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In this episode of Synergy Loves Company, host Eric explores Disney's history with construction, focusing on their longstanding partnership with Tishman. From the challenges faced during Walt Disney World's construction to the collaboration on Epcot in the early 1980s, the episode delves into Disney's decision to work with Tishman to bring this ambitious theme park to life. Eric discusses Tishman's prominent projects, like the Renaissance Center in Detroit, which caught Disney's attention. The episode also covers the legal and business negotiations that led to the creation of Disney's Swan and Dolphin Resort, highlighting the strategic compromises between Disney and Tishman. Further, Eric touches on Disney and Tishman's involvement in the revitalization of New York's Times Square, restoring the New Amsterdam Theater, and bidding on a major hotel and entertainment project. Tune in for a deep dive into the synergy between Disney and Tishman and the transformative projects that shaped their longstanding relationship. Thanks for Enjoying Synergy Loves Company! https://www.synergylovescompany.com Donate to the show: https://ko-fi.com/synergylovescompany Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@synergylovescompany Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/erichsynergy.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/synergylovescompany Instagram and Threads:https://www.instagram.com/synergylovescompany/Read transcript

Actor and dancer Colt Prattes joins Emily and Haley to discuss ‘Aladdin' on Broadway, touring with P!nk, and his new Netflix movie, ‘The Merry Gentlemen.' Emily admires Nick Jonas's butt, Haley teaches menacing sign language, and Colt inspires a new segment that involves Emily's dad. So enter the White Room, dance like Daniel Radcliffe, and sign a playbill with a cigarette while you listen to Chapter 17 of ‘How To Make It With Emily & Haley.''The Merry Gentlemen' is now on Netflix. ‘Aladdin' performs on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theater. Follow Colt: @coltprattesFollow 'How To Make It': @howtomakeitpodcastFollow Emily: @emilydorothyyFollow Haley: @haleymuralee

On Episode 10, Pete and Phil (Making Tarantino) discuss a classic slasher double feature that played May 9, 1981 at the New Amsterdam Theater on The Deuce, Friday The 13th Pt. 2 (which marked the debut of horror icon Jason Voorhees) followed by My Bloody Valentine.

December 8, 1914. Crowds pour into the New Amsterdam Theater to see the opening night of a new show, “Watch Your Step.” It's the first full-length revue written by the popular young songwriter, Irving Berlin. His songs show off Berlin's signature wit and simplicity, but also his musical sophistication. As his fellow composer, Jerome Kern, would later put it: "Berlin has no place in American music—he is American music.” Who was Irving Berlin? And how did he utterly transform American songwriting?Thanks to our guests: James Kaplan, author of Irving Berlin: New York Genius; Laurence Maslon, arts professor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and host of the radio show "Broadway to Main Street" on WLIW; and Katherine Barrett Swett, English teacher, poet, and granddaughter of Irving Berlin and Ellin Mackay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I speak with Black poet, Jasmine Mans.Jasmine Mans is a poet from Newark, New Jersey. Her recently published book, Black Girl, Call Home (Penguin Random House) has been named one of Oprah's Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books and a TIME Magazine Must Read, to name a few; and Jasmine herself named as Essence's #1 Contemporary Black Poet to Know.Jasmine's poetry has gone viral many times over on YouTube. She has opened packed shows for Mos Def and Janelle Monae; and performed at such esteemed venues as the Kennedy Center, Broadway's New Amsterdam Theater, the Wisconsin Governor's Mansion, and the Sundance Film Festival. Mans also participated in "Brave New Voices", an 8-episode poetry documentary on HBO. Jasmine is a contributor to the 1619 Project and co-hosted the Kennedy Center's Arts Across America series alongside renowned poet Jason Reynolds. Jasmine is also the voice behind Ulta Beauty's MUSE campaign. Jasmine created the company Buy Weed From Women, where she sells her own designs in support of women working in the cannabis industry.

In today's episode, my wife Lindsey and I regale you with tales of seasonal spookiness! We'll be discussing two of the most well-known haunted theaters in America, The Birdcage Theater in Tombstone, AZ, and The New Amsterdam Theater on Broadway in New York City. So light your pumpkins, pick your poison of choice and join us for some haunted theatrical history. 

