The much awaited musical created by Disney and produced by Stage Entertainment is finally coming to the Teatro Coliseum in Madrid with performances from Tuesday to Sunday. Magic, entertainment and fun, in a production that has a great stage design, spectacular costumes and a team of more than 180 professionals in each performance that make Aladdin one of the best musicals. This successful musical has exceeded 600,000 spectators in Spain and more than 17 million spectators worldwide.
The production tells the story of Aladdin—a street urchin in the fictional city of Agrabah—, who is tricked by the Royal Vizier Jafar into retrieving a special oil lamp.
Thwarting Jafar’s efforts to cheat him, Aladdin keeps the lamp, only to rub it and meet the eccentric and powerful genie who lives in it. The Genie grants Aladdin three wishes. He uses his first wish to become a prince to woo Princess Jasmine, and promises to use his third wish to free the Genie from servitude. When Aladdin arrives in Agrabah as a prince, Jafar recognises him and threatens to reveal his true identity.
The Disney film was released in 1992 to critical acclaim and commercial success. It garnered two Academy Awards, for Best Original Score and Best Original Song for A Whole New World, which peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The Spanish Broadway musical features music by Alan Menken—winner of eight Academy Awards and one Tony Award, among many other accolades, for the music he composed for Beauty and the Beast, Newsies and Sister Act—, lyrics by Howard Ashman—recipient of two Academy Awards for Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid) and Beauty and the Beast (from Beauty and the Beast)—, Tim Rice—winner of three Academy Awards for Best Original Song for A Whole New World (Aladdin), Can You Feel the Love Tonight (The Lion King) and You Must Love Me (Evita)—and Chad Beguelin—who has received six Tony Award nominations for The Prom, Aladdin and The Wedding Singer. The text was written by Beguelin, and the production was directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, winner of a Tony Award and other accolades for The Book of Mormon.
The creative team also includes Bob Crowley, winner of seven Tony Awards, as scenic director; Natasha Katz (recipient of six Tony Awards) as lighting designer; Gregg Barnes (Two Tony Awards) as costume designer; and Ken Travis as sound designer.
Stage Entertainment has a wealth of experience in the production of musical comedies, including The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Anastasia, Tina and Les Misérables.
Approximate duration: 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Recommended age: Due to the show’s characteristics, the recommended age is 7. Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult. It is also recommended that children occupy balconies or lateral aisle seats in case they need to leave the hall. Only children over the age of 4 may enter the theatre.
Admission to the theatre shall always be at the discretion of our staff, whereby anyone bothering other members of the audience or affecting the normal performance of the show may be asked to leave.
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