Frozen Broadway Show Cuts Trolls From Live Musical. We all went into Frozen fully expecting to hate the obvious contender for irritatingly cute and quirky sidekick, Olaf. Instead, he made us melt with emotions and we got waylaid by another annoying plush doll marketing ploy the trolls. But good news to all of you who loved Frozen except for that whole subplot with the trolls Broadways musical adaptation of Frozen will cut them out altogether. Now thats how you treat a fixer upper. According to the New York Times, the musical adaptation of Frozen will block the trolls from making the transfer to the stage. Instead, the trolls will be replaced by a group of scruffy covered in greenery, sexy greenery only goes so far, tailed creatures, called hidden folk, drawn from Scandinavian folklore and chanting in Norwegian. While Im thankful that there wont be a troll in sight unless its an internet troll in the audience at the Frozen Broadway show, its a little ridiculous that they were cut out in favor of sexy Scandinavian folk creatures. Now I can only imagine that the creative process around this segment of the play entailed a lot of brainstorming over how to make rock trolls sexy. Which would have been hilarious. A Christmasthemed special featuring characters from the Walt Disney Pictures film, Frozen. Instead, well get to see the sexy Scandinavian folk creatures do their version of Fixer Upper, the trolls signature song from the 2. The one downside to the trolls replacement by the Scandinavian folk creatures is that the human workers who sing the sweeping opening number Heart of Ice will be replaced by the sexy folk as well, according to Vulture. Which is too bad, because that felt like one of the more authentic show tunes in a film replete with catchy pop numbers. Now it looks like the Broadway show will offer the sexy greenery version instead. In honor of Heart of Ice, here it is again, in its original form with humans cutting ice instead of tailed folk creatures. The Frozen Broadway show is currently in rehearsals in Denver. The Disney Theatrical Group recently released the poster for the Frozen musical adaptation, seen below. The New York Times has a sneak peek at the seven other poster designs that didnt make the cut. The musical adaptation of the hit Disney movie will move to New York in Spring 2. Olaf’S Frozen Adventure Movie Photo ' title='Olaf’S Frozen Adventure Movie Photo ' />Olafs Frozen Adventure is a 21minute featurette that follows the Josh Gadvoiced snowman and his trusty steed on a mission throughout the kingdom. ALTERNATES/s1200/Olaf_Frozen_Adventure_Arabic.jpg' alt='Olaf’S Frozen Adventure Movie Photo ' title='Olaf’S Frozen Adventure Movie Photo ' />But if your kids are too eager to revisit the world of Arendelle once again, Frozen will return as a Christmas short in Olafs Frozen Adventure, in theaters in front of showings of Pixars Coco on November 2. Correction This article previously stated that the song Fixer Upper was cut from the show. It will still be in the Broadway version, just not performed by trolls. Cool Posts From Around the Web. Frozen Disney Wiki FANDOM powered by Wikia. Frozen. Written by. Chris Buck StoryJennifer Lee Story and ScreenplayShane MorrisStoryGross revenue1,2. Frozen is a 2. 01. American 3. D computer animated musical fantasy comedy film, created and produced at Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film uses the same animation style as Tangled. It is the 5. 3rd animated feature in the Disney Animated Canon, and is the fifth film in, what is generally considered, the Disney Revival Era. Frozen underwent numerous story treatments for several years, before finally being commissioned in 2. Jennifer Lee, and both Chris Buck and she serving as the directors of the film. The film features the voices of Kristen Bell as Anna and Idina Menzel as her older sister Elsa the Snow Queen, in both speaking and singing roles, along with Jonathan Groff playing the role of mountain man Kristoff, Josh Gad as Olaf the Snowman, and Santino Fontana as Prince Hans of the Southern Isles. Christophe Beck, who had worked on Walt Disney Animation Studios award winning short Paperman, was hired to compose the films score, while husband and wife songwriting team Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson Lopez wrote the original songs. Frozen premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on November 1. November 2. 7 in the United States, Canada, and the Philippines. It was met with widespread acclaim from critics and audiences, and some film critics considered Frozen to be the best Disney animated feature film and musical since the studios renaissance era. The film was also a commercial success it accumulated over 1. United States and Canada and 2. Japan. Its ranked as the highest grossing animated film of all time, the ninth highest grossing film of all time, the highest grossing film of 2. Japan. It is also the fourth highest grossing Walt Disney Studios film, after Star Wars The Force Awakens, The Avengers, and its sequel. Frozen won two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song Let It Go, the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, five Annie Awards including Best Animated Feature, and two