From small town girl to Folly Girl. From film sensation to corpse. What exactly happened to Olive Thomas? Was her death just a tragic accident? Find out all about Olive's life and death and how she has been bound to The New Amsterdam Theater for decades. Olive may just be the original ghost of Broadway! Listen to this new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iTunes! Don't forget to follow them on all the socials: Instagram: @NYMysteryMachineTwitter: @NYMysteriesFacebook: @NYMysteryMachine Thanks to our new Sponsor: HUNT A KILLER Receive 20% off your first Hunt a Killer subscription box at www.HuntAKiller.com with the code NYMYSTERYMACHINE at checkout! Support the show by becoming a sponsor on our Patreon: www.Patreon.com/NYMysteryMachine

This week we explore the life and tragic death of a Ziegfeld Follies chorus girl, and the theater she still haunts, to this day.    For more information, pictures, and episode sources, visit the blog at www.morethanmurderpod.com.

On this week's show, I'm joined by Janette Pellegrini to talk about her recent experience at Live at the New Am: A Benefit Concert for the Actors Fund on Broadway in New York City. The New Amsterdam Theater is currently home to Disney's Aladdin on Broadway and upon the re-opening of the theater after it shut down for over a year due to COVID, Disney on Broadway presented a 4-show run of Disney Broadway stars singing hits from Disney's Broadway shows like Frozen, The Lion King, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast to benefit The Actor's Fund, which has gone to award grants totaling over $22 million to support 16,000 entertainment professionals since the pandemic began.  Together, we'll talk about the event and the unbelievable Broadway talent and stars that were on hand to perform like Ashley Brown from Mary Poppins, Michael James Scott from Aladdin, Kissy Simons from The Lion King, and Josh Strickland from Tarzan.

Join Jim and today's guest Laura Ware for a plethora of Disney delights! This exuberant actress and cast member is brimming with stories about working at Disney publishing, collecting Disney record albums, rubbing elbows with Disney luminaries, and her current position as a tour guide at the New Amsterdam Theater, home of the Broadway premieres of "The Lion King," "Mary Poppins," and "Aladdin." And who else do you know who has made a giant Easter basket out of a baby crib for Disney?

This week, Jacob sits down with fellow actor Adam Jacobs. Adam's big break came with the opportunity to play “Marius” in the national tour of Les Miserables.  This job led to him being cast in the Broadway revival and his subsequent Broadway debut.  Within the short 14 months that the show played the Broadhurst Theater, he had the benefit of working with many Broadway veterans including Lea Salonga, Judy Kuhn, Gary Beach, Daphne-Rubin Vega, Norm Lewis, Ann Harada, Aaron Lazar (seen in photo), among many others. Since Les Miserables, he has journeyed from the islands of Mamma Mia! to the African pridelands of The Lion King.  He's gone from the tropics of Once On This Island to the Arabian deserts of Aladdin. His mixed ethnicity has allowed him to play varied roles, and he thanks his parents for their whole-hearted encouragement to pursue a life in the arts. Adam, his wife Kelly, and their sons Jack and Alex now make their home in Chicago. After touring for two years with the first national tour of Disney's Mary Poppins as a dance captain and swing, Kelly happily joined the Broadway company and stayed with it until its closing in 2013. Adam's younger sister, Arielle Jacobs, is also a well-known actress who has had success in theater. After playing “Gabriella” in the national tour of Disney's High School Musical, she starred as “Nina” in the Broadway production and first national tour of In The Heights, played “Nessarose” in the Broadway company of Wicked, and is currently playing “Jasmine” in Aladdin at the New Amsterdam Theater. Real Conversations with Jacob Young is brought to you by Boys Town.  FOLLOW JACOB: Instagram  Facebook Twitter

It is National Poetry Month and we talk this morning with poet Jasmine Mans about her new collection: "Black Girl, Call Home." The collection explores the intersection of race, feminism, and queer identity. It is a deeply emotional and personal ode to the places we come from, and a piercing meditation on identity. Mans caused a stir when a video of her performing her poem “Footnotes for Kanye” went viral on YouTube. Since then, she has continued to build a following through her live performances at venues like the Kennedy Center and Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theater and on stages across the country, Her new book "Black Girl, Call Home" is inspired and informed by her own life and offers an important perspective on the world we live in. Poems from the collection have been featured by Elle and O, The Oprah Magazine, part of the national dialogue about issues and events that deeply affect people of color.

