Adam Jacobs was the original “Aladdin” in Disney's smash Broadway musical, with a list of other hits like Les Miserables and Something Rotten, but this docu-concert – filmed as a special one-night-only performance – explores his emotional personal journey, from growing up as a Filipino American in California to landing the role of a lifetime.
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Concert Playlist
Bad Habit by Ben Platt
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
“Disney Medley”
- Endless Night (The Lion King) by Lebo M., Hans Zimmer, Julie Taymor, and Jay Rifkin
- Proud of Your Boy (Aladdin) by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
- If I Can’t Love Her (Beauty and the Beast) by Alan Menken and Tim Rice
- Sante Fe (Newsies) by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman
- Out There (Hunchback of Notre Dame) by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
Get Here by Brenda Russell
Go The Distance (Hercules) by Alan Menken and David Zippel
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell
If You Really Love Me by Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright
Joey, Joey, Joey (Pal Joey) by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart
Luck Be A Lady (Guys and Dolls) by Frank Loesser
Me and Mrs. Jones by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Cary Gilbert
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) by Journey
She Loves Me (She Loves Me) by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
Something’s Coming (West Side Story) by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim
Stars (Les Miserables) by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil
Til I Hear You Sing (Love Never Dies) by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater
Why God, Why? (Miss Saigon) by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr.
Adam Jacobs is most known for originating the role of “Aladdin” in Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway for which he received a Drama Desk and Grammy nomination.
Other Broadway credits include “Simba” in The Lion King, and “Marius” in Les Miserables. Favorite regional credits include: US Premiere of Zorro at Alliance Theatre (Suzi nomination), Once On This Island at Paper Mill Playhouse, and Something Rotten at the Marriott Theatre. TV: Soundtrack, Chicago Med, The Bachelorette, The 68th Annual Tony Awards, Good Morning America. Graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
Adam’s debut solo album, Right Where I Belong featuring songs of Alan Menken, is available on iTunes and Spotify. IG/Twitter: @AdamJacobsNYC