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Jordan Catalano said: "I think 3 songs were “featured” in the film but this is a full musical using old music. Why couldn’t those few songs be featured in a show with an original score is what I’m saying.
It’s just getting very old."

In all fairness, this is a touring production, and those come with lower expectations. It’s also not the first time a famous “chick flick” has been adapted in this fashion - a touring

JustinLovesSideShow said: "Any thoughts on who her Anna will be?"

I’m hoping it’s a relative unknown. Elsa is the icon of the Frozen series, so the “stunt casting” of Samantha Barks was a good idea. But it is Anna who is the protagonist of Frozen. She gets the most screen time, the most songs, she is the one who grows the most and she is the character who drives the story. Casting a newcomer would provide such an incredible opportunity, a

RWPrincess said: "Disney's Christmas Parade doesn't usually feature full performances from the Broadway musicals. It's primarily theme park parades and celebrity live performances. I'd guess Idina would be there this year performing Frozen 2 stuff. The last couple years they've also done a pre-show on Thanksgiving weekend as well so the timing works for the movie release.Maybe they didn't perform at Macys last year because NBC and CBS are competitors. I don

Wick3 said: "Kudos to BEAUTIFUL for ending its run on a high note! Gross potential of over 120% and over 100% capacity for the week!

Poor Harry Potter --- 3rd lowest average price this week (after Lightning Thief and Derren Brown) at $77.20. On the bright note it still has 100% capacity so either they're giving away tickets toseat fillers or they're selling a lot of $40 tickets."

It’s odd that, despite the far superior reviews, Tony Awar

IdinaBellFoster said: "There's another clip circulating that has one of the verses, which I liked a lot. It's hard to replicate "Let It Go", but I like what I'm hearing. Idina sounds fabulous!"

I feel like NOTHING can be 'Let It Go'. I have stated often that the biggest pitfall facing Frozen media is trying to replicate the spontaneous and unexpected success of the original, which was the right film at the right time. My primary requirem

Bell0708 said: "BritCrit said: "RWPrincess said: "They've both been with the show for almost 3 years so not unexpected. Disney likes to move people around or use them elsewhere so I'm sure we will see both ladies again soon. I wonder if we might be getting some type of stunt cast for one of them. I'd love to see Christy Altomare as Anna if there isn't a stunt cast."

I think Stunt Casting could be possible (if it keeps Frozen open

RippedMan said: "I just hope we one day get to see Timber's ideas or sketches or something. I'd love to have seen what he'd have done with the snow monster and whatnot."

Frozen definitely needed to keep more of the action sequences from the film, but I don’t think a fully functioning Ice Palace or Marshmallow puppet would have been on stage long enough to justify the expense. However, the reduction in action sequences has the unfortunate side effect

SouthernCakes said: "Any idea If they’d go to London "

They probably won’t, as Disney Theatrical have been holding auditions for the West End Frozen since June. They also specified they wanted 18-30 year olds, which would rule out both Levy and Murin.

At the risk of inflaming controversy, I feel like it was not a great idea to cast two actresses in their late thirties as a 21 year old an an 18 year old. I’m aware that Kristen Bell and Id

RWPrincess said: "They've both been with the show for almost 3 years so not unexpected. Disney likes to move people around or use them elsewhere so I'm sure we will see both ladies again soon. I wonder if we might be getting some type of stunt cast for one of them. I'd love to see Christy Altomare as Anna if there isn't a stunt cast."

I think Stunt Casting could be possible (if it keeps Frozen open a few months more) but the characters should be the m

bdn223 said: "SouthernCakes said: "They def chose the wrong director. The shows a mess. You’d think Olaf would have a show stopper but he’s kind of disregarded most of the time. "

I would bet money Schumacher is kicking himself for letting Timbers go, especially after seeing what he did with Beetlejuice and Moulin Rouge. I could see Schumacher being hesitant of letting a relatively green/unestablisheddirector, without a hit to his name, have

SouthernCakes said: "They def chose the wrong director. The shows a mess. You’d think Olaf would have a show stopper but he’s kind of disregarded most of the time. "

Apparently the Lopezes claimed on a YouTube commentary that they wanted to expand “In Summer” but felt it ultimately worked best in short form. Olaf is a difficult character to get right, especially with the focus on being darker and more serious, but that means they should p

VintageSnarker said: 


RE: Frozen

It doesn't have the dramatic difficulties of The Little Mermaid (wheelies) or Tarzan but do you think Frozen would still be doing well at the box office if they'd put more effort into the sets and creating a sense of magic/wonder/magnitude on stage? The successful Disney stage adaptations seem to preserve the sense of spectacle."

I personally think that Frozen Broadway has a few key problems. First

ggersten said: "Jarethan said: "Mike Barrett said: "I really wonder what Frozen looks like a year from now, nearly a year after the 2nd film has released. Will it bring the show back into the mainstream or will people feel it’s now dated because of the sequel? Likely depends on how Frozen 2 does. I say we have 2 years max left though at the St James. Plenty of time to work Hercules or a Beauty And The Beast revival into that space :)

Unless Fr

Mike Barrett said: "I really wonder what Frozen looks like a year from now, nearly a year after the 2nd film has released. Will it bring the show back into the mainstream or will people feel it’s now dated because of the sequel? Likely depends on how Frozen 2 does. I say we have 2 years max left though at the St James. Plenty of time to work Hercules or a Beauty And The Beast revival into that space :)


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I think that The Princess Bride is more