American pantomime in North Hollywood, starring Jerry Mathers and Freddie Stroma. This was followed in 2011 by "A Snow White Christmas", starring Marina Sirtis as The Wicked Queen and Neil Patrick Harris as The Magic Mirror, and "A Cinderella Christmas", starring Fred Willard as Baron Hardup, Cinderella's father. In 2012, the company mounted "A Snow White Christmas" at the Pasadena Playhouse, starring Ariana Grande as Snow White, Charlene Tilton as The Wicked Queen and Neil Patrick Harris again as The Magic Mirror. The production drew 13,000 ticket buyers. "Aladdin" was scheduled for the 2013 holiday season at Pasadena. American pantomime American pantomime,
Abanazar (pantomime) Abanazar (pantomime) Abanazar is a magician and the primary antagonist in the Aladdin pantomime. He was also the basis for Jafar in the Disney version of Aladdin. The character first appeared in the harlequinade "Aladin" in 1788 as 'The African Magician', but was given the name Abanazer in 1813 in "Aladdin or The Wonderful Lamp" at Covent Garden Opera House in 1813, described as 'A New Melo-Dramatick Romance', and revived in 1826. Other names which have been used for the character are Mourad, Abel el Nesir, Kiradamac, Abanazac and Hocus Pocus. It was with Henry James Byron's "Aladdin or the