You have to hand it to Disney. The Mouse House certainly has its formula down cold. They start by co-opting a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen, say, sprinkle it with songs, toss in a comic sidekick character or two, inject the storyline with a few Hallmark-esque messages, then open up the box office and stand back to make room for the … [Read more...]
For director and cast, stage version of ‘Frozen’ at Maltz has all of movie’s magic
Back in 2013, long before every red-blooded preteen was singing “Let It Go,” Disney released its animated adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen” about a pair of sister princesses, Elsa and Anna, dubbing it Frozen. The feature film proved so popular — grossing a record-breaking box office total of $1.28 billion worldwide — that a stage version was … [Read more...]