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Frozen Headed to Broadway!
#125Frozen Headed to Broadway!
Posted: 8/29/14 at 3:38pmBeyond the money, I'll say one other thing- "Frozen" is going to have a place in the entertainment history books and some trivia contests for "Let it Go" and its unexpected success as a single (and not the pop version, but the character version). When was the last time a musical song, and not a cover of one, cracked the top 10 and stayed there?
#126Frozen Headed to Broadway!
Posted: 8/29/14 at 4:28pm
Pocahontas had way less songs than 11, I'm looking at the track listing right now.
Because you mentioned how they started singing so often, I mentioned I was including the reprises and the songs that were split into parts (not orchestral scores or title credit songs) just as they are listed on the soundtracks and appear in the films. At any rate, Frozen did not really differ from many of Disney's most popular films, so there really wasn't anything terribly unusual in Frozen. To each their own, I guess. It's a musical and it played like a musical. I thought it seemed entirely appropriate.
The movie is perfectly charming and the effects are terrific but could never be recreated on the stage as effectively.
That's pretty much what was said bout The Lion King before it began performances. You never know, ya know?
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#127Frozen Headed to Broadway!
Posted: 9/5/14 at 11:35pm
Has anyone, by chance, watch any footage of the new Frozen/Disney on Ice show? It seems like to me that some of it are tests for the Broadway show. For example: The new ending arrangement for Fixer Upper, the dance break music for In Summer, and the gorgeous, romantic waltz version for For the First Time in Forever that Anna/Hans dance to before LIAOD. And also the direction. Like Hans knocks Anna over onto a food cart, instead of the boat. And even the staging itself for FTFTIF with people, playing with the maypole etc.
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JohnyBroadway
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
#128Frozen Headed to Broadway!
Posted: 9/5/14 at 11:50pm
Testing or not. It's just the approach that they took to stage a full live presentation. Disney Theatrical and Diseny on Ice are under two different umbrellas within the company. Besides the titles that they produce, they have little to no involvement with each other. The same goes for the entertainment division in the theme parks. Many thought the theme park presentation of Aladdin was a test for Broadway, and look how the two compare.
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#129Frozen Headed to Broadway!
Posted: 10/16/14 at 5:07pm
Sounds like it's making major process. I'm still thinking that it'll come around 2017-2019
Top Disney Exec Talks FROZEN Broadway Musical Plans: 'I'm Already Talking to Directors'
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#130Frozen Headed to Broadway!
Posted: 10/16/14 at 9:18pm2017 would probably be the earliest for Frozen, if Aladdin is still going strong by then, I imagine they'll put it a theatre like the Palace or Marquis.
#131Frozen Headed to Broadway!
Posted: 1/10/15 at 12:13pmSomeone said a while ago that a director has been chosen. Anyone know who it is?
JohnyBroadway
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
#132Frozen Headed to Broadway!
Posted: 1/10/15 at 12:23pmOnly a Disney exec. Disney likes to keep things under wraps for a time. If a director has been brought on, I am sure it probably would not be another 9 months to a year before anything was announced to the project.
Anthony12
Understudy Joined: 1/4/15
#133Frozen Headed to Broadway!
Posted: 1/10/15 at 1:57pmI think the way to go with the sets is LED screen pieces. It seems to becoming more popular on Bway especially with Honeymoon In Vegas and The Last Ship. Not sure if anyothers use large amounts of LED displays.
Ranger Tom
Leading Actor Joined: 7/6/14
#134Frozen Headed to Broadway!
Posted: 1/10/15 at 2:13pmWould much rather see Tangled headed to Broadway. Frozen is fine but not as well written. But, of course, Tangled is not as popular. To each their own.
#135Frozen Headed to Broadway!
Posted: 1/12/15 at 8:47pmJust make sure the pre-broadway tryout is in Chicago during a Polar Vortex. It's really great character work for the actors!!
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#136Frozen Headed to Broadway!
Posted: 1/4/16 at 7:36pm
Any updates on this? If this is coming to Broadway next year, there would have been a workshop or two last year.
#137Frozen Headed to Broadway!
Posted: 1/5/16 at 1:58pm
Would think they would beef up Kristoff's role giving him a few songs.
IF he's somehow available ( SuperGirl committment) Jeremy Jordan would be great.
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#138Frozen Headed to Broadway!
Posted: 1/5/16 at 10:04pm
This might have been stated in this thread already but there is a short version on Frozen going into the Hyperion Theatre at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim sometime Spring/Summer of this year. It's replacing Aladdin. They will probably be trying out lots of effects as it will be a "permanent" sit-down production built for the theatre and will probably a testing ground for the Broadway production.
Updated On: 1/5/16 at 10:04 PM