I told myself I'd post more often--ugh, I hate when I do this!
Anyway, welcome to Post Two of the Tony Nominations! Since we're still in the Best Musical Category, let's go onto the next musical: Aladdin.
Based off of the 1992 Disney animated film of the Arab folktale of Aladdin and the magic lamp musically written by Alan Menken, Aladdin was put onstage in 2011 in Seattle but was not officially performing the whole show on Broadway until March 20 of this year. Adam Jacobs, Courtney Reed and James Monroe Iglehart respectively play Aladdin, Jasmine, and the Genie, as well as Andrew Keenan-Bolger making an appearance as Omar in the original Seattle cast (I will post about him one day).
The show is currently nominated in five categories; Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical (Chad Beguelin), Best Original Score (Alan Menken-music, Howard Ashman- lyrics, Tim Rice-lyrics, Chad Beguelin- lyrics), Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (James Monroe Iglehart-the Genie), and Best Coreography (Casey Nicholaw).
This show has always been my favorite for two reasons relating to its movie version: one reason is that I've always enjoyed watching the movie version and that Scott Weinger (Steve in Full House) voices Aladdin's speaking voice. Eeep! (That's my happy cheer.)
The clip below is directly from the Broadway show (well, before it was put on Broadway)--it's a new song written fresh for the musical called "A Million Miles Away". When listening to it, it sounds very Disney--just a note. And sorry this clip doesn't show the entire song--since the show is really new on Broadway, there isn't even an official Broadway soundtrack I could find yet!
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