Robert Lopez News

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!

Disney's newest animated feature FROZEN boasts perhaps the most Broadway-centric cast of any Disney film to date, so today we are shining a special solo spotlight on each of the five major players comprising the super-cool cast of the hottest film of the winter - Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff and Santino Fontana.

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.

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge got to chat with the film's composers, Bobby Lopez and Kristin Anderson-Lopez, about creating music for some of Broadway's biggest voices, drawing inspiration from their daughters, and more. Check out what they had to say about the process below!

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

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge got to chat with the film's directors, Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, about bringing the musical to the big screen, recruiting Bobby and Kristen Lopez to create the music, how they went about casting the movie and more. Check out what they had to say about the process below!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Current GLEE featured player and pop star Demi Lovato performs the spectacular new single from the forthcoming Disney animated musical feature film FROZEN, titled 'Let It Go', and the new music video for the song is available to view.

The biggest show of Orlando's Broadway Across America season, THE BOOK OF MORMON is finally here and playing at Bob Carr. It is destiny that a show that cites Orlando as the greatest place ever, brings the audience to its feet. Even people who do not like musicals are lining up and getting excited to see this masterpiece.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON has broken the house record in Denver for the week ending October 27 at the Buell Theatre for an 8-performance week grossing $1,943,740.00.

The producers of the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) announced that single tickets will go on sale Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 9 AM at the Box Office window (220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence) ONLY; telephone and internet sales will begin an hour later, at 10 AM.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON has broken the house record in Denver for the week ending October 27 at The Buell Theatre for an 8-performance week grossing $1,943,740.00.

A new behind-the-scenes peek of Walt Disney's FROZEN has been revealed, featuring Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, and Jonathan Groff in the recording studio - check it out below!