![]() “It’s a guy really down on his luck making some poor life choices and he stumbles upon the thing we all wonder about: If we could have any wish we could possibly desire granted to us,” Nagraj said. Here, a Genie (Marcus Martin) grants him three wishes, turning him into a prince to woo Princess Jasmine (Senzel Ahmady). I’m never going to be a cartoon, but I can take from that and that definitely informs what I do.”Īdapted by Chad Beguelin from the 1992 Disney film, the story is set in the fictional Middle East city of Agrabah where a kindhearted pauper Aladdin (Adi Roy) finds a magic lamp in the Cave of Wonders. For me, I have this wonderful template of the animated movie, not just the vocal performance but also the way that Jafar is drawn and the way that he moves on screen. “Absolutely big shoes to fill and it’s an honor to get to do it. ![]() “I can’t think of another performer who has taken an animated performance and made it a live performance,” Nagraj said. The character was voiced in the Disney flick by Jonathan Freeman, who returned in Broadway’s “Aladdin” (2014). Nagraj, who grew up in Yorktown, Virginia, and attended the University of Richmond, plays the evil sorcerer Jafar. I don’t think I clocked at the time how big of a thing that was … I just ate it up! When I booked this job, my mom dug through the attic and found the old Jafar action figure from a McDonald’s Happy Meal, so I’ve got him now, he tours with me.” “I was 8 or 9, so ‘Aladdin’ was my Disney movie, not least of all because the characters were all people who looked like me. “I was at prime Disney age when the movie came out,” Actor Anand Nagraj told WTOP. The North American tour of Disney’s “Aladdin” hits National Theatre from April 19 to April 30. WTOP's Jason Fraley previews 'Aladdin' at National Theatre (Part 1)Ĭome on down, stop on by, hop a carpet and fly to another Broadway night in D.C. ![]() Business & Finance Click to expand menu.
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