www.usatoday.com: The curtain goes up and the opening number of the new Broadway musical Frozen kicks off with little Disney princesses Anna and Elsa on stage in front of a packed house. Backstage at the St. James Theatre, their grown-up counterparts are letting loose for an audience of two.
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When I first went to see this movie, my mom turned to me as the credits rolled and said, "They wrote this movie to make it into a musical". So when it was announced that they were doing just that, I wasn't surprised, but I thought it would be a simple money making production to ride on the wave of the Frozen hype. Instead the musical has come out almost five years later, and from the looks of it it seems like it's a fabulous production and not just a flat stage copy of the movie. Not only does it visually look stunning and real, not a mimicry of bright cartoon colors or shapes, but the new songs and plot also seem compelling and interesting, changing points of the movie I thought weren't as good and enhancing the emotional nature of the show. I'm really excited to see it, and I hope it isn't too sold out for me to get tickets over the summer!
Frozen came entirely out of the blue to me. The first time I saw the film was when it originally came out and it came as a surprise as I knew next to nothing about it before going to see the film my mother picked it as a sort of family movie night and within the first couple of minutes I distinctly remember my dad turning to me asking if this was a musical adaptation of something. The movie and the story has always been created with the Disney mindset of taking you to a place that you have never seen before and playing off of those childhood tendency. Weirdly enough when I first saw it the only thing that I could associate it with was the Lion King. And seeing how they created this sort of formula can been seen every couple of years when Disney comes out with a new film that's perfect for a stage adaptation and I don't doubt that it will be just as great as the film.
One statement that reigns really true for me from this article is “Producers could have done a note-for-note staging of the 2013 Oscar-winning animated movie and been just fine, financially: The film spawned a cultural phenomenon that continues to this day.” I think this line stands out so much to me because I agree so much with it. I still wonder why Frozen was turned into a live musical. It did so well as movie and I see no need to have it re-invented on the stage. Arguably if a movie can be done on stage and do just fine then I see no point to re-inventing it. It just makes fans upset that it isn’t the show that they remember exactly from the movie. I completely agree with this statement: “It's been a really cool thing to explore as a woman and as an actor to be doing a show that centers around the love of two sisters.” Just the other day when I watched a rehearsal of the Senior showcase, I was wondering why all the scenes were about people in romantic relationships. Come to think about so many shows are about love, which gets old. I’m glad that this is recognized.
Frozen is a ridiculously overrated Disney film in my opinion. There is a good message to it; it speaks to female empowerment to some degree, after writing the lead character off as an irrational woman. My opinion is slightly intense because of the amount of times I have watched the movie while babysitting young children. I do have to admit, those songs catchy and built to become a musical. It will attract hundreds of little children dragging their parents to see the magic of Elsa and Ana on stage, as well as more mature audiences who are interested in the incredible ability of Broadway to recreate those effects onstage, paired with the incredible voices of a live cast. Frozen was a smash hit movie, and it already attracted crowds from its music. It is no reach that the musical adaptation will continue to add millions of dollars towards the franchise. Whether or not it deserves to hold a Broadway stage is debatable. To me this feels like something that is absolutely created just to make money, but that being said, I think that many people will find it to be an enjoyable musical to see.
I cannot wait to see the broadway version of Frozen. I remember loving the story the first time it came into theaters a few years ago. The fact that the movie is still memorable now, talked about constantly, and sung by anyone means that the movie really hit a cord for our community. I am excited what this show will do with that and how they can develop the characters like Anna and Elsa more into real, more relatable people than they were already becoming in the disney animation. I am also excited to see how the technical elements are applied. I want to see the set and the costumes. I want to see how they show Elsa’s snowy powers and how olaf is controlled as a puppet. This story meant alot to me as a freshman in highschool so I can’t imagine the impact it has had on younger generations.
The title of this article, “Broadway gets ‘Frozen’: How a modern movie classic became a hot new musical,” does not really make sense to me. Became? It always was! This movie was bound to show up on Broadway in a couple of years, not only due to the structure of the film, which has songs conveniently sprinkled frequently throughout the dialogue, but also due to the huge following of fans the movie has garnered. There is really not a ton to say on this topic. I think anyone could have seen this coming. The one interesting thing about this show is that they cast Jelani Alladin, a person of color, in the role of Kristoff, who is a white man in the movie. I think it is great that this show has cast someone of a different race in a role that people would not expect. We need to start doing this for roles where race, gender, sexual orientation is not crucial to the character to increase representation!
Hmmm. I have seen and read a lot about this production of frozen. I have been following since they first announced they were going to braodway. They have had some interesting events in its life. They have gone thorugh multiple creative teams. I know Alex timbers directed one of the workshops and than got fired. I think Disney is just trying create somrthing that will sell tickets and not what is actually good. Disney shows usually do well but the reason lion king is so great is becasye they cared about the story telling aspect of it. I feel that as the create more shows the less they care about story telling and more about what will sell tickets and do things they know will work. I really want to see this show this summer to see all of the changes from the movie. The set looks pretty cool as does the costumes. I cant wait to see Olaf.
First of all, can we talk about the monsters music video? I thought that was amazing. This is the first song I have herd from the new broadway version of the legendary frozen movie. This music video sounds totally deferent from the movie. I am really excited now to see it, or at least hear the full soundtrack. I just also want to mention the amount of production that went in to making this promo video. It was like a really good concert. I really hope the review I have read previously articles were premature. The ads I’ve seen and the photos of the show look amazing, and now with this song, it has changed the view I have of the the story. I, while having been overloaded with the context of the show, am really excited to see what they are able to do with it. But I do go into it with cation.
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