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FROZEN to Arrive on Broadway in Spring 2018
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 1:33pm
Wow that Oaken set looks incredible. I love the Northern Light opening scrim.
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 1:37pm
disneybroadwayfan22 said: "So, if we don't meet Kristof and Olaf until Act 2, what happens in Act 1 then?!
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Do we know that we don't meet them until Act 2? Maybe the musical has rearranged the order of some of the songs/scenes.
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 1:41pm
They've explained that "Let It Go" has been moved to the end of Act I, but I'm assuming they've just changed the placement of the song. There simply isn't enough plot without Kristof to last through the first act.
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brian1973
Leading Actor Joined: 2/1/14
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 1:50pm
I know a load of you on here have some campaign of hate towards Murin (I don't know why- I missed the whole drama) but I think you are being unfair. A tightly edited photograph in a studio is nothing like the reality on stage. They had their choice of people and they chose her. At least give her a chance.
Caissie looks FIERCE. She will slay it and her voice is so much better suited to the role than Betsy.. she's got a better belt.
Notreallysilent 2
Broadway Star Joined: 12/12/15
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 2:02pm
The person on there say all of them show up in the first act. Very curious to see how that works with Olaf since Elsa makes him during let it go.
Updated On: 8/17/17 at 02:02 PM
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 2:06pm
Elsa makes Olaf at the beginning, no?
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Notreallysilent 2
Broadway Star Joined: 12/12/15
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 2:13pm
If I remember correctly from the movie they make a snowman as kids and call if Olaf, but it isn't "alive". She then creates Olaf during let it go, and that's the alive version.
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 2:15pm
Notreallysilent 2 said: "The person on there say all of them show up in the first act. Very curious to see how that works with Olaf since Elsa makes him during let it go.
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Good to know b/c man, they are really things around here. Can't wait to see the full on reviews to see how things work.
MyLife
Broadway Star Joined: 12/2/06
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 2:24pm
It was mentioned earlier that Let It Go was going to be more of a flashback moment. Maybe we meet Olaf with no mention of his origin and then the audience has an "ohhh right" moment when you see her make him during Let It Go (How long until someone shortens that song to LIG?)
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 2:30pm
JennH said: "BroadwayConcierge said: "Thankfully, I'm really impressed by how regal and beautiful Caissie looks in that Elsa costume. Betsy, as we all know, would've been sensational, but each post from the show makes me more and more won over by Caissie.
Murin on the other hand... no. I mean, really. She entirely lacks the innate spunk/cuteness that made Anna so delicious in the movie. Just looks super "Look at me! I can still pull this off!" I've never been so critical of a casting choice on here before, but I am just not about it.
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Agreed, and especially about the makeup someone mentioned, it's LOVELY. Now that we see her in the full ensemble, I'm sold. She really looks like I've always thought Elsa should IRL, someone more striking and angular rather than super youthfully cute and soft featured like almost every Disney heroine seems to be (and it bothers me) which should be reserved for Anna because it meshes with her personality. Betsy had the same striking look and would have been more interesting in terms of the flavor she'd bring to the role, and I still believe she'll do it down the road (Ala Steph J Block).
As for Patti, I'm beginning to see people's point about this, but as no one has see her do it yet, I'll reserve judgment until I see her. I still think she'd right, she's got the quirk and spunk for it, she's done those roles before so I have faith she won't be as bad as people think.
And lLOOOLLLLLLLL that picture of Betsy face over Caissies!!! I CAN'T!!! I only think it's a tad frightening merely because that angle juxtaposed on the side profile is OOODDDD!! But it's still hilarious!
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Yeah, sorry. I'm not a photoshop expert and I just used the first picture of Betsy I found. But I agree, I too am warming up to Caissie and the picture isn't really mean to disrespect her. I'm just salty towards Michael Grandage and Thomas Schumacher.
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 4:09pm
According to Reddit, Frozen Heart is the only movie song cut from the musical. Weird choice for a cut b/c that's the foreshadowing/set up of the story
Updated On: 8/17/17 at 04:09 PM
Notreallysilent 2
Broadway Star Joined: 12/12/15
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 4:17pm
In one of the articles before it mentioned they cut the ice scene, so I'm assuming that's why they cut that song as it wouldn't really work. The person said it starts with "vuelie" but I wonder if it goes straight into the kid scene or if a new song replaced frozen hearts.
