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Frozen (musical)
''Frozen'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and book by Jennifer Lee, based on the 2013 film of the same name. The story centers on the relationship between two sisters who are princesses, Elsa and Anna. Elsa has magical powers to freeze objects and people, which she does not know how to control. After inheriting the throne, Elsa flees, inadvertently causes the kingdom to become frozen in an eternal winter, and nearly kills her sister. She must sacrifice and show true love to save the day. Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions, the musical had a tryout at the Buell Theatre in Denver, Colorado in August 2017 and premiered on Broadway in March 2018 at the St. James Theatre to mixed reviews. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Broadway production closed on March 11, 2020, after 26 previews and 825 regular performances. A U.S. tour began in November 2019 but was also suspended in March 2020. International productions followed, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Kristen Anderson-Lopez (born March 21, 1972) is an American songwriter and lyricist known for co-writing the songs for the 2013 computer-animated musical film '' Frozen'' and its 2019 sequel ''Frozen II'' with her husband Robert Lopez. The couple won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Let It Go" from ''Frozen'' and " Remember Me" from '' Coco'' (2017) at the 86th and 90th awards respectively. She also won two Grammy Awards at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. Personal life Anderson-Lopez was raised in Croton-on-Hudson, New York (a suburb of New York City), until 1986; the Myers Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1986 to 1990; and Waxhaw, North Carolina (a suburb of Charlotte), from 1990 onward (which was her home during her college years). Her parents, Erin and John, still live in Waxhaw. According to her father, Anderson-Lopez first fell in love with the theater at the age of four, when he took her to see a U.S. Bicentennial musical tribute staged i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Theatrical Group
The Disney Theatrical Group, legally Buena Vista Theatrical Group Ltd., is the live show, stageplay and musical production arm of The Walt Disney Company. The company is led by Thomas Schumacher, and forms a part of Walt Disney Studios, one of the six major business segments of The Walt Disney Company. Background Starting in 1949, Ice Capades started adding Disney's segment to their performances. Costumes from those shows were used at the opening of Disneyland in 1955, with some performers hired away for Disney. With the characters a hit at the 1964 New York World's Fair, Walt Disney wanted another outlet for "live" characters. Disneyland put on ''Disney on Parade,'' a self-produced live arena show, starting in 1969. After several years, Card Walker shut down the show as it was not making enough profit. Soon after Mattel/ Feld Productions' 1979 purchased the Ice Follies And Holiday on Ice, Inc., Feld approached Disney with a proposal to create a Disney show on ice. Thus Walt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf (Frozen)
Olaf is a fictional character from Disney's '' Frozen'' franchise, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Olaf is first presented in the 53rd animated film '' Frozen'' (2013) as an inanimate snowman created by Elsa and Anna in their childhood. He then reappears as a character in the film as Anna searches for her runaway sister in hopes of restoring summer. Olaf is recreated by Elsa as she accidentally plunges Arendelle into an eternal winter. Olaf helps Anna and Kristoff find Elsa and journeys with them all the way back to the kingdom, where he remains part of the sisters' lives and appears again in the 2019 film, ''Frozen II''. He is voiced by Josh Gad. Development Origins and concept The Disney studio made their first attempts to adapt Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, "The Snow Queen", as early as 1943, when Walt Disney considered the possibility of producing a biography film of the author. However, the story and the characters proved to be too symbolic and posed un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristoff (Frozen)
Kristoff Bjorgman is a fictional character in Walt Disney Animation Studios' ''Frozen'' franchise. He appeared in the animated features '' Frozen'' (2013) and ''Frozen II'' (2019), and the animated short films ''Frozen Fever'' (2015) and ''Olaf's Frozen Adventure'' (2017). He is voiced primarily by Jonathan Groff. Kristoff is a Sámi iceman who lives together with his reindeer companion Sven. Albeit preferring a solitary life, he helps Princess Anna of Arendelle to find her older sister Elsa in the North Mountain. Development Origins and conception In the early development, Kristoff was originally Kai as in Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen", but later he was designed as combination of Kai and the robber girl. Voice He is primarily voiced by Jonathan Groff, while he's voiced as a child by Tyree Brown. Physical appearance Kristoff is tall, rugged, handsome, and in his early twenties. His build is a distinct variation on most Disney heroes. He has broad shoulders, la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okieriete Onaodowan
Okieriete "Oak" Onaodowan ( ; born August 16, 1987) is an American actor and singer known for originating the dual roles of Hercules Mulligan and James Madison in the 2015 musical ''Hamilton'' and the role of Dean Miller in the ABC drama and ''Grey's Anatomy'' spin-off series ''Station 19''. Early life Onaodowan was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Nigerian parents. He and his five sisters were raised in West Orange, New Jersey, He attended Gregory Elementary School and Roosevelt Middle School and West Orange High School, graduating in 2005. Onaodowan briefly played football for his high school, but he stopped after an injury during practice. As a result of the injury, Onaodowan started to explore acting as an alternative extracurricular activity. While attending high school, he began performing with the New Jersey Youth Theatre. After high school, Onaodowan auditioned for and was accepted to the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. He attended for one year. Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna (Frozen)
