Do you think Aladdin will close soon?

[mormonsandglindas]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 6:52pm

Is it still a fairly popular show rn? 

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 6:57pm

Considering how it still makes over $1,000,000 a week, I think it's gonna be a long while.

[LesWickedly]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 6:58pm

What made you think it has any chance of closing? It grosses well over a million a week. It's not closing anytime soon.

Updated On: 5/16/16 at 06:58 PM

[bwayboy22]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 7:02pm

Yes, Song of the South is coming in summer 2017.

[BrockMButler]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 7:03pm

bwayboy22 said: "Yes, Song of the South is coming in summer 2017.

 

"

DROPS MIC. 

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 7:04pm

Song of the South would tour well in the bible belt. They should get on that. 

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 7:28pm

It will be closing for a revival of Wonderland.

[MoDance0934]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 7:29pm

I'm going to give it a few more years. It's a fantastic show, and in my personal opinion, one of the best shows produced by Disney Theatricals. I think it's going to pull a Lion King move and move to a different theatre to make way for another Disney production. It's more successful than Mary Poppins

[AnnieBlack]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 7:31pm

I really think there should be awards for best replies on chat boards, and the song of the south line wins 2016 already!

[@z5]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 7:34pm

Absolutely no way is it closing soon. It does incredibly well every show.

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 7:35pm

I think it'll run another 5-6 years, then close or move so that Frozen can take the New Amsterdam. 

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 7:42pm

The New Amsterdam is a beautiful theatre. I mean, that's an understatement. It's amazingly gorgeous and uniquely designed but, at least watching Aladdin, the stage seemed small. Would it be big enough for Frozen?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 7:48pm

It was big enough for Lion King and before that the Ziegfeld Follies

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 8:09pm

everythingtaboo said: "I think it'll run another 5-6 years, then close or move so that Frozen can take the New Amsterdam."

 

It doesn't seem like Disney is planning on waiting five years to open Frozen. So if Aladdin is not ready to close in the next year or two either it will be moving to a new home or Frozen will not be opening at the New Amsterdam.

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 8:28pm

Alladin is approaching its 1000th show later this summer, which puts it in the rare company of the longest running broadway musicals of all time.

The grosses are consistently high and audience reviews are great.  stand outside the show when they let out and check out the audience reaction....it will run for at least another five years, imo.

They did a great job with alladin on the stage transfer. its a fun show that has disneys best of entertaining that can appeal to both kids and adults. Ive only seen it once but will go again and see the tour

i think broadway can handle lion king, alladin and frozen all running simultaneously for a long long time

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 8:55pm

AEA AGMA SM said: "everythingtaboo said: "I think it'll run another 5-6 years, then close or move so that Frozen can take the New Amsterdam."

 

It doesn't seem like Disney is planning on waiting five years to open Frozen. So if Aladdin is not ready to close in the next year or two either it will be moving to a new home or Frozen will not be opening at the New Amsterdam.

 

"Which do you think is most likely?

 

[Dave13]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 9:29pm

everythingtaboo said: "I think it'll run another 5-6 years, then close or move so that Frozen can take the New Amsterdam. 

 

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Frozen is already set to go in St James.  

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 9:33pm

The box office will soar when Loretta Swit takes over the role of Jasmine. Imagine how well she'll look in that costume!

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 9:54pm

No. I don't. What had you ask this question, OP??

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 10:10pm

Be kind to the OP. Remember, Cindy Adams is a regular visitor here.

[¿Macavity?]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 10:43pm

Disney has pretty deep pockets, so who knows how long they'll want to keep it open. My guess is 2-3 more years. Maybe more, who knows, other than Disney.

[theatreguy12]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 11:06pm

The deepest pockets.

I'm a big fan, having worked for the company for ten years.

But let's face it. They have the billions of dollars it takes to have the best costumes, the best sets, the best everything.  They should have long-running shows of the highest quality.   There's no excuse not to.

That being said, however, when one of their shows doesn't strike a positive nerve with audiences, those same billions are so deep that they can even absorb the shows that maybe don't do "as well" as others.

I liked Aladdin.  But I also liked Aladdin at Disney's California Adventure.  The carpet actually flew out over the audience (until it malfunctioned, well into its run, and was largely put to bed).  And the guy I saw play the Genie was fantastic.  Personally I thought he was just as good as Iglehart, just a different take on the role.

The theme parks of Disney put on such great shows that I'll always be somewhat interested in seeing how they translate some of these shows to Broadway now.  From the ones I've seen I would describe them as the theme park shows on steroids.  They have to stand out, of course, because it's Broadway.  And Disney has the billions of dollars to make that happen.  So it should happen.

Sometimes they misfire a bit, but the billions are there to cover that too.

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 5/16/16 at 11:08pm

Dave13 said: "everythingtaboo said: "I think it'll run another 5-6 years, then close or move so that Frozen can take the New Amsterdam. 

 

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Frozen is already set to go in St James.  

 

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Yes, but I think Frozen will move after 3-4 years so that it can continue running in a Disney house. 

[aaaaaa15]

Posted: 5/17/16 at 12:53am

Let's not forget that they closed Newsies rather prematurely. It obviously wasn't doing as well as Aladdin is now but the closing was unexpected and it was doing a lot better than shows that decide not to close. 

I'm not suggesting it will close soon but I also don't think it will have a run anywhere close to The Lion King.