Freeman, who voiced the villainous Jafar in 1992's animated “Aladdin,” also originated the role in the 2014 Broadway production and has performed in more than 2,000 shows since then.

Jonathan Freeman has been associated with the role of Jafar in “Aladdin” for 30 years, including a nearly eight-year run on Broadway. On Sunday, he passed the character’s staff to his ...

Jafar is largely identical on Broadway and the animated film. The live-action movie gives the character a little bit of backstory and motivation not present in the other two iterations.

Aladdin original Broadway cast member and current Jafar/Sultan standby Dennis Stowe will assume the role of Jafar beginning on January 25. Tony nominee and fellow original Broadway cast member ...

Tony Award® nominee and original Broadway cast member Jonathan Freeman will play his final performance as Jafar in Disney’s hit musical Aladdin on Sunday, January 23, 2022. Current Jafar/Sultan ...

Jafar — played by Jonathan Freeman, who actually voiced the villainous character in the Disney movie — gets his own song this go-round, “Diamond in the Rough.” There are even more songs.

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Actors Jonathan Freeman and Ethan Freeman ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It’s a whole new world for Disney’s ‘Alladin’ on Broadway as Jonathan Freeman, known to the world as Disney’s most nefarious villain, Jafar, took his final bow on ...

Jafar and Iago (Anand Nagraj and Aaron Choi) are entertainingly evil in "Aladdin," onstage at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. (Courtesy Deen van Meer via Dr. Phillips Center) ...

Disney's Aladdin, which has been closed since March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, reopens September 28 at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre.. The cast welcomes Michael Maliakel in the title ...

Yorktown native Anand Nagraj plays Jafar in the Broadway tour of Disney's "Aladdin." Nagraj plays Jafar, who is a silky-smooth loyal servant of the crown whenever around his boss, Sultan, played ...

The blockbuster Broadway musical based on the 1992 animated Disney movie, "Aladdin," is turning 10 next month. ... Michael James Scott as Genie, Sonya Balsara as Jasmine and Dennis Stowe as Jafar.