--- title: Robin Williams Dead: Broadway Aladdin Cast Pays Tribute With Song description: Remembering Williams' classic role as the Genie in 1992 canonical: https://time.com/3111169/robin-williams-suicide-aladdin-broadway-tribute/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-14T14:28:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:27.107Z og:title: Watch the Cast of Broadway's 'Aladdin' Pay a Special Musical Tribute to Robin Williams og:description: Remembering Williams' classic role as the Genie in 1992 og:url: https://time.com/3111169/robin-williams-suicide-aladdin-broadway-tribute/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Cast of Broadway's 'Aladdin' Pay a Special Musical Tribute to Robin Williams twitter:description: Remembering Williams' classic role as the Genie in 1992 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Cast of Broadway's _Aladdin_ Pays a Special Musical Tribute to Robin Williams by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 14, 2014 2:28 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 14, 2014 2:28 PM UTC On Wednesday, Broadway theaters across New York City [dimmed their lights](http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Broadway-Theaters-Dim-Lights-to-Honor-Robin-Williams-20140813#.U-zB77xdW38) to honor to Robin Williams. But the previous night, one particular group of Broadway performers paid a much livelier tribute to the actor, who died Monday at 63. After their performance, the cast of the musical version of _Aladdin_ took a moment to pay their respects and then lead the audience in a singalong rendition of “Friend Like Me.” Williams, of course, [sang this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grVzHu-%5FLcU) when he played the Genie in the 1992 animated Disney movie. James Monroe Iglehart, who plays the Genie on Broadway, also spoke a bit about Williams’ incredible talent and influence, calling him “one of the greatest — not comedians — but one of the greatest entertainers of all time.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3111169/robin-williams-suicide-aladdin-broadway-tribute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3111169/robin-williams-suicide-aladdin-broadway-tribute/"},"headline":"Cast of Broadway's Aladdin Pays a Special Musical Tribute to Robin Williams","datePublished":"2014-08-14T14:28:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:27.107Z","description":"Remembering Williams' classic role as the Genie in 1992","url":"https://time.com/3111169/robin-williams-suicide-aladdin-broadway-tribute/","keywords":["Newsfeed","broadway","Appreciation","Theater","celebrity","robin williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3111169/robin-williams-suicide-aladdin-broadway-tribute/","name":"Cast of Broadway's Aladdin Pays a Special Musical Tribute to Robin Williams"}}]}] ```