Actors of Indian lineage proud to guide Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’

NY — As teens growing right up in different says, Shoba Narayan and Michael Maliakel shared a passion for one best movies – “Aladdin.” Both tend to be of Indian ancestry, as well as in the animated motion picture, they noticed those who appeared to be them.

That discussed appreciate went full-circle this period as Narayan and Maliakel lead the Broadway team for the musical “Aladdin” outside of the pandemic, playing Princess Jasmine while the hero from subject, correspondingly.

“Growing up, there clearly was these types of little southern area Asian and center Eastern representation inside the US media, and Princess Jasmine was really all I got. She got a huge character design for me as someone who ended up being intelligent and strong and separate and beautifully interesting, that is certainly exactly who I wanted to-be,” claims Narayan, who spent my youth in Pennsylvania.

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