Some years ago, when Sonya Balsara and Adi Roy were in middle school, they got cast in the kiddie version of the musical “Aladdin.”.
Discover incredible Insider Deals that will make your life a little bit easierThis image released by Disney Theatricals shows Adi Roy as Aladdin, left, and Sonya Balsara as Princess Jasmine during a performance of the musical"Aladdin." – Some years ago, when Sonya Balsara and Adi Roy were in middle school, they were cast in kiddie versions of the musical “Aladdin.” Little did they know it would be very good preparation — for the same roles on Broadway.
“That’s every immigrant parent's dream — their son or daughter or children are doing something like that,” says Roy. “I can only hope to keep making them proud.”Balsara grew up in the Bay Area, with classical music playing even while she was in the womb. At age 11 at a local children's theater program, she was cast as a braces-wearing Jasmine in “Aladdin Jr.” She provided part of her own costume, and the set's flying carpet for “A Whole New World” was someone holding a cloth on sticks. No matter.A fateful moment came when she was a sophomore in high school and was being driven by her dad to A.P. Bio lab at 6:30 a.m. He suggested she had to make a choice — acting or a more conventional route.
“I love to key into the joy that Aladdin brings,” he says. “Even in his saddest of times, there is a twinge of joy. He’s always trying to be that person that brings everyone up.”
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