Cast of Broadway's 'Aladdin' Perform 'Friend Like Me' Live on 'GMA'

The Tony award-winning cast of the musical that just celebrated its 1,000th show on Broadway performs "Friend Like Me" live from the New Amsterdam Theatre.

[MrStars-bjyf]

Seriously I think people underestimate how hard singing and dancing is at the same time

[laurasilva]

When I saw the broadway show there was a part where Aladdin goes “are you from the lamp” and the genie goes “no, I’m from wakanda”

[zzuklaa]

Musicals are lit because they break the 4th wall so much

[shrimpchip]

just saw the show and the genie (this same guy) stole the show away omfg he was amazing

[thatteen]

Genie: hey kid, can you tap dance?
Aladdin: uh no
Genie: *magicness* you can now

[brogle]

When he sings "Beauty and the Beast" tho

[joshuamuniz]

I was there in the audience. It’s worth saying, this was taped at 7am in the morning. And the people in the audience were in line by 5am outside the theater. So first of all, kudos to the actors and dancers and everyone behind the scenes to be up that early and perform. Secondly, people willing to be up at 4-5am to go to this taping are either huge Disney/broadway fans or both, so for the people saying the crowd was dead, trust me, we were very loud and cheering and were encouraged to do so because the more energy we gave out, the more energy the performers had on stage to give a great performance on screen. They clearly lowered the audience volume. This was a free taping that you had to be signed up for and accepted. We got a little history lesson about the theater itself, the Disney on broadway production team and we got a Q&A from princess Jasmine herself. She was my favorite, she had a lot of bubbly personality for 7am haha there were also a lot of giveaways like a pair of free tickets which I won.

[RJTheCerealGuy]

I was fortunate to see this live and I would much rather see this again than the movie. It was hilarious, when Aladdin asked he said he was from the lamp he said no I am from Cleveland. This was in 2016 btw

[hanaflora.a]

Omg can’t believe he’s in Hamilton now

[Akirex]

Only this guy could make me simp for both a genie and a lust demon

[anara]

I just came here to hear James sing again after that stunning voice acting role in Helluva Boss as the demon of Lust.

[luigouvea]

Shortened for TV. Saw it live on Broadway and was way longer! Although, OUTSTANDING performance here!

[tom-txmd]

i saw this and it’s honestly so much better in person - 10/10 would recommend

[stormyphillips]

I hate that they had to shorten it for the GMA performance, but it was SPECTACULAR either way. My goodness I love James Monroe Iglehart as a performer. That man is sensational.

[jamesbrice]

I love how Aladdin's like "I can't believe I'm getting PAID to live this life!".

[luigouvea]

I’ve watched on Broadway and I tell you that I had a big smile on my face for 10 min after this. The crowd stood up and clapped for at least 5 minutes! I was in the 3rd row! What a great number this is and really brings joy to the heart!

[amandaungaro]

HIS VOICE IS LITERALLY SO FANTASTIC THE ENERGY

[mariadimarco]

Can't believe he's Zestial from Hazbin Hotel now :O Love this man!

[tylercleveland]

Why wasn't this the real genie in the live action this guy is absolutely amazing. I also love listening to Hercules on broadway also. The vocalists are beautiful!!!

[haluk]

This must be the bar for Will Smith's 2019 performance.