as Sultan and Don Darryl Riveraas Iago. Merwin Foard and Trevor Dion Nicholas stand by for several principals.
ALADDIN, adapted from the Disney film and centuries-old folktales including "One Thousand and One Nights," is brought to fresh theatrical life in this bold new musical. Aladdin's journey sweeps audiences into an exotic world of daring adventure, classic comedy and timeless romance. This new production features a full score, including the five cherished songs from the Academy Award-winning soundtrack and more written especially for the stage.
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