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 4:19pm
I kind of suspected frozen heart would be cut since there isn't a young Kristoff character in the show
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mailhandler777
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/15
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 4:58pm
I don't get that people are all saying how Patti looks too old but think that photoshop of Betsy looks fine. She looks way older than both Patti and Caissie IMO. Patti reads super young and she definitely has the charisma and spunk to play Anna.
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kade.ivy
Broadway Star Joined: 7/28/13
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 5:02pm
This is slightly off topic and way early, but I'm going to have an extra ticket to the performance on Tuesday, May 22. It will be Mezzanine Row C, seat 102 (I'm 101, which is the aisle). I bought on the presale and am just looking to get my money back: $153. You can speak for it by PMing me and we can settle up closer to time, as I live out of town. It will be a paper ticket, but I can show you a confirmation email to confirm the ticket's validity!
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 5:24pm
I LOVE the costumes, they're gorgeous and look a lot like the movie, but at the same time they're unique. I could see this being a contender for Best Costume Design ( MFL, Carousel, and Frozen?). I also don't understand the contempt for Patti. She looks really energetic and spunky, and I think she reads very young. I can't wait to go next year!
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 5:53pm
mailhandler777 said: "I don't get that people are all saying how Patti looks too old but think that photoshop of Betsy looks fine. She looks way older than both Patti and Caissie IMO. Patti reads super young and she definitely has the charisma and spunk to play Anna.
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Nobody is saying that. And Caissie and Betsy look the same age...
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 5:59pm
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Instead of anna and Hans falling in a boat, they fall on top of kristoff ice cart, that’s their first meeting, and then meet again in the mountains. They meet Olaf in the same way in the movie.
The duke I mistakenly doesn’t have a solo but a small bit in a song, and a huge dance scene during “For the first time”.
Hans song is when he gives out towels to the town folk, and another in the second act I believe, that one is small though.
It isn’t necessarily a love song, but it is in a way.
I believe I mentioned how Sven and Olaf are acted. Sven as a big mascot type costume where the guy is on all 4 with stilts in the back legs, Olaf like a puppet attached to the actor.
The finale is treated as the whole company in white treated as white snow and wind, leading up to freezing with Anna. The finale actually brings back “Love is an Open Door”, referencing love again and treating love as a major theme for the show.
Pabbie sings throughout the show and acts as a narrator essentially in the production, and hangs out in the background during important scenes sometimes. It’s an interesting take on him, especially because the the trolls become “hiddenfolk”.
mailhandler777
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/15
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 8:03pm
Call_me_jorge said: "mailhandler777 said: "I don't get that people are all saying how Patti looks too old but think that photoshop of Betsy looks fine. She looks way older than both Patti and Caissie IMO. Patti reads super young and she definitely has the charisma and spunk to play Anna.
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Nobody is saying that. And Caissie and Betsy look the same age...
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Betsy looks older IMO.
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 9:22pm
Count me in as one of the people not dazzled by the costumes. Why are they so cartoon-y? I think Disney really had an opportunity to expand from the movie. A carbon-copy isn't the way to go. It lacks the creativity they've had (like with Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin).
ElphabaGoodman
Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/10
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 10:05pm
Would anyone be able to post a list of the understudies/covers?
ElphabaGoodman
Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/10
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 10:05pm
Would anyone be able to post a list of the understudies/covers?
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 10:13pm
Sad to see they still have "For The First Time in Forever (Reprise)". My least favorite part of the movie. I mean, "deep deep deep deep snow?" Really Lopezes? I hope they've changed that lyric at least.
Other than that, I'm excited by the song list! Looks like some great potential based on the titles and placement. Curious to see what they have to change to make Let It Go work as an act 1 closer. Theoretically they could just not show what happens to Elsa at all after the coronation until that number, but it might be weird to see her going through this life-changing epiphany so long after the events that instigated it.
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Posted: 8/17/17 at 10:54pm
JBroadway said: "Curious to see what they have to change to make Let It Go work as an act 1 closer. Theoretically they could just not show what happens to Elsa at all after the coronation until that number, but it might be weird to see her going through this life-changing epiphany so long after the events that instigated it. "
Not only that but Elsa creates Olaf DURING "Let it Go" in the movie. The movement of the song means there has to be a new way he is created for Anna and Kristoff to encounter him before "Let It Go" closes out Act 1.
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