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Babkak, Omar, and Kassim in new musical!

Posted by Calluna on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 12:54 PM

According to Broadway World, auditions for the new Aladdin stage musical are today, and three of the parts they are auditioning are Babkak, Omar, and Kassim!

Babkak, Omar, and Kassim are three characters that appeared in the original treatment Howard Ashman wrote for Aladdin in 1988; they're three friends of Aladdin's and fellow streetrats:

Quote:
BABKAK – 20s, chubby, romantic desert dweller, part of Aladdin’s band; the “Crosby” of this Arabian “Road” picture, although perhaps with a bit more flair.

OMAR – 20s, nervous, diminutive desert dweller, part of Aladdin’s band; the “Lamour”.

KASSIM – 20s, tough (inside and out) desert dweller, part of Aladdin’s band; the “Hope”.


Presumably if they're bringing these characters back they're also bringing back at least one of the three of Howard's cut songs that they sang: Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim, High Adventure, and How Quick they Forget.

Another Finn/Gottfried collaboration...

Posted by Calluna on Friday, January 14, 2011 at 4:52 PM

There's a new video on the site FunnyOrDie.com called "The Brown Bunny", animated by Will Finn (lead animator of Iago) and set to the audio of one of Gilbert Gottfried's jokes from his CD "Dirty Jokes". Will was a big fan of Gilbert's even before he animated his character in Aladdin, and apparantly still is. Wink

As you can probably guess from the name of the CD, not appropriate for young children and NSFW. Thanks Salukfan for the link!

Aladdin musical to debut July 2011 in Seattle!

Posted by Calluna on Monday, January 10, 2011 at 7:21 AM

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2013877142_fifthavenue08.html?prmid=head_main

Quote:
The 5th Avenue Theatre [in Seattle] has apparently forged a deal with the Walt Disney Company to stage the world premiere of a new Disney musical, "Aladdin," in the summer.

Dates and other specifics have not been set.


Very Happy

Songwriter Alan Menken Gets His Star on the Walk of Fame

Posted by Meesh on Monday, November 22, 2010 at 12:37 PM

I'm a bit late on this post, but...

Quote:
Menken received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a ceremony that took place near the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. The songwriter was being honored for his body of work, which includes the scores to the animated movies "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast," "Aladdin" and "Pocahontas."


Read more:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/11/songwriter-alan-menken-gets-his-star-on-the-walk-of-fame.html

New song references Aladdin and Jasmine

Posted by Calluna on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 3:48 PM



The new rap song "Roman's Revenge" by Nicki Minaj starts with an Aladdin reference:

I am not Jasmine, I’m Aladdin
So far ahead, these bums is laggin’


Presumably that's a reference to "One Jump Ahead". The rest of the song is definitely NSFW, just so you know. Laughing

Does it seem to anyone else that there are a lot more Aladdin references in pop culture in the past couple of years than normal? Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, Family Guy (on two separate occasions), Community; do you remember any others?

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