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Monday, April 01, 2024

How Adam Jacobs Appeared In Aladdin and The Who's Tommy In One Night

Playbill: The stars aligned for actor Adam Jacobs March 28. As Broadway's original Aladdin, he naturally wanted to be involved in the production's spectacular 10th anniversary celebration. But there was one major hitch: He had to open a different Broadway show, The Who's Tommy, the very same night.

1 comment:

Harshitha Bharghava said...

He is so awesome for doing that. I think that if that was me I would have died running through the city to get from one theater to another. Like listen. I know that the New Amsterdam Theatre and the Neaderlander is only one block away from each other, but it is still SO impressive that he got out of his costume, hair and make-up and mic from one theater and then ran to another just to get into another set of costume, mic, hair and make-up. I’m blown away. Especially the fact that it was the 10 year anniversary night of Aladdin and it was the OPENING NIGHT of Tommy. That is absolutely unbelievable. I would have loved to be in the audience of either show. I think the intention that he was Broadway’s original Aladdin and wanted to be there to celebrate such a big milestone for the show was incredible.