Overview
- Coverage reports that Caleb A. Barnett, previously the Genie standby, will step into the principal role in early May.
- Michael James Scott is slated to give a final performance that week before leaving the part.
- Barnett joined the Broadway company in 2023 as the standby and made his debut in the role that summer.
- The current cast features Rodney Ingram as Aladdin, Sonya Balsara as Jasmine, and Dennis Stowe as Jafar.
- The show, directed by Casey Nicholaw with music by Alan Menken, opened in 2014 and recently became the 14th longest-running Broadway production after drawing more than 22 million attendees across 11 global runs.