People have wondered and questioned how the magic carpet works and fly s somehow seamlessly on its own with a smooth performance on aladdin the musical and m.
Magic carpet ride aladdin broadway.
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Disney s aladdin floats into the saenger.
It s a whole new world and a whole new season as the 2018 19 broadway in new orleans series comes soaring in this week on.
I don t work on aladdin but i m friends with a few of the riggers.
Ainsley melham marina pires will take a magic carpet ride into aladdin on broadway.
Ainsley melham marina pires photos provided by disney theatrical.
But of course because michael lassell s the road to broadway and beyond disney aladdin.
It s not often a writer gets to travel on aladdin s magic carpet but that s one way to describe my latest trip.
Here s how the show s creators pull off the magic in real time.
The broadway version of disney s aladdin has almost as many special effects as you d find in a major hollywood movie.
A whole new world doesn t reveal how the magic carpet illusion in this tony award winning show is actually achieved well that s something you re just going to have to work out on your own.
They spin the wires really fast enough to trick the eye.
Basically there are wires on the 4 corners and at the top the winch assembly spins each wire in a little circle maybe a foot diameter.
A magic carpet ride.
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