Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Bottle Tree Productions Musical Theatre Class presents Disney's Aladdin

Bottle Tree's Musical Theatre class presents Disney's Aladdin at the Octave Theatre on Dalton Avenue Saturday March 24th; 4 pm and 7 pm, and Sunday  March 25th; 4 pm and 7 pm. Tickets are $10 for children and students, $12 for seniors and $15 for adults. Customers can purchase tickets online at Bottle Tree Productions.

A very talented cast of Kingston youth star in what is one of Disney's finest musical offerings.


This musical has all the Songs from the Disney film including "Arabian Nights," "One Jump Ahead," "Friend Like Me," "Prince Ali," and "A Whole New World,

The characters in the stage musical version of the film include

Aladdin
Princess Jasmine
Genie
Narrators 1-5
Jafar
Iago
Sultan
Razoul
Magic Carpet
Guards
Attendants
Prince Baba of Ganoush
Prince Dahdu Rahn-Rahn
(The) Prince Formerly Known as the Artist
Townspeople

Film info

Aladdin was released in 1992. Aladdin was the 31st animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, It was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements.

17 year old Scott Weinger made a homemade audition tape with his mother playing the Genie, 6 months later, he won the role of Aladdin.

In 1988, lyricist Howard Ashman pushed the idea of an animated musical adaptation of Aladdin to Disney. Composer Alan Menken and songwriters Howard Ashman and Tim Rice worked on the music.

Aladdin won two academy awards. for, best Original Score and Best Original Song for "A Whole New World"

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