Robert Lopez News

After years of collaboration, Greenwich Theatre and Sell a Door Theatre Company have formally announced a partnership.

Broadway superstar and GLEE standout Idina Menzel along with Broadway and Hollywood notable Kristen Bell lead the new Disney animated feature film FROZEN and a first listen to the complete central anthem for the character of Elsa, portrayed by Menzel is now available to hear in full.

The BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop will present its autumn Smoker, a semiannual showcase of new songs from Workshop writers, on Thursday, November 21 in BMI's New York office.

Below, sneak a look at the Mickey Mouse short 'GET A HORSE', then catch the whole thing playing in theaters before Frozen beginning November 27th!

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has broken the house record in Orlando, FL for the week ending November 10 at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center grossing $1,717,047.50.

It's incredibly rare when I venture out to see a high school production, but Houston ISD's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) definitely piqued my interest when I saw they were producing AVENUE Q. First and foremost, I wanted to see how Jeff Whitty, Jeff Marx, and Robert Lopez's irreverent and controversial musical was adjusted for high school performers. Secondly, the kids at HSPVA are being trained to be professional theater's next generation of quality talent, so having the opportunity to see incredible kids perform is always intriguing as well. Needless to say, HSPVA's production of AVENUE Q is performed well, hysterical, and only mildly toned down from the original.

The electricity in Carol Morsani Hall, at the Straz Center in Tampa, for the opening performance of the National Tour of 'THE BOOK OF MORMON', was the closest I have experienced here, to the excitement of a Broadway opening night yet! The SOLD-OUT house was simply percolating, in anticipation of the 9 time Tony Award winning musical's Tampa debut.

Just last night, the cast of Broadway's Newsies gathered for a special ealry screening of Disney's newest animated film- Frozen. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the cast before they headed inside to check out the movie!

Two kid favorites leading children's apparel retailer The Children's Place and Disney are joining forces to promote Walt Disney Animation Studios' upcoming comedy adventure 'Frozen,' in theaters November 27 th

Speakers Mark Fisher and Michael Keeler (founders of Mark Fisher Fitness) Robert Lopez (Tony Award winning composer, The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q), Jonathan Mann ('the song a day guy'), and Gabe Zichermann (gamification expert) join previously announced David Drake, Diane Paulus, Lea DeLaria, Sree Sreenivasan, and more.

This morning on 'LIVE' with Kelly and Michael,' hosts Ripa and Strahan chatted with Broadway vet and Tony winner IDINA MENZEL about the new Disney animated feature 'Frozen.' Check out the appearance below!

Jennifer Barnhart - who made her Broadway debut in 2003 in the original cast of the Tony Award-winning musical AVENUE Q - returns to the long-running hit at New World Stages (340 W. 50 St.) starting with the Monday, November 11 performance at 8 pm. Ms. Barnhart will perform the roles she helped create over 10 years ago: as a Bad Idea Bear, kindergarten school principal Mrs. T, as well as her trademark 'second-hand' work with puppets Nicky and Trekkie Monster.

Recently, TheatreWorks announced its 2014 line-up of theatrical performances at a party hosted by Spruce Home & Garden, a retailer of upper-end home products and accessories, on Bank Street in New Milford. Over 100 subscribers, donors, and special guests, along with the Board of Directors of TheatreWorks, gathered for a few hours to mingle and dine on appetizers from New Milford's Ristorante Lucia, which then hosted a post-event party at the restaurant.

Walt Disney Pictures has released a 2-minute clip from FROZEN, featuring Olaf the snowman, voiced by Josh Gad (Book of Mormon).

La conocida cantante Gisela, salida de la factoría de Operación Triunfo y habitual del teatro musical de nuestro país, será la voz de Elsa en las canciones. Por su parte Miguel Antelo será Olaf, el muñeco de nieve.

In an interview posted on today's Variety.com, the couple spoke about penning music for the exciting animated project

Disney Consumer Products (DCP) welcomes the arrival of the highly-anticipated Walt Disney Animation Studios film, Frozen, with a diverse new product collection of role- play items.

In 2003, a certain green girl flew on Broadway for the first time. In the same year, a handful of plucky performers with some ostentatiously crass puppets opened a smaller show Off-Broadway. They transferred to Broadway months before the witches of Oz made their big splash and later surprised everyone when they grabbed the coveted Triple Crown at the 2004 Tony Awards. Taking home the Tony for Best Book, Best Score, and Best Musical, AVENUE Q was truly defying gravity. More than 10 years later, the show is still running in New York City at Off-Broadway's New World Stages and in Houston Michael J. Ross's MJR Theatricals | Music Box Musicals' production is giddily showcasing why the musical has such pronounced staying power.

BroadwayWorld is thrilled to present a special overview of the many exciting theatre-related events and entertainment available to be enjoyed over the coming weeks and months onstage and onscreen as we enter into the most wonderful time of the year and anticipate the release of Disney's newest animated movie musical FROZEN, featuring a plethora of Broadway performers and songs by the composer behind two of Broadway's biggest recent hits, AVENUE Q and THE BOOK OF MORMON, Robert Lopez.

Walt Disney Animation Studios' “Frozen” kicks off a cross-country tour this week with Ore-Ida, serving free treats to “Frozen” fans from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. Featuring Ore-Ida hash browns and fries, activities, crafts, themed lunch boxes and other giveaways, the tour will be covered as it happens on the “Frozen” Fun Tour microsite (http://www.frozenfuntour.com), which will share pictures of the fun to friends and family nationwide. Directed by Chris Buck (“Tarzan,” “Surf's Up”) and Jennifer Lee (screenwriter, “Wreck-It Ralph”), who also wrote the screenplay, and produced by Peter Del Vecho (“Winnie the Pooh,” “The Princess and the Frog”) “Frozen” hits theaters in 3D on Nov. 27, 2013.