{
  "id": 6269414,
  "title": "Sherri Shepherd Heading To Broadway As The Genie In Disney’s ‘Aladdin’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/sherri-shepherd-heading-to-broadway-as-the-genie-in-disneys-aladdin",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-08T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/sherri-shepherd-aladdin-genie-broadway-1237068348/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Talk show host Sherri Shepherd will make a rare Broadway appearance as the Genie in Disney’s Aladdin when she begins a limited run in the musical on Friday, October 16. Shepherd, who gave her first and do-date-only Broadway performance in 2014 as the Evil Stepmother in Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, will play in Aladdin during […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}