Photos: Robin Roberts, Gayle King, Kandi Burruss, More Celebrate Sherri Shepherd in Broadway's Aladdin
The View host is the first woman to play the Genie in the Disney hit.
Today is Monday, October 26, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Will Swenson Anthony Rapp Thomas Cavanagh Natalie Merchant Patrick Breen Rita Wilson D. W. Moffett Robert Westenberg Rondi Reed Holly Woodlawn Maureen Anderman William Duff T. C. Jones Ivor Francis Natasha Dana Thomas Palmer Mahalia Jackson Lionel Hale Rosamond Pinchot Jack Sharkey Ellis Baker Margaret Wycherly Lewis Casson H. B. Warner Frank McGlynn Charles M. Hallard Edward Harrigan Neil Meron John Arden James E. Myers