First look at Broadway's Aladdin + Les Miserables finds its Marius & Cosette

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[maryastor]

only here for andy mientus

[redheadbynight]

oh man I saw Adam Jacobs back in the 2006 revival of Les Miserables and was devastated when I found out he was married lol

like I had a chance but I was like 15

[rebeljean]

The genie looks like Cee Lo.

[thespockingdead]

LMAO I see it!

[fromahippie]

mte

[imnotasquirrel]

so does aladdin have, like, no middle eastern actors?

[agentnever]

I've never seen a Middle Eastern actor play Aladdin. It's always either a white guy with a black wig or a Hispanic guy. The Naveens have always been Middle Eastern tho.

[little_vienna]

I don't know if any of the actors in the current production are Middle Eastern. The majority of the cast is non-white, though, which is kind of surprising for Disney IMO.

[kangofu]

Nope.

[hermione_vader]

I saw a test version of Aladdin at the Muny (U. S.'s largest outdoor theatre) in St. Louis in 2012, and it was not very good. The Muny does fantastic productions every summer, but I don't think Aladdin lends itself to the stage very well---take away the animation, and a lot of the charm is lost. And I say this as someone who adores the Disney film.

I'd love to see a stage version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. That's much more theatrical---a Broadway play waiting to happen.

[thespockingdead]

iirc, they're doing a workshop for Hunchback soon.

[sandstorm]

I thought they were adapting Hunchback eventually for theatre in English - I think there's a German one.

[heart_of_butter]

I've heard the German version of Hunchback is amazing