NEW YORK — The actor who plays the parrot Iago in Broadway’s “Aladdin” remembered the magic of meeting Gilbert Gottfried as the Disney stage musical dedicated Tuesday night’s performance to the late comedian.
Gottfried’s family announced earlier Tuesday that the longtime entertainer, who voiced Iago in 1992′s animated “Aladdin” movie, died at age 67 after “a long illness.”
“I think one of the main reasons this character is who he is is because of what Gilbert brought to the animated film: his comedy, and that voice,” actor Don Darryl Rivera said in Tuesday’s tribute, which took place during the curtain call following the “Aladdin” show at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