For the video, click here: https://youtu.be/IvMUoyYbfzQ Ann Morrison is an award-winning actress, writer, teacher and director for over 40 years. Her Broadway debut in Merrily We Roll Along garnered her the 1982 Theatre World Award, and she did her first OBC LP recording for RCA. 25 years later (2007) Harold Prince brought her back to Broadway for LoveMusik. She sang in a Sondheim celebration Children and Art at the New Amsterdam Theater and at the Merrily Reunion Concert at Laguardia High School. On London's West End she originated the title role in the musical PEG (based on “Peg O’ My Heart”). Nationally, she has starred in Sondheim on Sondheim, Moving On, Into the Woods, Peter Pan, Guys & Dolls, Cabaret, Oliver! Sunset Boulevard, On A Clear Day, Anything Goes, Can Can, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Good News, Embarrassments, Anyone Can Whistle, On The Verge, Noel & Gertie, Shadowlands, Ruthless!, I Do, I Do! Little Shop Of Horrors, Chess, Blithe Spirit, Of Thee I Sing, Driving Miss Daisy, plus many many more. The quintessential solo artist, Ann has performed as a cabaret artist in major venues across the country, most recently at Feinstein's/54 Below in NYC. Ann plays herself in the 2017 documentary Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened. Ann is the very proud mother of singer/composer/actor/music producer Huck Walton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Morrison https://www.annmorrison.net https://www.masterworksbroadway.com/artist/ann-morrison/ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/ann-morrison-92256

For his Stir Crazy Festival 11 days after the death of George Floyd, JP Reynolds engaged some of his brilliant friends in wellness conversations. In this episode poet, actor, and star of Hamilton Carvens Lissaint joins JP for an exchange about artistic wellness, its connection to spirituality, and how to find identity. About Carvens Lissaint: Carvens Lissaint is a Haitian American International award-winning poet, actor, and singer. He currently stars in the Tony Award winning musical HAMILTON as George Washington at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood, CA. Featured on TED Youth, Sundance Film Festival, The United States Green Build Council in Arizona, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on Broadway at The New Amsterdam Theater & the Off-Broadway Hip-Hop Theater Festival, debuting his one man show “Walk” at the Ohio Theater. A graduate of The American Academy for Dramatic Arts and St. John’s University with degrees in Acting/Dramatic Arts for Film & Television and holds an MFA from NYU Tisch School of The Arts Graduate Acting Program. He gives all glory and honor to Jesus. About JP Reynolds: Called “remarkably special” by AllHipHop, JP Reynolds is an innovative artist, rapper and songwriter with an eclectic sound. The creator of “rap gumbo,” his music is a powerful blend of jazz, funk, gospel and soul. In addition to music JP is an entrepreneur, coach, activist, and minister. In 2012, he created Peace and Power Media, an artistic hub that produces music and multimedia content. Since 2014, JP has supported young people in pursuing passion and purpose through various initiatives and partnerships with organizations and communities within the non-profit sector. JP holds a Bachelor of Arts in African-American Studies and a Master of Divinity from Yale University. Conversation Topics: Becoming a Vocational Artist (5:41) • Being Productive vs. Being Fruitful (7:21) • Idols (8:01) • Finding Identity (12:17) Theme Song: "Reset (Hold Your Horse)" - JP Reynolds + BACHTROY --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stircrazypodcast/support

