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- When The Frozen Musical arrived in London, songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez told Elizabeth Aubrey.
- How their daughter’s obsession with being the perfect Disney princess helped make Elsa the new icon.
When it was released in 2013, Disney’s Frozen Songwriters became a box office phenomenon. It grossed over $1.3 billion (£95 million) in theaters and surpassed Toy Story 3 as the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Still, it also redefined what it means to be a Disney princess and tore apart the ancient gender of Elsa. Stereotypes – feminist icons of our time. The film also won two Academy Awards: Best Animated Film and Best Song for “Let It Go” – the first hit in the top 10 of the Disney charts since 1995.
The film’s songs, written by the husband and wife of writer duo Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, are central to the film’s success. From long screenings to watching and singing at the Prince Charles Cinema in London to Glastonbury. And beyond, his music delights fans of all ages. The film spawned sequels, tours, and Broadway musicals. Now, for the first time, a new version of the show is being staged in London.
“This will be my West End debut,” Kristen said as she called her husband Robert from their Connecticut home. The couple is self-isolating after being exposed to the Delta version. But is hoping to travel to the UK in the fall to see the new show.
For now, they will get daily updates from players and the product development team.
“This is a better version, a better physical production than Broadway,” explains Kristen. “This is the new flagship of the Frozen franchise. We keep seeing it in videos, and it looks like they took what we learned from Broadway and just added it. We have a song, Samantha Barks [Elsa] just came out of the park called “Dangerous to a Dream,” which gives you a fresh idea of what Elsa would want if she had the chance.
Robert said fans were also expecting some surprises: Now it’s a “basic English” version and “unlike anything. You’ve seen on a Broadway stage.” But, he added, “It’s the same story you know from the movies. But with things that make it more theatrical and musical than ever in animated form.
It is told only through the music on stage, which is one of the things that makes it so popular with us. There’s also a new song in Act II production that we’re writing,” he said. On an undisclosed amount before the show opened in London on September 9. The couple excitedly hummed their few lines.