FROZEN to Arrive on Broadway in Spring 2018 — Page 11

These pictures look great, thank you MadAboutTheBoy. While the trolls and Olaf looks realyl good, I really hate Anna and Elsa's outfits in this picture; assuming it's the coronation scene. The beading is just painful, and that golden lace went out of fashion over a century ago. Maybe (hopefully) it's not too noticeable from the audience?

MadAboutTheBoy said: 



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And here is an early preview clip:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rHxHXs09Chc



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I'm excited about this because an old theatre friend of mine from college is Young Elsa in the video montage!!!!

Updated On: 5/27/16 at 05:31 PM

gypsy101 said: "hm i must be going crazy cause i actually thought that clip was kind of good. Not broadway-calibre singing for sure but it looks like it might be fun for DisneyWorld.



"Agreed. Not quite Broadway Idina Menzel standard singing but very much theme park standard singing.

Fyi, this production was directed by Liesl Tommy, of ECLIPSED.

I don't think the Lopez's were directly involved in this, since they were busy with the Broadway version.  Totally different creative team for this

Call_me_jorge said: "When she walks up the stair case it's extremely reminiscent of Defying Gravity. A few questions, are their no rules about photography at Disney theme park shows? Cuz I saw way too many cameras in that vid. Also do those theme park shows usually have the same creative team as Broadway or at least associates? Because of not we might just see a completely different staging.

Filming and photography is allowed for the theme park shows. Creative teams will be different people AFAIK.

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It's cute for a theme park show, for sure. The Let It Go staging works for that space. The Olaf puppet is adorable. 

The Broadway version is obviously going to aim for something bigger. It also, at most, needs to run two times in one day, rather than a theme park show that runs a whole lot more than that. I could see them going in that direction for Let It Go, but Elsa's choreography will have more actual set pieces pop up from the stage and fly in. 

Love is an Open Door as a reprise/finale makes sense, just because it offers that happily ever after moment for the characters. It's catchy, too. 

Let It Go -

http://www.facebook.com/DLRPrepSchool/videos/951203064977337/?pnref=story

 

gypsy101 said: "hm i must be going crazy cause i actually thought that clip was kind of good. Not broadway-calibre singing for sure but it looks like it might be fun for DisneyWorld."

 

Except for the fact this is at Disneyland (Disney's California Adventure, to be exact). If the locals aren't impressed, it won't last long.

Are there lights hidden in her costume? It looked like it was just projected onto her costume. That's why the dress is all white.

Yeah. It sounds like the LED diodes are used so that a computer can track her movement on stage and match the projected image up perfectly with her dress for every performance. The LEDs in the dress are not projecting the image themselves that doesn't make sense.

The lighting and effects in "Let It Go" are stunning. Impressive quick change as well. It's kinda hard to see in the full video from a distance, but here is another one that has a really good and clear close up of the change. The Elsa here just has this fantastic expression on her face afterwards that just screams "NAILED IT!" https://youtu.be/wTpGxE2Soiw?t=49s

 

The effect of ice Anna is very well done as well, though she has to wear that kinda awkward white outfit for the mapping effect to work. 

 

It is amazing how the cast in this makes a HUGE difference. The first video I saw earlier today was of an alternate cast then the one in the Inside the Magic video with different Anna, Elsa, Olaf, and Hans (only overlapping performer was Kristoff) and I was severely unimpressed by the show. However upon seeing the cast from the Inside the magic footage, it's really like watching a whole other show! Especially the Anna. They really sell the show to me!