Aladdin Reviews

Jo from San Jose, California

NO OXYGEN IN GENIE'S BOTTLE

Overall I thought the show was good. My only complaint was the Genie's performance. The actor was very talented and had a powerful singing voice... until he started to become out of breath and never really recovered. He was so out of breath from the singing and dancing that he seemed to have a hard time getting his lines out. It was a huge distraction.

B Jones from Edmonton, Alberta

ALADDIN OPENING NIGHT FALLS A BIT SHORT

Just attended the opening night of Aladdin in Edmonton on July 11 and the first half of the show was pretty spectacular. Although there were some sound issues at times, (unable to hear some vocals over the music) the cast really sung and danced their hearts out, especially the Genie, Marcus M. Martin, who hands down stole the show! The staging, costuming and choreography was top notch, especially in the show stopping number "Friend Like me". Unfortunately things started to slide downhill in the second half. It lacked energy and interest, and it certainly didn't help that there was a 5-10 min. "technical delay" between the first and second song. Although it wasn't announced, I'm pretty sure it was a malfunction in the "Magic Carpet" as there wasn't one! Aladdin and Jasmine just danced around the stage akwardly as they sang the signature song "A Whole New World", resulting in little magic and chemistry between them. Very unfortuate for the show!

Craig Wilson from Los Angeles, California

STANDARD ALADDIN

Good show, wed .. nite, lower price than weekends. Worth seeing, the dancing, tap, excellence. Likeable .. characters,, genie, jasmine, all. Great voices, powerful, sets are excellent for a small stage. Flying carpet, great.

Vanessa Niziol from Detroit, Michigan

I HAVE SEEN BETTER

I have seen Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, now Aladdin. I have to say this was the worst. Too many songs added to the show that almost put me to sleep and dragged on, props were not that great (looked like cheap magician props from a kids kit at one point). The only song I truly enjoyed was Friend Like Me, the genie was great. I gave it 3 stars instead of 1 or 2 just because the costumes were good, the dancing was great and the genie was good. The rest of it.... well lets just say I left during the last 10 minutes just to get out of there.

Boston from Boston, Massachusetts

EXCELLENT HIGH SCHOOL SHOW WITH GREAT DANCE!

I think this show is an excellent high school show, but I will not consider it as a Broadway musical show. It did make me laugh, thanks there is still a professional character genie made this show alive. and I realized that also Jafar has a good voice, while Aladdin and Jasmine`s voice don`t match to each other. Besides, Jasmine left me an arrogant princess feeling, maybe her act is too exaggerated, and her voice is not gentle enough. Aladdin makes me feeling not the humble boy from Disney movie. But all in all, I still have to say the dances and the stage design are fantastic, so we still enjoy the musical show regardless of the singing.

Jason Wright from Los Angeles, California

IT WAS OK BUT NOT BROADWAY WORTHY

If you've ever seen the Alladin show at California adventure, it is so much better than this theatrical version. The first part, prior to intermission was enjoyable. As others have said , the genie wakes up the audience and does a great job. Friend Like Me, could have been done with a bit more pizzazz, but it did have me smiling. After the Intermission things take a turn for the worse. The Prince Ali song is ok, but no where near the production value you'd expect from a Broadway musical. You don't really see alot of the genie after the intermission, which is disappointing. Much of the comedy you had in the movie is lost. A whole new world scene was beautiful, but felt very cold. They at least could have made the carpet an actual character to add to the comedy. The final battle between Jafar and Alladin is really non existent. Jafar does 2 quick wardrobe changes, then it's over. No battle takes place, no climatic ending. Just over. Really??

BB from Los Angeles, California

NOT AS GOOD AS I WAS HOPING

The bad: They tried so hard to fit so much stuff into such a small time frame. The whole cast was speaking abnormally fast for most of the show and even running out of breath. The fight choreography could have had more thought put into it. The Jasmine that was casted for the Los Angeles show seems to have gotten the part due to her looks rather than singing, it wasn't horrible obviously, but it wasn't lead worthy in my amateur opinion. All of her songs took me out of the would be magic of the show and all I could focus on was her nasal singing accompanied with the aggressive breaths that were taking before each line sung. The good: The adaptation was creative. All other cast members were wonderful. The sets ranged from decent to amazing. The costumes were spectacular. The humor was corny for the kids, but also equally witty for the mature crowd. Genie was amazing.

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