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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. More than a decade after hitting their marks in the show as pre-teens, Balsara is playing plucky Princess Jasmine and Roy is the show’s urchin-turned-titular hero now on Broadway as the Disney hit musical celebrates its 10th anniversary.
She’s been Broadway’s fourth full-time princess since January 2023. Now, when she flies, she uses a harness and really flies. Aladdin’s route Roy’s path to Broadway was more circuitous. He landed the role of Ali on tour after about six auditions and hit the road in the fall of 2022 for 20 months, visiting more than 60 different cities, like Toronto, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. “I love to key into the joy that Aladdin brings,” he says.
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