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FEATURE: Facts and Figures – the National Tour of Aladdin Behind the Scenes

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Adam Jacobs (Aladdin) and Isabelle McCalla (Jasmine) star in the national touring production of Aladdin. Photo by Deen van Meer.

How many people does it take to put on a national tour of a Broadway show? If the show is Aladdin, the answer is 75…if you only count the people who show up each night. Factor in the preparation and the number quickly balloons: building the costumes alone was a task for 342 different people.

Here are some facts and figures for the Aladdin national tour:

  • Touring Company Size: 75.
Some of the thousands of fabrics used in Aladdin on display. Photo by Deen van Meer.

Costumes

  • Costumes: 337
  • Custom-Made Shoes: 161 pairs
  • Costume Designs: 134
  • Staff who built costumes: 342 people in 26 workshops
  • # of Fabrics and Trims used: 2,039
  • Sources of Fabric: 13 countries (Morocco, Turkey, India, Uzbekistan, China, Tahiti, Japan, Guatemala, Mexico, France, Italy, England, and Germany.)
  • # of rhinestones in costumes for “Friend Like Me”: 8,644 each
  • Weight of Jasmine’s wedding dress: 12 pounds

Effects

  • 84 special effects
  • 53 automated scenic effects
  • 111 moving lights
  • 171 non-moving lights
  • 38 tons of flying scenery, lighting, and effects units

Money

  • Total Box Office Gross: Aladdin (1992 film) – $504 million worldwide
  • Weekly Box Office Gross: Aladdin (2014 Broadway production) – $1.4 to 2.04 million
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