A Review of Paramount's 'FROZEN'
IF YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN FROZEN BEFORE FOR SOME WEIRD REASON THEN I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IT’S ABOUT. THE MUSICAL IS ABOUT 2 SISTERS CALLED ANNA AND ELSA. EVER SINCE ELSA WAS BORN SHE HAD MAGIC ICE POWERS THAT COULD DO MANY INCREDIBLE THINGS, BUT ONE DAY ANNA ASKED ELSA TO MAKE A SNOWMAN WITH HER. WHEN THEY WERE FINISHED ANNA WANTED TO DO MORE WITH ELSAS POWERS, BUT IN THE PROCESS ELSA STRUCK ANNA IN THE HEAD AND A STREAK OF ANNAS HAIR TURNED A SNOWY WHITE. WHEN HER PARENTS HEARD THE NEWS THEY TOOK ANNA TO THE TROLLS WHERE SHE GOT HEALED BUT SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT ELSAS POWERS , A YEAR LATER OR SO THEIR PARENTS DIED AT SEA AND THE 2 SISTERS WHERE LEFT ALONE. THEY LOCKED THE GATES AND THERE WERE NO MORE PARTYS ALLOWED. Finally a party gets to happen on ELSAS CORONATION DAY when she is CROWNED QUEEN OF ARENDEL, NORWAY - ANNA INTRODUCES ELSA TO HER NEW FIANCE HANS WHOM SHE HAD JUST MET AND ASKED FOR HER BLESSING OF MARRIAGE BUT OUT OF RAGE ELSA SCREAMED AT ANNA AND LET OUT SOME ICE FROM HER HAND. AND THE REST OF THE PLAY IS ANNA TRYING TO FIND ELSA AND SAVE ARENDEL WITH THE HELP OF HER FRIENDS.
MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY ARE SVEN WHO WAS PUPPETEERED BY ADAM FANE AND ELSA WHO WAS PLAYED BY EMILY KRISTEN MORRIS. SVEN WAS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER BECAUSE HE WAS REALLY CUTE AND FLUFFY AND FUNNY. AND ELSA WAS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER BECAUSE SHE WAS GOOD AT CRYING AND FEELING AND ACTING AND I REALLY LIKED HER SINGING VOICE AND HOW BEAUTIFULLY SHE MOVED LIKE A REAL QUEEN--- MAD SKILLS. There was one song I really liked that wasn't in the movie. I think is was called I CAN'T LOSE YOU and it's sung by ANNA AND ELSA and I liked how pretty their voices sounded together. ANNA is played by BETH STAFFORD LAIRD (I saw her play Belle in Beauty and the Beast when I was really little. My Brother reviewed that performance- you can read it here).
I REALLY LIKED ALL OF THE COSTUMES ESPECIALLY THE frozen ELSA COSTUME BECAUSE IT WAS VERY PRETTY AND SHINY. THE COSTUME DESIGNER WAS MARA BLUMENFELD. I REALLY LIKED THE OLAF AND SVEN COSTUME THEY LOOKED JUST LIKE THEY WERE IN THE MOVIE. OLAF WAS PLAYED SKILLFULLY BY RYAN STAJMIGER. THE SCENIC DESIGNER DID A VERY GOOD JOB AT THE SET DESIGN IT WAS VERY PRETTY AND I LIKED HOW THEY MADE EVERYTHING GO FROM the lush green Norway (like what my family saw in Norway this summer) to the COLD WINTER NORWAY (that I hope to go see someday). THE SCENIC DESIGN MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS ACTUALLY THERE, and I know what Norway feels like, so the fact that he made me feel like I was back there was very good--THE SCENIC DESIGNER WAS JEFFREY D. KMIEC. THE LIGHTING DESIGNER WAS GREG HOFMANN WHO OF COURSE DID A GOOD JOB, I think it was his job to make it feel like magic and he succeeded. THE CHOREOGRAPHER WAS TIFFANY KRAUSE they DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH ALL THE DANCES AND MOVEMENTS, my favorite choreography was in 'Love is an open Door.'
THE LIVE MUSIC WAS DIRECTED AND CONDUCTED BY KORY DANIELSON. MY FAVORITE SONG IN THE MUSICAL WAS PROBABLY (most definitely not a surprise to anyone) 'LET IT GO' PERFORMED BY EMILY KRISTEN MORRIS--ELSA. I REALLY REALLY REALLY LIKED ALL THE SPECIAL EFFECTS where things started flying AND the CHOREOGRAPHY was like oh yeah! OVER ALL the talent in this production was so chill, the PERFORMANCE was better than the Broadway tour I saw a couple years ago. PEOPLE WHO HAVE KIDS THAT HAVE WATCHED THE MOVIE AND PEOPLE WHO LIKE girls being awesome, will LOVE THIS SHOW and SHOULD COME SEE IT.
I WOULD GIVE THIS MUSICAL 12 ELSAS OUT OF 5 SVENS CAUSE ---THAT'S HOW MUCH I LIKED IT……………
SOOOOOO, If you're holding your money tightly and not sure whether you should spend the $$$ to see the show or not...I say: 'LET IT GO....LET IT GO... AND JUST enjoy the shoooooooooooow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
photo credits: Liz Lauren
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