Andrew Wilson has lived an extraordinary life; growing up in Grove City PA, Andrew shares his inspiration and memories on the road to Broadway. He talks about the people and events in his early life that inspired and challenged him. Alex and Lisa have some of those questions that we love to hear about: what is the life of a dancer? What inspires you, what gives you joy? Andrew generously shares many of the lessons of a life in the arts, This is a podcast you CANNOT MISS! Andrew Wilson has a fantastic bio: Andrew lives in New York City, where he is a faculty member at the world-renowned Broadway Dance Center, teaching theater dance and acrobatics. He was recently seen on Broadway playing the role of Tumblebrutus in the Andy Blankenbuehler-helmed revival of CATS. He served as the dance captain and swing for the 1st National Tour of Newsies The Musical, and reprised his role of dance captain and featured Newsie in the live-capture of Newsies for Netflix and Disney+. Other touring credits include Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan, CATS 25th Anniversary International Tour and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. For Disney Cruise Line, he was in the opening casts of the Disney Dream and the Disney Fantasy, as well as opening over 11 shows for them, including Toy Story: the Musical, Aladdin, Villains Tonight andDisney’s Believe. Regionally, he has worked at Casa Mañana, Pittsburgh CLO, the MUNY, Sacramento Music Circus, Riverside, TUTS, La Mirada and Disneyland. He has also performed on SNL, Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Access Hollywood, and has performed across the county for numerous corporate industrials. Other New York City credits include being a featured dancer for the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center, performing Peter Pan at Madison Square Garden and the dancing in the Disney On Broadway 25th Anniversary Gala at the New Amsterdam Theater. He has danced and acted in national commercials for CNN, FX, Gaiam and was the motion-capture “Mr. Peanut” for Super Bowl LIII commercial spots. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/applausethepodcast/message

Thomas Schumacher serves as President & Producer of Disney Theatrical Productions, overseeing the development, creation and execution of Disney’s legitimate stage entertainment worldwide. The division’s Broadway, West End, touring and international production credits include Beauty and the Beast, King David, The Lion King, Der Glöckner von Notre Dame, Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, Mary Poppins, On the Record, TARZAN®, High School Musical, The Little Mermaid, Peter and the Starcatcher, Newsies, Aladdin, Shakespeare in Love and Frozen. The company has collaborated with the nation’s preeminent theatres to develop new stage titles including The Jungle Book, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Freaky Friday and Hercules. As a part of the recent acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Schumacher also heads the Buena Vista Theatrical banner which licenses Fox titles for stage adaptations including Anastasia; Moulin Rouge! The Musical; Mrs. Doubtfire and The Devil Wears Prada. Recently he served as Executive Producer for the 2019 remake of The Lion King, the live-action Beauty and the Beast and the Disney Channel Original Movie Freaky Friday. You can hear him talk about... How the film version of The Little Mermaid gave musicals back their voice How theatre and Disney become part of your family heritage What Broadway definitely needs to learn about diversity from Disney's Mulan. How Disney's purchase of the New Amsterdam Theater helped revitalize Times Square. A hint what might be next for Disney on Broadway. When we discuss an upcoming production of Beauty and The Beast, please note that this is not a Broadway production. This is an overseas tour! My pal Justin Guarini wants to help you nail your next audition! Sign up today for his online vocal audition audit! We love working with Justin and I know you will too. Enjoy and thank you for coming back to our new season! This week’s #SongwriterOfTheWeek is Grace McLean! If you enjoyed the outro song in this episode, go on over to www.gracemclean.com or check her out on Instagram & Twitter @thatgracemclean. Keep up with me @KenDavenportBway on Instagram. Check out my blog for daily content: www.theproducersperspective.com This episode was produced by Mary Dina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Haunted Places, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Haunted Places on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. For Olive Thomas, it was the only place she was ever truly happy. So it’s no surprise that the showgirl and cinema ingenue would return to the New Amsterdam Theater after a truly horrifying death for an eternal encore.

For Olive Thomas, it was the only place she was ever truly happy. So it’s no surprise that the showgirl and cinema ingenue would return to the New Amsterdam Theater after a truly horrifying death for an eternal encore.

