On January 25th, Dennis Stowe will officially assume the role of Jafar in Aladdin the Musical at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City.
What’s Happening:
- Dennis Stowe is the current Jafar/Sultan standby and an original Broadway cast member
- He’ll be taking on the role of Jafar full time beginning Tuesday, January 25th.
- Stowe will be taking over for Jonathan Freeman, the original Jafar from both the Broadway run and the animated film.
- Freeman’s last show as Jafar will take place on Sunday, January 23rd.
- The news of Stowe taking over as Jafar was announced through Aladdin the Musical’s Twitter:
- This news follows a string of show cancellations that affected Aladdin the Musical due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases within the company of players.