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February 24, 2018 9:44 AM Subscribe
Disney's musical adaptation of Frozen opens on Broadway. Twelve new songs. A darker tone than the animated movie. Will it find success on broadway? Probably.
I enjoy the movie unironically and recently rewatched the multilingual version of the main song--still fun--so this sounds great. A small bonus is how the movie bugs some of science fiction's rabid puppy contingent, according to a recent blog post by Camestros Felapton.
posted by Wobbuffet at 11:14 AM on February 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Wobbuffet at 11:14 AM on February 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Oh, I saw this while it was in previews here in Denver! I liked it well enough but don't feel a need to see it again, although I figure it will do well because, well, it's Frozen and a quality production, hitting all the right notes without getting too weird (I saw The Little Mermaid previews out here years ago and, not even getting into some odd costume/set design, the ending was mildly infuriating and I wasn't surprised to see it flop once it arrived on Broadway).
I don't particularly remember it feeling "darker" -- although I thought it was interesting that they got rid of the trolls and made them magic mountain people, and that the girls' mother is part magical mountain person.
I did really love the actor who played Kristoff. Jelani Alladin is just so handsome and charming that it's hard not to fall in love with him. But by far my favorite part of the show was Sven. It's worth the price of admission just to see that puppetry because it is incredible.
But the best thing about the show is that it'll bring in young kids to experience the theater. There were so many tiny Elsas and Annas in the audience, all dressed in their sparkly best. It's bringing in a crowd that might not necessarily go to the theater, as evidenced when I stopped by the merch table and was asked if I'd ever been to a Broadway production there before (yes, many times, actually). Which makes me think there were a lot of first-timers who had come out just because it was Frozen.
posted by paisley sheep at 11:30 AM on February 24, 2018 [13 favorites]
I don't particularly remember it feeling "darker" -- although I thought it was interesting that they got rid of the trolls and made them magic mountain people, and that the girls' mother is part magical mountain person.
I did really love the actor who played Kristoff. Jelani Alladin is just so handsome and charming that it's hard not to fall in love with him. But by far my favorite part of the show was Sven. It's worth the price of admission just to see that puppetry because it is incredible.
But the best thing about the show is that it'll bring in young kids to experience the theater. There were so many tiny Elsas and Annas in the audience, all dressed in their sparkly best. It's bringing in a crowd that might not necessarily go to the theater, as evidenced when I stopped by the merch table and was asked if I'd ever been to a Broadway production there before (yes, many times, actually). Which makes me think there were a lot of first-timers who had come out just because it was Frozen.
posted by paisley sheep at 11:30 AM on February 24, 2018 [13 favorites]
(Also the "darker tone" and "find success on broadway" links seem to be the same article just on two different sites, unless I'm missing something.)
posted by paisley sheep at 11:36 AM on February 24, 2018
posted by paisley sheep at 11:36 AM on February 24, 2018
Okay but now I'm wondering about the new ending, and what character they removed (I have my guesses).
posted by paisley sheep at 11:41 AM on February 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by paisley sheep at 11:41 AM on February 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Do they really need to make a musical out of every movie? C'mon Disney, let it go.
posted by sexyrobot at 11:45 AM on February 24, 2018 [8 favorites]
posted by sexyrobot at 11:45 AM on February 24, 2018 [8 favorites]
ha, the Sad Puppies fetishize a genre based around FTL travel but they can't swallow the idea of Disney princesses with non-romantic motivations
posted by Countess Elena at 11:49 AM on February 24, 2018 [12 favorites]
posted by Countess Elena at 11:49 AM on February 24, 2018 [12 favorites]
Looking forward to Disney's new musical, 101 Sad Puppies. Among the changes to the original, Cruella De Vil is the hero in the musical.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:24 PM on February 24, 2018 [8 favorites]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:24 PM on February 24, 2018 [8 favorites]
but now I'm wondering about the new ending, and what character they removed (I have my guesses).
I hate this sort of gimmicky stuff honestly.
posted by corb at 12:34 PM on February 24, 2018
I hate this sort of gimmicky stuff honestly.
posted by corb at 12:34 PM on February 24, 2018
I think that film was a lot darker than a lot of people give it credit for. I occasionally have conversations with adults who say it was all about Anna and Elsa didn't get fleshed out enough and I just have to pull at my hair and not scream about the entire structure of the double-consciousness she had to navigate through every goddamn minute of that story and how it was portrayed!
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 12:39 PM on February 24, 2018 [7 favorites]
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 12:39 PM on February 24, 2018 [7 favorites]
I think we have 2 competing concepts of dark. One is standing in the shade, the other is being entombed.
posted by evilDoug at 2:28 PM on February 24, 2018
posted by evilDoug at 2:28 PM on February 24, 2018
Meanwhile, there’s an even darker version in London.
posted by Bloxworth Snout at 3:28 PM on February 24, 2018
posted by Bloxworth Snout at 3:28 PM on February 24, 2018
I think that film was a lot darker than a lot of people give it credit for.
I think the person who did this anime style opening agrees with you.
It looks like a different movie, but all of that is in there.
posted by happyroach at 3:30 PM on February 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
I think the person who did this anime style opening agrees with you.
It looks like a different movie, but all of that is in there.
posted by happyroach at 3:30 PM on February 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
I watch Frozen about three times a week, my kids love it. I think it's a great movie and eminently rewatchable even if one is not 2 or 4.
I do have to say, though, that I am convinced that Elsa and Anna's parents are the fucking shittiest parents of the Disney-verse. Nice work, assholes, thoroughly traumatizing both your daughters.
posted by lydhre at 5:09 PM on February 24, 2018 [9 favorites]
I do have to say, though, that I am convinced that Elsa and Anna's parents are the fucking shittiest parents of the Disney-verse. Nice work, assholes, thoroughly traumatizing both your daughters.
posted by lydhre at 5:09 PM on February 24, 2018 [9 favorites]
Looking forward to Disney's new musical, 101 Sad Puppies. Among the changes to the original, Cruella De Vil is the hero in the musical.
As long as she actually makes the coat, I'm in.
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:13 PM on February 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
As long as she actually makes the coat, I'm in.
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:13 PM on February 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
Looking forward to Disney's new musical, 101 Sad Puppies. Among the changes to the original, Cruella De Vil is the hero in the musical.
"The Furrier of De Vil," surely.
posted by one for the books at 8:21 PM on February 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
"The Furrier of De Vil," surely.
posted by one for the books at 8:21 PM on February 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
Meh. I'm still holding out for Backdraft: The Musical.
posted by Bob Regular at 8:25 PM on February 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Bob Regular at 8:25 PM on February 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
They really missed an opportunity here. It could have been Frozen On Ice.
posted by Foosnark at 9:05 AM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Foosnark at 9:05 AM on February 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
Ahhhhh I love the new song!!!
posted by Hermione Granger at 3:49 PM on February 25, 2018
posted by Hermione Granger at 3:49 PM on February 25, 2018
Foosnark, Disney NEVER misses an opportunity.
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 6:47 AM on February 26, 2018
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 6:47 AM on February 26, 2018
lydhre, I continue to be deeply disappointed that they somehow never put the words "Mom and Dad were wrong" in Anna's mouth.
posted by DebetEsse at 3:08 PM on February 26, 2018
posted by DebetEsse at 3:08 PM on February 26, 2018
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(But, Disney, where is our cash-in musical for The Nightmare Before Christmas? A nation of theater girls is waiting for you to take its money.)
posted by Countess Elena at 10:18 AM on February 24, 2018 [12 favorites]