Drew starts us off with the tragic and beautiful story of Olive Thomas, a model and silent movie star whose spirit still haunts the New Amsterdam Theater. Dani's got two stories in one with the story of the life and death of Arnold Rothstein and the Black Sox Scandal. Then we go back to Drew for his second story of American playwright and dramatist, Clyde Fitch and his ghostly last bow at The Lyric Theater.Additional minor topics: Elmo, Aladdin, Ziegfeld Follies, adult shows, Hollywood gossiping back in the 1920's, Andrew WK, prohibition, the first curse word uttered on Broadway and much more.Tell us how you feel about the episode by rating and leaving a review! Subscribe to get our episodes when they get released, every other Tuesday! With Minisodes as they happen!www.strangelittleworlds.comJoin us for extras and behind the scenes by following us on all the social medias @SLWPodcast. Email us your thoughts and feedback at strangelittleworldspodcast@gmail.comMusic courtesy of www.purple-planet.com

Grab your subway map and your I heart NY t-shirt, 'cause this week the BnB crew are taking a bite outta the Big Apple with Haunted New York City! Vanessa grabs the express train first with the tale of the Morris-Jumel Mansion, the oldest house in Manhattan with some built-in patriarchy bullshit (suck it, George Washington!), paired with 21st Amendment Brewery's Hell or High Watermelon Wheat beer. Then Melissa boards a local to midtown with the story of the New Amsterdam Theater, where a follie dame named Olive had terrible tastes in beverages, paired with Saranac Brewery's Blueberry Blonde Ale. Who will win in the battle of noisy field trips VS helpful booster seats? Listen and find out!

Adam shares the tragic story of silent film star Olive Thomas, whose ghost haunts the landmark New Amsterdam Theater in New York City. John finally talks about the Great Purge of 2018. If you're not mad, you should be. This is dangerous stuff. Julian Assange says being forced to clean his cat's litter box is a violation of his fundamental rights. Some dutch guy "identifies" as twenty years younger - and wants to legally change his age. That giant flying rock might be an extraterrestrial probe. Or not. Or maybe it is. Or not.    

Welcome to Episode 12 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to Safia Elhillo about her writing journey & much more. As always, you can reach us at emailthepoetrygods@gmail.com. We are looking to book shows for Fall 2016. Bring The Poetry gods to your campus! SAFIA ELHILLO BIO: Safia Elhillo's first full-length collection, The January Children, is forthcoming from University of Nebraska Press in 2017. Sudanese by way of Washington, DC, a Cave Canem fellow and poetry editor at Kinfolks Quarterly: a journal of black expression, she received an MFA in poetry at the New School. Safia is a Pushcart Prize nominee, co-winner of the 2015 Brunel University African Poetry Prize, and winner of the 2016 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets. In addition to appearing in several journals and anthologies including “The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop,” her work has been translated into Arabic and Greek. Safia has performed at venues such as TEDxNewYork, the South African State Theatre, the New Amsterdam Theater on Broadway, and TV1's Verses & Flow. She was a founding member of Slam NYU, the 2012 and 2013 national collegiate championship team, and was a three-time member and former coach of the DC Youth Slam Poetry team. She is currently a teaching artist with Split This Rock. Follow Safia Elhillo on twitter: @mafiasafia on instagram: @safiamafia Follow The Poetry Gods on all social media: @jayohessee, @azizabarnes, @iamjonsands, @thepoetrygods & CHECK OUR WEBSITE: thepoetrygods.com/ (much thanks to José Ortiz for designing the website! shouts to Jess X Chen for making our logo)

You guys, I’m SO excited to share our interview with Tony winner James Monroe Igleheart with you today. This guy is so smart and warm and funny, I could have talked to him for hours. He made his Broadway debut in 2007 as a replacement in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and then went on to co-star as Bobby in 2009’s Tony Award winning best musical, "Memphis." In 2014 he landed the role of a lifetime as the Genie in the Broadway production of the Disney musical "Aladdin." He would, of course, go on to with the Tony Award for his work in that show. He is still hoofing it as the Genie 8 times a week at the New Amsterdam Theater, if you can get there to see him, you absolutely must. The sheer energy he brings to that performance is show stopping. He was so much fun to talk with! Enjoy!

