Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical (2025) YIFY - Download Movie TORRENT

Reviewed by weebiloobil 6 / 10

A good time - but why watch this rather than the film?

There's a saying that Broadway saved Disney (Ashman/Menken, writing songs to be more like show tunes) and in return Disney saved Broadway (Beauty and the Beast/Lion King musicals generating huge ticket sales). The first few stage adaptations of Disney films really did something different from the film, integrating Disney into the art form rather than just being 'the film on stage'.Beauty and the Beast's wonderful and dark Rococo costume design, emphasis on the music and massive expansion of the beast's character made a huge and significant difference. It justified the stage show. Similarly, the amazing puppetry and designs of The Lion King make it a fundamentally different experience to the film. Even Mary Poppins (hey kids, turns out the book version of Mary is way different!) and the recent Hunchback of Notre Dame (such a great use of the choir) have a reason to be. But Frozen? It just looks like the film, on stage.That's not to say it's bad, or even stale. There's some nice work with puppets and some inventive staging of dance numbers. There's even stage magic (the highlight of the show is a mid-number instant costume change) and fabulous projections to give the look of Elsa's powers. But there's no real commitment to any of these devices beyond what's needed to turn the film into a stage show. Give us huge exaggerated costumes like Beauty and the Beast. Really focus on the puppet aspect, or on the projections, or on the Scandinavian style. But focus on something, as otherwise it just looks like an attempt to revive the film and make more money.There are excellent individual performances - Barks is predictably amazing, and I was enthralled by Dawkes and Kasongo. The set design is great. But all the time watching it I was thinking "oh, this looks just like the film". So why have a stage show then?Beauty and the Beast is the first stage show I ever saw, and it showed me just what the art form can do. I saw the revamped production in London recently and was shocked how the new photo-realisitic backdrop and streamlined costumes made it look so close to the film, stripping away so much of what made it special, instead looking really 2 dimensional. Frozen didn't quite go that far. But if this trend continues, I'm not sure I'd want to see any more of the stage adaptations.

Reviewed by ashmarnell 8 / 10

Very enjoyable

Although I have long be a fan of the stage, I have been leery of live action and stage versions of animated films ever since my wife insisted I take our children to the stage version of Lion King, battled 2-hours of traffic each way to get there, and the kids' reaction was they liked the cartoon better. However, I seem to be one of the select few who had not seen the animated version of Frozen before I saw this stage adaptation, so I had no preconceptions or expectations and did not have to spend my time deciding which was "better." I found this stage play perfectly enjoyable. I have been a fan of Samantha Barks for years and she, as usual, was exceptional both in her singing and acting. Laura Dawkes was a revelation; she has a great voice and is a born comedian. Craig Galavan operating the puppet snowman also provided comic relief. In fact, after watching the animated film, I actually preferred the stage play version in many ways. I am not a great fan of CGI animated people, and the humor struck me as funny when presented by live actors rather than "cute," as is generally the case with CGI animated figures. As with most musicals, there were only a few "hits", but the other songs were more than adequate to move the action forward.Keep in mind while watching that an inherent problem with filmed stage shows is that the actors are projecting to an audience, not a camera, so they might look like they are overacting somewhat in the closeups.

Reviewed by brianjohnson-20043 7 / 10

Worth Watching and comparing to the film

I find the 2013 Frozen movie to be fine. Not my favorite. I enjoy much of the music. The story, though acceptable, leaves something to desire for me. This stage adaption stretches the runtime with many new songs. There is a reprise of Let it Go at the end which is an improvement. Most of the other extra songs were a mix bag. I didn't think they were as catchy and a few just seemed to drag the story momentum and not fit with the established style of the original music. But I liked the emotional weight which was added due to a few of them as well. I also appreciated that their "Fixer Upper" version is easier to understand . I also liked the heavier character stake attention and drama from the song right before Anna is struck in the heart with the magic. The inclusion of a song at the ball between Anna and Elsa seemed nice as well, even if the song they wrong wasn't memorable. The others mostly felt ok or bad. I especially didn't like the scene of christoph and Anna getting gear as much as in the movie. They also made Hans seem more nice and selfless than necessary in my opinion while he was in charge of Arendal with a song that seemed more harmful than helpful.They end up cutting some of the dramatic visuals from the movie due to challenges of showing things like a snow monster or a wolf sled chase or the characters falling off a cliff on a theater stage.The original Let it Go becomes the first act conclusion. Which isn't what I would have done if I was in charge of the project. This sort of forces them to stretch out the first act and introduces Olaf prior to "Let it Go" where Elsa creates him in the movie accidentally. It felt weird to not see a magical snowman being created. It's not how I would have proposed the story. I also felt like there was little urgency in the first act because they had to push back Let it Go and add stuff to make the first act long enough.I'd have ended the first act with the scene where Elsa is hit with the ice in her heart. I feel like you want to end the first act with an emotional cliffhanger rather than just a popular song which is really not at the heart of the overall story, but one of the main characters. I do appreciate that Elsa is more transparent with Anna about her magic and the fact that they shielded Anna from the truth. So overall, it's interesting and fine like the movie. Better in a few ways. Worse in a few ways. Worth comparing. Hopefully someday they can remake the movie in live action and get the best of both.

Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical

2025

Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical

Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical

2025

Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical

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A good time - but why watch this rather than the film?

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