![]() ![]() The snippet of Friend Like Me shared below was just like 1/10 of the whole entire segment!Īct 2 opens with a bang with Prince Ali with an amazing 126 costume changes! Before long, the entire stage darkened and turned into a starry night to the tune of A Whole New World, I got goosebumps just listening to this and of course at the same time trying to figure out how the magic carpet flies. The whole entire sequence in the Cave of Wonders and Friend Like Me was just amazing, I lost count the number of dance genres that were being showcased, the number of costume changes, and the pyrotechnics! I don’t want to give it out too much, I would just say I will pay to just watch this segment, and you have to watch it for yourself. There was a beautiful solo by Graeme Isaako who plays Aladdin – Proud of Your boy (which was written for the movie but unfortunately eliminated), a sweet rendition of A Million Miles Away by Graeme and Shubshri Kandiah who plays Jasmine a totally new song written by Alan Menken especially for this musical production) before bringing the house down with Friend Like Me to end Act 1. The audience were instanteously brought into the city of AGRABAH through the opening act – Arabian Nights. Given that a majority would have as recently watched the Aladdin the movie, one might wondered what is in there for them to catch Aladdin live of stage. You may have have the same story line that we know so well and the songs from the movie that many of us know by heart but the energy, the dancing, the magic tricks, the costumes, the cast, the beautiful sets are something you can’t experience from watching it at a cinema. With a massive set similar in set to that touring the US, no expenses were spared down to the embellishment on their costumes, or the tassels on the throne. Aladdin will run for 6 weeks and ends 1 Sept.įeaturing a very strong and world class cast from mainly Australia, US and Canada, their diction were crystal clear that I could catch most of the jokes and laugh my hearts out, their singing voices and choreography were nothing short of world. Sorry guys.I learned during the media call took Chantal Prudhomme from Base Entertainment Asia 2 years to bring Aladdin the hit Broadway musical to Singapore and this will be its only Asian stop. We had a good time, but in my opinion, Aladdin has such tremendous potential, with clever engineering, flying carpet, fantastic costumes, beautiful music, witty dialogue. I didn't leave uplifted, elated, as I would do after a Disney Broadway show, like Lion King. Everyone knew their steps, but together there was no exchange of energy between the actors and the audience. It was the first time at a show I thought to myself, "These people don't even like each other". He was supposed to be the best part of the show. He, though, thought he was the best since sliced bread, and it should be the audience to decide. He had no charisma, high pitched voice, kind of annoying, and it was not good. Our Jasmin was the understudy (Tia Altinay), she was good too. He was playing from the heart, and it reached mine. I liked Aladdin, the only time in the show when I got goosebumps is when he was told he had no family and he started to sing. Jafar (Dennis Stowe) was fantastic, pure evil and very funny, together with his little helper. This was all very distracting and given the ticket price it was quite annoying that we couldn't fully immerse ourselves in the experience. The reason I have taken one star off is down to the other people sitting around us although I understand this was not anything to do with the show itself, soon after act one began there were two women down a level or two who were screaming at each other arguing and this was allowed to continue for far too long, it's a miracle the actors could concentrate on their lines! Children behind us talked loudly the whole way through and several people turned phones on or took photos with flash during the production. However, the singing was top notch and the story was as enjoyable and lovable as ever. The acting was slightly disappointing and pretty mediocre with the exception of the actors playing Jafar and Iago who were the most entertaining. The special effects and staging were great too, given that they were created several years ago. The show itself was very enjoyable - I've seen several other Disney stage productions and this was definitely one of the better ones. ![]() We were sat in the balcony, row C, and had a very good view of the stage. Getting in was very quick and efficient and finding the seats very easy. I went to see this musical during a city break with my family me and my mum went along.
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