Under the direction of Mrs. Dawn Heavilin-Pospischil and assistant directors Mrs. Ciara Fischer-James and Mrs. Hannah Pals, Shirland’s music department showed their creative genius as students in grades third through eighth took audiences to a “Whole New World” on April 30 and May 1 in the school’s version of Disney’s Aladdin Jr.
Aladdin Jr. is a 60-80 minute one act adaption of the 1992 animated film. The musical follows the classic story set in the fictional desert kingdom of Agrabah, where street urchin Aladdin finds a magic lamp with a genie inside. He uses his three wishes to become a prince to win princess Jasmine’s heart. Meanwhile, he must outsmart the evil Jafar, the sinister, power hungry Royal Vizier of Agrabah (brilliantly played by Sawyer Usry), who masks his evil intentions with a polite and sophisticated facade.
Disney’s Aladdin Jr. is based on the film written by Ron Clements, John Musker, Ted Elliott, and Terry Rossio. The film was also directed and produced by Musker and Clements…