Frozen Headed to Broadway!

[greenguy211]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 12:53pm

http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/13/frozen-headed-to-broadway/

[jbroadway4]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 12:56pm

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here is my dream cast:
Elsa: Kerry Ellis or Lena Hall
Anna: Elle McLemore or Laura Osnes

[TheatreKid3]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 1:18pm

By far the quickest Broadway green light in Disney history. The film has only been out about a month an a half! FROZEN could quite possibly become the most successful Disney title yet.

Updated On: 1/13/14 at 01:18 PM

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 1:26pm

This is incredibly misleading. Bob Iger has stated that he has a desire to get FROZEN on Broadway. It doesn't mean it will happen. A lot of this depends on Disney Theatrical's development and how that goes. Calm down. All of you.

[TheatreKid3]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 1:45pm

Another article from Fortune say that Disney Theatricals has also confirmed that a musical adaptation of FROZEN is in the early stages of development, so it's more legit than you think. I think they've had this planned longer than we think.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 1:48pm

I didn't say it wasn't "legit." I said they have publicly expressed the desire. Whether or not DTG is already working on it or not is irrelevant. They went through this whole hoopla with both Hunchback and Aladdin back in the day. One never panned out, and the other took decades to figure out. It's easy to forget that.

[Starship]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 2:09pm

Updated On: 1/13/14 at 02:09 PM

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 2:26pm

I must play Olaf. The End.

[Starship]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 2:56pm

Out of curiosity, what is the timeline like for projects like this? (i.e. developmental periods, casting, etc.) I do realize that Frozen might not ever make it out of the concept stages, but if it did, what would the timeline look like?

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 3:20pm

Someone who more closely follows the DTG projects could answer better, but I can tell you there is no "typical" timeline in the world of creative development. Even for Disney. There are just too many variables at play; not to mention the human factor.

Think of THE LION KING, for example. The film was released in 1994 and then had its official tryout production in Minneapolis by 1997. That is three years. Then you look at something like ALADDIN. The movie was released 1992 and the official Broadway production will not open until next month. Three years versus twenty years. A very extreme but pertinent example.

[justincharacter]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 3:59pm

Quick! Call up Kristen, Idina, Jonathan, Josh, and Santino and offer them their roles again!

...and Laura, if Kristen isn't up for it. Updated On: 1/13/14 at 03:59 PM

Posted: 1/13/14 at 4:02pm

Just because it isn't opening this year or even next year doesn't mean people can't be excited. Everyone has been talking about FROZEN's stage possibilities since it came out, and it's very rare that Disney makes any sort of statement about stage adaptions so soon after releasing a movie, at least not in recent years.

I for one am very excited, although I'm still dying to see what they do with HUNCHBACK.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 4:29pm

DTG needs to stop.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 4:38pm

Did I ever say you can't be excited? I think it's great for all of those who are (clearly) obsessed with this movie. I just want to remind people that while this announcement might seem unprecedented, there are several other major Disney titles that either never panned out or took decades to develop; not a year or two as you imply.

[BwayTday]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 4:41pm

Yes! Have Idina play a 21 year! That works perfectly!

Maybe they'll be able to nail down the character development in a stage version (and get rid of the Snowman monster and rock trolls if we're lucky).

[justincharacter]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 4:43pm

Good point. I actually did not think about that. Meh, I'd rather see someone else.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 5:52pm

The Broadway musical for Frozen's time frame is just like Lion King and Beauty and the Beast's.

-Beauty and the Beast-Movie: 1991, Broadway: 1994
-Lion King, 1994, Broadway, 1997
-And now, Frozen: 2013, Broadway: 2016????

So, not surprised. And beyond thrilled. And I hope they, AT LEAST, have Josh Gad back for the show. (I think he will, he is so proud of the movie.)

[JohnyBroadway]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 6:02pm

It only took BATB and Lion King three years to reach the stage after it's original release. I imagine the same for Frozen. Lindsay Mendez for Elsa.

[Jon]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 6:03pm

If the trolls stay in the story, I assume they'd be some kind of puppets.

[MaddieBB12]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 6:18pm

Sven, the reindeer, could easily been done the same way they did the horses in 'War Horse', but Olaf might be a little harder, especially if they plan to do him to scale. Kristoff, I read somewhere, stands as 6'4, while Olaf stands at about 3 feet tall. But as we saw this BATB (all the enchanted objects were human sized), they might make him taller.

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 6:33pm

The movie is visually beautiful and would love to know how they could translate that on to a stage.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 6:45pm

Just like how they do everything else these days... Digital Projections.

[OperaBwayLover]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 6:57pm

Looking forward to this when it happens. They certainly have enough material, going by the songs were in the movie/outtakes/demos.

[jbroadway4]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 7:02pm

For Olaf, I was thinking he can be done the way Timon from "The Lion King" is. Sven can be done, like you said, like the horses in "War Horse".

[JohnyBroadway]

Posted: 1/13/14 at 7:04pm

Sven could also be similar to Pumba.