Aladdin (2011 musical)

Aladdin
Broadway promotional poster
Music	Alan Menken
Lyrics	Howard Ashman Tim Rice Chad Beguelin
Book	Chad Beguelin
Basis	Aladdin by Ron Clements John Musker Ted Elliott Terry Rossio
Premiere	July 7, 2011: 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle
Productions	2011 Seattle 2014 Broadway 2016 West End 2016 Australian tour 2017 US Tour 2022 North American tour 2023 UK & Ireland tour

Aladdin is a stage musical based on the Walt Disney Animation Studios 1992 film of the same name, with a book by Chad Beguelin, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Beguelin. It resurrects three songs written by Menken and Ashman for the film but not used, and adds four songs written by Menken and Beguelin.

Set in the fictional Arabian city of Agrabah, the story follows the familiar tale of a poor young man who is granted three wishes by a genie in a lamp, which he uses to woo a princess and to thwart the sultan's evil Grand Vizier.

Aladdin premiered at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle in 2011. After several regional and international productions in 2012, the musical was given a Toronto tryout in 2013. The Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on March 20, 2014 to mixed to positive reviews, and has been produced globally since. It is the 10th highest-grossing Broadway production of all time, having grossed $500 million at the Broadway theatre as of August 2022^[update].^[1] It has been seen by more than 17 million people worldwide.^[2]