Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#1

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:15am

Who do you think should replace him?
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Director-Alex-Timbers-Departs-Highly-Anticipated-FROZEN-Broadway-Musical-20160804

[AnnieBlack]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#2

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:26am

Will Tommy Kail get the job?

[ACL2006]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#3

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:28am

I wonder if he sees this as a complete trainwreck & is getting out early?

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[broadwayboy223]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#4

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:29am

It sounded like he was fired to me?

[Liza's Headband]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#5

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:30am

^ Incorrect. It was an amicable split. 

[CarlosAlberto]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#6

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:33am

They should get Julie Taymor to helm it.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#7

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:34am

My choice is Christopher Wheeldon.

[neonlightsxo]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#8

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:34am

The only way it would have been a trainwreck would be if Disney had kept him on this project.

[buhbuhbilly]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#9

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:35am

suspicious

[neonlightsxo]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#10

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:35am

buhbuhbilly said: "suspicious"

 

It's not.

[Liza's Headband]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#11

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:35am

buhbuhbilly said: "suspicious"

 

Care to elaborate? 

[broadwayboy223]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#12

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:38am

My hope is that they find a director who wants to make this show real and not so cartoony. It's so easy to make these stage Disney musicals copies of the movies  two dimensional. At least for me as an audience member, I want to care about the characters. 

[buhbuhbilly]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#13

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:38am

"Care to elaborate?"

 

sure. my friend played Elsa last week with Alex Timbers directing a 5 day technical Lab. No press about that. But he was on board as of literally a week ago. so.

[CindersGolightly]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#14

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:39am

Let's hope the new director likes Betsy enough to keep her on all the way to Broadway - this is her role. 

They/them. "Get up the nerve to be all you deserve to be."

[neonlightsxo]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#15

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:39am

I repeat, it's not suspicious. Things weren't working out for some time, whatever you heard about a lab last week aside.

[Liza's Headband]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#16

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:40am

buhbuhbilly said: ""Care to elaborate?"

 

sure. my friend played Elsa last week with Alex Timbers directing a 5 day technical Lab. No press about that. But he was on board as of literally a week ago. so."

 

I'm well aware of the labs, workshops and other creative development processes taking place. This conversation began on Sunday or Monday and here's the conclusion. So, I'm not sure what you're trying to imply... 

[dramamama611]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#17

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:42am

Yes, that's how these things happen...you're a part of it until you are not.  It just sounds like they wanted different things for the show....happens sell the time. Those differences likely became apparent at the lab you mentioned.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[broadwayboy223]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#18

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:42am

Is Betsy still attached? I'm sure she'll have to officially audition again but I'd love to see her in the role.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#19

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:42am

buhbuhbilly said: ""Care to elaborate?"

 

sure. my friend played Elsa last week with Alex Timbers directing a 5 day technical Lab. No press about that. But he was on board as of literally a week ago. so.

 

"

Very bizzare. As long as the show stays on track, I'm good. Who was your friend btw?

[Sauja]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#20

Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:47am

Well, my enthusiasm for the project just increased! Timber's aesthetic and style are just...not for me. I'll be excited to see who they bring on!

[Kad]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#21

Posted: 8/4/16 at 10:04am

Y'know, sometimes a split isn't fraught with behind the scenes drama.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

Updated On: 8/4/16 at 10:04 AM

[HogansHero]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#22

Posted: 8/4/16 at 10:10am

The exciting thing about this is that it signifies Schumacher's actual involvement. Far too often and far too many producers projects to careen to production and we end up asking how the trainwreck occurred and where the producer was. (And I am saying this without suggesting anything about Frozen.)

[CATSNYrevival]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#23

Posted: 8/4/16 at 10:36am

^Like Little Mermaid?

[Liza's Headband]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#24

Posted: 8/4/16 at 10:48am

CindersGolightly said: "Let's hope the new director likes Betsy enough to keep her on all the way to Broadway - this is her role. 

 

"

 

Can we just clear the record once and for all? Betsy Wolfe has NEVER officially been attached to any formal mounting/production of this musical. There are no contracts signed and no casting decisions made with respect to Denver (or beyond). She was signed on only for spring and summer developmental labs & workshops.

[QueenAlice]

Alex Timbers has Departed FROZEN!#25

Posted: 8/4/16 at 10:51am

Wow. After having seen the completely uninspired staging of FROZEN at Disneyland a few weeks ago, I came out thinking this really needs an outside of the box creative thinker like Alex Timbers to make it work for the stage. Hopefully they get another brave creative thinker. The last Disney project that went through a slew of early directors was The Little Mermaid- and that ended up a disappointment.