NewsGenie, You're Free: Broadway's Aladdin Remembers Robin Williams With Post-Show Sing-Along (Video)The Broadway cast and creative team at Disney's Aladdin remembered late actor Robin Williams — who created the role of the iconic Genie in the 1992 musical film of the same name — by inviting the audience to sing along with "Friend Like Me" at curtain call.
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Michael Gioia
August 13, 2014
Lyric sheets were handed out to the entire audience Aug. 12 at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre, where the Tony-nominated Best Musical opened March 20, and the audience was asked to sing along in Williams' memory.
James Monroe Iglehart, who embodies the role of the Genie on Broadway, received a 2014 Featured Actor Tony Award for his performance.
The musical is the newest project by Hunter Bird, one of the creative minds behind the immersive Off-Broadway revival of The Phantom of the Opera, Masquerade.