FROZEN Reviews — Page 3

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "Fanboy99 said: "broadwayboy223 said: "ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "I think these reviews are to be expected. In order to get really bad reviews, the Frozen team had to do something daring and creative. Sounds like they just sought for low mediocrity and achieved it. As long as it looks like the movie then the tourists will be happy."

I suspect Timbers was fired because he wanted to go daring and creative."

Why wouldnt Disney want to go daring and creative? I mean thats why the Lion King is still such a huge success!!"

Because The Little Mermaidwent creative and deviated from the original look of the filmand that scared Disney forever after."

Im guessing the little mermaid didnt do well with critics and audiences?

Fanboy99 said: "broadwayboy223 said: "ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "I think these reviews are to be expected. In order to get really bad reviews, the Frozen team had to do something daring and creative. Sounds like they just sought for low mediocrity and achieved it. As long as it looks like the movie then the tourists will be happy."

I suspect Timbers was fired because he wanted to go daring and creative."

Why wouldnt Disney want to go daring and creative? I mean thats why the Lion King is still such a huge success!!"

Disney definitely wanted this to be the movie onstage. The movie was their biggest hit arguably ever. Why would they want to mess with that? Frozen works (clearly) so messing with it in any way is a huge risk.

I think it is hard to say. Timber is a great director, but his past shows have been quite all over the place. Certainly he loves the neon look, and he loves that Brooklyn quality, but Rocky was kind of different, so I'm kind of curious what his Frozen would have looked like. I think this is a very tame, boring version of the show. I think it's fine, but nothing that is taking risks or pushing the material. It sounds all safe and boring. I think the theme park version is probably the more WOW inducing versions.

RippedMan said: "I think it is hard to say. Timber is a great director, but his past shows have been quite all over the place. Certainly he loves the neon look, and he loves that Brooklyn quality, but Rocky was kind of different, so I'm kind of curious what his Frozen would have looked like. I think this is a very tame, boring version of the show. I think it's fine, but nothing that is taking risks or pushing the material. It sounds all safe and boring. I think the theme park version is probably the more WOW inducing versions."

It's Timbers and I'm not sure what you mean his past shows have been all over the place. At least in New York City, he has a pretty good track record. Sure there was Rocky, but that was an overall mess; it wasn't his direction that made it awful, but the material and the unnecessarily huge production.

Fanboy99 said: "Im guessing the little mermaid didnt do well with critics and audiences?"

don't you remember it was a complete disaster and closed pretty quickly?

gypsy101 said: "Fanboy99 said: "Im guessing the little mermaid didnt do well with critics and audiences?"

don't you remember it was a complete disaster and closed pretty quickly?"

No, I'm pretty new to Broadway lol.

If the secondary market has anything to say this show will be gone by next summer, as it is you can get tickets on stubhub now starting at $60 for most performances, this should be on a harry potter level and its just not and the word of mouth of going to kill it

The Little Mermaid was skewered by critics and not well-received by audiences. It still had over 600 performances so any thoughts about Frozen closing in the next 18 months are unjustified, What disappoints me most is that when Disney Theatrical announced the Broadway version, they were almost apologetic to the movie's fan base about how long it would take to get it to Broadway, stating they wanted to "get it right." Didhelikeit shows Times as on the fence and then 4 others as thumbs up.

Updated On: 3/23/18 at 06:25 AM

I rarely if ever care what the professional critics say and never do I let them influence my decision to attend a show or avoid it. I do find amusement in reading them though. The NY Times review does fall in line with my assessment of the show I attended this past Sunday with my 7 year old daughter who, big surprise, is infatuated with Frozen. I've seen the animated feature. We've attended Frozen on Ice - which sort of made sense considering that much of the plot taken place covered in ice. However, until seeing this new incarnation I have never given a damn about the characters, their problems, or the amount of love needed to thaw the frozen heart. Yes for the first time ever (pun intended) at the end of this production I did feel my heart warm up! By no means am I now a Frozen convert! I still do NOT like the show or the music hahaha BUT if you are a fan of Frozen you will be enthralled. I didn't love all the new songs but the 'nude' spa scene was hilarious and my daughter is still giggling over it. I was underwhelmed by John Riddle and although he IS dashingly handsome and vocally brilliant his lack of a villainous ego came off more as goofy and too immature to pull off what he was planning. Cassie was amazing. Then "In Summer" by Olaf was poorly executed with cardboard cutout props. But Sven the reindeer was off the charts spectacular. This vacillation of value is not what a fan of Disney would hope to obtain from paying the price they are charging for this show but Disney fans tend to overlook the flaws to reach for the magic. For us lovers of theater this is not a 'perfect' show but we aren't necessarily the target audience. Yes we will pick it apart and dish over the costumes, lack of sets we envisioned, etc BUT Disney's target audience will be eating this up. I imagine this will have a fairly stable shelf life but only time will tell.

Young Anna and Young Elsa do a little and then Caissie and Patti only do at the very end, along with the rest of the cast, so... no.

I heard the radio ad this morning and it was pretty hilarious (of course announcing the new tickets going on sale at 10am this morning) and it was pretty funny that they just used quotes from articles, not even reviews, to make it sound like it got some kind of advance raves. Not that it matters. That sucker ain't going nowhere.

"It's Timbers and I'm not sure what you mean his past shows have been all over the place. At least in New York City, he has a pretty good track record."

Really? He's directed only five commercial productions in NY; of those, two were limited run celebrity acts, needing little to no development. One ran less than three months, so it's unlikely it recouped; the other recouped, but only just. Of the other three projects, two were significant flops, and the third was somewhat well-received but didn't recoup. His longest running show lasted only eight months.

I don't think I would call that a "good" track record (at least not commercially)...