Anna of Arendelle () is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 53rd animated film '' Frozen'' (2013) and its sequel and 58th animated film ''Frozen II'' (2019). She is voiced by Kristen Bell as an adult. At the beginning of the film, Livvy Stubenrauch and Katie Lopez provide her speaking and singing voice as a young child, respectively. Agatha Lee Monn portrayed her as a nine-year-old (singing). In ''Frozen II'', Hadley Gannaway provided her voice as a young child while Stubenrauch is the archive audio. Created by co-writers and directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, Anna is loosely based on Gerda, a character from the Danish fairytale "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen. In the Disney film adaptation, Anna is depicted as the princess of Arendelle, a fictional Scandinavian kingdom, and the younger sister of Elsa (Idina Menzel), who is the heiress to the throne and possesses the elemental ability to create and control ice and snow. When El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patti Murin
Patti Murin (born September 28, 1980) is an American actress, singer and dancer. On Broadway, she has originated the title role in ''Lysistrata Jones'' (2011) and Princess Anna in '' Frozen'' (2018). She also had a recurring role as Dr. Nina Shore in the NBC medical drama ''Chicago Med'' from 2016 to 2019. Early life Murin was born and raised in Hopewell Junction, New York, and graduated from Syracuse University in 2002, where she majored in musical theatre. Career Murin began her career in regional theatre, playing Polly in '' Crazy for You'' in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Her Off-Broadway debut was in 2005 in the staged concert of the Elizabeth Diggs- Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt stage musical '' Mirette'' with York Theatre Company. She next played Belle in a national tour of ''Beauty and the Beast'' (2006) Murin made her Broadway debut in the musical '' Xanadu'' in 2007–2008 as a swing, understudy and then replacement in the leading role of Clio/Kira. In her next Broadway a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa (Frozen)
Elsa of Arendelle is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 53rd animated film '' Frozen'' (2013) and its sequel and 58th animated film ''Frozen II'' (2019). She is voiced mainly by Broadway actress and singer Idina Menzel, with Eva Bella as a young child and by Spencer Ganus as a teenager in '' Frozen''. In ''Frozen II'', young Elsa is voiced by Mattea Conforti (at the start of the film) and Eva Bella (archive audio). Created by co-writers and directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, Elsa is loosely based on the title character of "The Snow Queen", a Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. In the Disney film adaptation, she is introduced as a princess in the fictional Scandinavian Kingdom of Arendelle, heiress to the throne and the elder sister of Anna (Kristen Bell). Elsa has the magical ability to create and manipulate ice and snow. She inadvertently sends Arendelle into an eternal winter on the evening of her coronation. Throughout the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsy Wolfe
Betsy Wolfe (born Elizabeth Marie Wolfe; June 1, 1982) is an American actress, singer, and entrepreneur. Betsy Wolfe is currently starring in the new Broadway musical ''& Juliet'' as Anne. Previously, Wolfe starred as Jenna Hunterson, the title role in the Tony Awards nominated musical ''Waitress''. Prior to that, played Cordelia, one of the lovable "lesbians from next door," in the Broadway revival of ''Falsettos'', and Rosa Bud in ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood''. She is best known for her critically acclaimed performance as Cathy Hiatt in the Off-Broadway revival of ''The Last Five Years''. In 2020, Wolfe starred in the holiday film ''Estella Scrooge: A Christmas Carol With A Twist''. She can be seen in the indie feature ''First One In'', and had a guest starring role on the CBS series ''Instinct''. Wolfe co-founded BroadwayEvolved, a musical theatre training program for students. Early life and education Wolfe grew up in Visalia, California. She attended Golden West High Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denver Center For The Performing Arts
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is an organization in Denver, Colorado which provides a showcase for live theatre, a nurturing ground for new plays, a preferred stop on the Broadway touring circuit, acting classes for the community and rental facilities. It was founded in 1972. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts is the largest tenant of the Denver Performing Arts Complex (DPAC) which is a four-block, site containing ten performance spaces with over 10,000 seats. It is owned and partially operated by Arts and Venues Denver. History Both the DCPA and the DPAC were the vision of Donald Seawell. Finding himself at 14th and Curtis streets in downtown Denver one day and looking at the old Auditorium Theatre and the surrounding four blocks, Seawell had an idea for a first-class arts complex. Seawell's original vision was much broader and included other entities (see Previous Entities below) that no longer are part of the Center. Ground was broken in December 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Oremus
Stephen Oremus (born 1971) is an American musician who has worked on Broadway theatre productions as musical director and as orchestrator. His credits include arranger and orchestrator for the music for ''Avenue Q'', musical director and arranger for ''Wicked'', arranger and orchestrator for ''All Shook Up'', and musical director for ''9 to 5''. His orchestrations (with Larry Hochman) for ''The Book of Mormon'' won him a Tony Award in 2011, for Best Orchestrations. Oremus also won the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for '' Kinky Boots.'' Oremus served as orchestra conductor and music director for Frozen 2 Rufus Wainwright's 2006 Judy Garland tribute concert, which was released as the 2007 album ''Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall'' and DVD '' Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium''. Oremus was born and raised in Livingston, New Jersey, and attended Livingston High School. He graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1992, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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