Opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on March 20, 2014. Still running — 4,581 performances when last counted. Currently running at the New Amsterdam Theatre (venue since opening) Aladdin is a stage musical based on the Walt Disney Animation Studios 1992 film of the same name, with a book by Chad Beguelin, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Beguelin. It resurrects three songs written by Menken and Ashman for the film but not used, and adds four songs written by Menken and Beguelin. Wiki link