Hop aboard magic carpet with Disney's ‘Aladdin'

HARTFORD — If you were granted three wishes after rubbing on a genie’s golden lamp, what might you request? Unlimited wealth, fame and eternal life? Love, happiness and good health? A mansion, a faithful pet, a devoted spouse? Friendship, joy and three more wishes?

While you are dreaming, hop aboard a magic carpet and travel to Hartford’s Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, by way of Arabia, to experience Disney’s “Aladdin” through Sunday. This Broadway musical is based on the animated Disney film with book by Chad Beguelin, music by Alan Menken, and lyrics by Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Beguelin.

Imagine you live on the street, stealing food to live, using your wits and imagination to exist, when you sight the incredibly lovely Jasmine, the daughter of the sultan of Agrabah. If this sounds like you, then your name is Aladdin (Adi Roy), and you are destined for great and dangerous adventures. When you are invited to Jasmine’s exotic palace, you find a magical oil lamp in the Cave of Wonders, a lamp that contains a smart-talking and intensely powerful Genie (Marcus M. Martin). He has the ability to grant you a trio of wishes, and when you realize that Jafar (Anand Nagraj), an evil sorcerer, plans to steal Jasmine’s kingdom, you know exactly what you want from your new best friend.

Meanwhile, the genie has his own wish: freedom. Will Aladdin be able to save Princess Jasmine (Senzel Ahmady) from a forced marriage by her wacky father and protect her kingdom at the same time? With his trusty monkey Abu, he has quite the quest.

For tickets ($42 and up), call the Bushnell, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford, at 860987-5900 or go online at bushnell.org. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m. Check online for any COVID restrictions.

Go sailing across the skies with Aladdin and Jasmine as they discover how their friendship can blossom into an eternal love, capable of defeating evil.