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Full guide →Getting there. To the right of the theatre's 41st St. exit.
When to go. Head straight out at curtain call. Two-show days are the worst bet at both performances — the cast rests through the matinee and is spent by the evening. A Sunday matinee is the best single bet, because it is a one-show day. In bad weather the barricades sometimes never go up at all.
Who comes out. Anywhere from nobody to most of the cast. Nobody can tell you in advance which three — not us, not the theatre. Treat any list that claims otherwise with suspicion.
What to bring. Tonight’s Playbill and a fine-tip Sharpie, held open to the page you want signed. Ask before you photograph anyone, and keep the pavement clear — it is a working door, not a red carpet.
Why “not confirmed”. The door above is a fact about the theatre and holds for years. Whether THIS production does a stage door is a fact about the company — it changes with the cast, and no source publishes it. We’d rather say so than guess.
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The plot is a simple street-rat-meets-royalty fable, stripped of nuance and polished until it glows under high-wattage LEDs. It hits all the expected beats from the 1992 film, including the inevitable power ballad and a genie who works harder than a bartender on a Friday night in Hell’s Kitchen. The production design is aggressively gilded, clearly built to distract you from the thin book and the recycled lyrics. Go if you need a reliable, high-energy spectacle that won’t require a single original thought. Just keep your expectations grounded, even if the carpet isn’t.
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Our verdict
Wife and daughter saw this and really enjoyed it. The Genie was their favorite and they still talk about how they have no idea how the magic carpet worked. I look forward to seeing myself.
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Reader average 4.0 ★ · 1 reportDisney doing what Disney does best: a big, brassy, golden crowd-pleaser. The flying carpet still gets gasps, 'Friend Like Me' still stops the show — James Monroe Iglehart won a Tony for it — and the whole thing is built to send families out grinning. Not subtle, not trying to be. Pure Broadway comfort food.
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