{"id":1541,"date":"2007-05-02T11:29:14","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T15:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accessniagara.com\/blog\/index.php\/2007\/05\/02\/aladdin-successor-is-a-real-beauty\/"},"modified":"2007-05-02T11:29:14","modified_gmt":"2007-05-02T15:29:14","slug":"aladdin-successor-is-a-real-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/02\/aladdin-successor-is-a-real-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"Aladdin successor is a real Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Niagara Falls Review<\/a>:<\/p>\n

At this time last year, producer Linus Hand recalls he was “still convincing people” a major Disney show was coming to Niagara Falls.<\/p>\n

It didn’t matter that his company, Silver Mist Productions, had already lined up a director, secured a theatre and spent $1.6 million booking the musical “Aladdin, Jr.” Talk isn’t enough in this town, he discovered.<\/p>\n

So he showed them.<\/p>\n

Playing at the Greg Frewin Theatre all last summer, “Aladdin, Jr.” ended up being one of the year’s surprise hits, eventually coming back for a Christmas encore. The show impressed critics in Toronto and won over local school boards, who scooped up 16,000 tickets before the run ended.<\/p>\n

But it’s what the show wasn’t that mattered most – cheesy, cheap and tacky.<\/p>\n

With Disney’s seal of approval (not to mention its hefty licensing fees), “Aladdin, Jr.” was exactly what it claimed to be: Toronto-calibre theatre in Niagara Falls.<\/p>\n

So one big Disney icon deserves another.<\/p>\n

The good news? For its follow-up, Silver Mist has reeled in box office heavyweight “Beauty and the Beast.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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