Disney's ALADDIN filmed for release

TaleofTwo said: "Another Broadway show filmed inthe West End due to crazyunion regulations."

Crazy union regulations like paying the people who do the work that the company filming it will be profiting off of?

thedrybandit said: "TaleofTwo said: "Another Broadway show filmed inthe West End due to crazyunion regulations."

Crazy union regulations like paying the people who do the work that the company filming it will be profiting off of?"

It's really hard though. Like I think we need to be thankful for unions because the working conditions on Broadway are much higher than they would be otherwise. It's nice that people can make a career out of it, and I'm sure it only promotes healthy competition of performers & creatives so that the quality remains the best in the world for musical theatre (in my opinion). However, in the case of audio + visual filming on Broadway no one is really making any money out of this, and it only can help the carer of the people who are apparently being 'protected' by helping create exposure and ensuring memories are not forgotten.

Would Bernadette Peters be as big a star as she is if it weren't for the filmings of Sunday and Into the Woods? I doubt it.

Not to sound like a Republican, but sometimes you do have to give a bit more freedom to encourage job creation, innovation & growth. Making it prohibitively costly to film Broadway shows is probably hurting the careers of those that could be featured more than helping. Not to mention the great artistic loss of shows disappearing forever (though the Lincoln Archive thankfully is helping with this in the mean time).

Disney is a Billion dollar company if anyone shouldnt be skirting around the unions and doing this on the cheap it is them

Oh dear, I hope the cast isnt the same one I saw last April, the 2 leads were dreadful and couldn't harmonize at all in "A whole new world" was just awful singing.

Isabelle McCalla is the Jasmine of record.

I won’t jump into the Union/cost speculation, but not for nothing, the London physical production is notably better looking than Broadway’s.

Updated On: 9/2/19 at 10:23 AM

Jordan Catalano said: "Ill never be mad at a show being filmed for release but I hate that they’re Now always with the closing casts. "

With this it’s not even the closing cast, though. The west end cast finished up about a week ago. Seems like they just brought in Ainsley, Isabelle and co for one performance or perhaps a week of filming. Isn’t that how newsies did it?

qolbinau said: " Would Bernadette Peters be as big a star as she is if it weren't for the filmings of Sunday and Into the Woods? I doubt it.”

Peters was already a Golden Globe-winning star, and had appeared in ten movies and countless television episodes by that time.

Updated On: 9/2/19 at 12:59 PM

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Disney+, probably. No way they'd license this someplace like Netflix (or Bway HD) now. It's cheap enough for a streaming service, and they can say "if you liked Aladdin (2019) or Aladdin (1992), you'll love Broadway's Aladdin in London!"

Wish they got James Iglehart's performance on tape."

I wish for both James and Jonathan Freeman but oh well

Jonathan Freeman took part in this taping as did Don Daryl Rivera.

The long-time London genie Trevor Dion-Nicholas was also in it.

Plus the London ensemble.

It's terrific whenever musicals get filmed, but it seems such a shame when the Broadway actors who originated those roles don't get to re-create them. I wonder if any thought was given to asking Adam Jacobs, a Drama Desk nominee, and James Monroe Iglehart, a Tony winner, to tape ''Aladdin.''

When Disney taped the national tour of ''Newsies,'' I was thrilled they brought back Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay and Ben Fankhauser, its original Broadway principals.

Updated On: 9/2/19 at 03:59 PM

Batboysings, that's a good point. When I saw ''Aladdin,'' I remember Adam as still looking young and boyish. Turns out he's now 40. Ainsley Melham, on the other hand, is 27. I don't know how old Matthew Croke, the last Aladdin on the West End (I think), is, but Ainsley looks younger than him.

But that still leaves Iglehart. Aren't genies ageless?

Updated On: 9/2/19 at 04:22 PM