It's Time D-Heads! This week we make a wish from the Genie in the lamp as we welcome non other that JONATHAN FREEMAN (Voice of Jafar, Aladdin Franchise, Aladdin on Broadway, Disney Broadway Productions, Mary Poppins on Broadway, Beauty and the Beast on Broadway, Life Animated) to the show! Jonathan stops in and talks about his career, being one of the most iconic Disney Villains, bringing Jafar to life on Stage in Aladdin on Broadway, his legacy, Life Animated, his favorite Villains, The New Amsterdam Theater and more! In addition we have the D-Team back kicking it off with Erin answering your questions in I Want To Know and we have Jason giving you a Blu-Ray and DVD that we must add to your collection in The Vault. Nathan looks backwards at This Week in Disney History and Paige sets sail into the musical realm with the Magical Music Review. And our Newest D-Team Cody stops in with the Hollywood Walk. And let's not forget Randy giving us the latest from Disney Multi-Media. There is news hot off the D-Wire with news about Hollywood Studios, the next installment of Star Wars, Animal Kingdom, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Records, Disneyland, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's chest, the Magic Kingdom, DVDs, Blu-Rays, The Muppets and more! So it's time to Put on Your Ears, Give it a Little Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo, and get ready to Relive the Magic, Memories and Appreciation from Your Lifetime of Disney with our New Kind of Disney Show!

It's Time D-Heads! This week we make a wish from the Genie in the lamp as we welcome non other that JONATHAN FREEMAN (Voice of Jafar, Aladdin Franchise, Aladdin on Broadway, Disney Broadway Productions, Mary Poppins on Broadway, Beauty and the Beast on Broadway, Life Animated) to the show! Jonathan stops in and talks about his career, being one of the most iconic Disney Villains, bringing Jafar to life on Stage in Aladdin on Broadway, his legacy, Life Animated, his favorite Villains, The New Amsterdam Theater and more! In addition we have the D-Team back kicking it off with Erin answering your questions in I Want To Know and we have Jason giving you a Blu-Ray and DVD that we must add to your collection in The Vault. Nathan looks backwards at This Week in Disney History and Paige sets sail into the musical realm with the Magical Music Review. And our Newest D-Team Cody stops in with the Hollywood Walk. And let's not forget Randy giving us the latest from Disney Multi-Media. There is news hot off the D-Wire with news about Hollywood Studios, the next installment of Star Wars, Animal Kingdom, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Records, Disneyland, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's chest, the Magic Kingdom, DVDs, Blu-Rays, The Muppets and more! So it's time to Put on Your Ears, Give it a Little Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo, and get ready to Relive the Magic, Memories and Appreciation from Your Lifetime of Disney with our New Kind of Disney Show!

January 11, 2016 - In this episode, we're going to Charleston our way back to the Manhattan of our theme song, New York Ain't New York Anymore. Yes, it's the Jazz Age of speakeasies and Prohibition -- and our tour guide is none other than the Theater Districts most famous resident ghost, sighted from time to time in the New Amsterdam Theater. Our guest, author Laini Giles, has written our ticket to one of Hollywood Land's very first scandal in The Forgotten Flapper: A Novel of Olive Thomas. You may not know Olive's name today, but a hundred years ago she was one of the loveliest girls who ever lit up the Ziegfeld Follies or the silent screen. Laini Giles' previous novel is Love Lies Bleeding. You can follow her on Twitter @4GottenFlapper and visit her online at LainiGiles.com. Laini is also happy to share some other Jazz Age books in this episode. They are Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan. Hollywood Babylon, by Kenneth Anger. Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin, by Marion Meade.      

The people at Disney Theatrical Group, who produce the company’s live shows, have certainly had a genie in a bottle for the past 20 years, coming up with hit stage musicals based on the films "Beauty and the Beast," "The Lion King," "Mary Poppins," "The Little Mermaid" and others. But now they’re letting that genie out: "Aladdin," the 1992 film that featured Robin Williams as the voice of the genie, has joined the ranks of Disney’s screen-to-stage properties. With songs by Alan Mencken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin, a new book by Beguilin and direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw, Aladdin is playing at the New Amsterdam Theater stage, where New York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood saw it. Here’s his report.