Perelman and music and lyrics by Cole Porter, telecast in color on the DuPont Show of the Month by CBS.
Columbia Records issued both monophonic and stereophonic recordings of the original TV cast: Cyril Ritchard, Dennis King, Basil Rathbone, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Geoffrey Holder (as the Genie), Sal Mineo (as Aladdin), and Una Merkel (as Aladdin's mother).
Sony Records digitally remastered the original stereo recording for CD release; musical numbers included:[1] The London stage production also included: The original telecast was never repeated (despite videotape being in use at the time), nor was it released on VHS or DVD.
A kinescope of the 1958 broadcast survives at both the New York City and Beverly Hills branches of the Paley Center for Media.
[4] In 2012, as part of his Lost Musicals project, Ian Marshall-Fisher directed a stage revival at Sadler's Wells, London.