Critics Choice Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song Let It Go. This is also WDASs second Andersen inspired full length feature, with the first being The Little Mermaid not counting The Steadfast Tin Soldier from Fantasia 2. The Little Matchgirl. A feature length sequel is scheduled for release on November 2. Plot. The film begins with a crew of ice harvesters collecting ice from a frozen lake in the Scandinavian mountains Frozen Heart. Among them is an 8 year old orphan boy named Kristoff, and his reindeer calf Sven, who try to emulate the harvesters but are always shut out. After collecting enough ice, the harvesters load it onto their sled and depart, headed for the town of Arendelle. The scene changes to the castle in the Kingdom of Arendelle. That night, 5 year old Princess Anna is restless, so she tries to wake up her 8 year old sister Elsa to play. Elsa playfully brushes her sister off until Anna mischievously asks, Do you want to build a snowman to which Elsa delightedly agrees. The sisters run down to the ballroom and create a winter field of snow using Elsas snow magic, enjoying their time with plenty of merriment. They build a snowman, who Elsa names Olaf, claiming I like warm hugs The girls play gleefully with Olaf until Anna makes a leap as Elsa slips on the ice and the blast of power meant to create a pile of snow hits Anna in the head, knocking her unconscious and turning a streak of her hair platinum blonde. Their parents, King Agnarr and Queen Iduna rush in, responding to Elsas cries of anguish. They check on Anna and she is cold to the touch. Agnarr and Iduna hastily load their daughters onto their horses and ride at full speed into the mountains. As the royal family gallop their horses through the forests at full speed, they pass by Kristoff, who is still being dragged on his sled by Sven. He is intrigued by the trail of ice Elsa left behind by one of the horses, and follows it into an empty clearing that appears to only be populated by a large assortment of moss covered boulders. From the edge of the clearing, Kristoff watches the royal family appear to ask the boulders for help. Suddenly, the boulders all begin to roll into a circle around the royal family, then unfold themselves, revealing themselves to be the trolls. In fact, the boulder that Kristoff is hiding behind is revealed to be another troll, Bulda, who takes Kristoff and Sven in after deciding they are cute and in part because Sven licks her. Pabbie, the leader of the trolls, shows up and asks whether Elsa was born or cursed with her abilities. After being told she was born with it, Pabbie examines Anna and remarks that it is fortunate that she was hit in the head, as a hit to the heart would have been fatal. He advises the family that it might be best to not have Elsa use her powers around Anna, and alters Annas memories so she has no knowledge of her sisters powers, remembering only the fun theyve had. Pabbie warns Elsa that her powers will grow, and although they are beautiful, theyll be dangerous if she cannot learn to control them, as fear will be her greatest enemy. Subsequently, the castle is closed off to visitors. Staffing is reduced to a minimum, and Elsa is ostracized from everyone, including Anna, in order to protect her from the world until she can learn to control her powers, leaving both sisters distraught and lonely. Despite Annas best attempts she is unable to rouse Elsa from her room. Their despair only escalates ten years after the accident, when their parents depart on a diplomatic mission for two weeks, Agnarr and Iduna are killed when the ship they are on capsizes in a storm and is swallowed by a huge monstrous wave. Anna goes again to Elsas door, pleading for consolation from her only remaining family member. But Elsa, though she sits sadly on the other side of the door, refuses to communicate with Anna. For the First Time in ForeverThree years later, Elsa now voiced by Idina Menzel is about to be coronated as the Queen of Arendelle. Dignitaries from around Europe are coming to visit, including the Duke of Weselton, who wants to run Arendelles profits dry. Nobody is more excited than Anna now voiced by Kristen Bell, as they are finally opening the gates to the kingdom. She is happy to see other people, and hopes for the possibility of meeting that special someone, but Elsa is still concerned about trying to control her powers For the First Time in Forever. As Anna strolls out onto the streets, she crashes into a horse belonging to a charming and handsome visitor, and falls into a rowboat. The visitor apologizes, and introduces himself as Prince Hans of the Southern Isles. Buy Monster Road Movie. Though angered at first by the clumsiness of the stranger, Anna is attracted by Hans appearance once she lays her eyes on him. She hurries off when she hears the church bells. Elsa remains nervous during the coronation ceremony. The bishop reminds her to take off her gloves before she takes up her golden orb and scepter. Holding them, she turns to face the congregation, but almost immediately, she sees the gold on the orb start to frost over. She returns the orb and scepter hurriedly to the bishop, and puts her gloves back on, narrowly averting disaster. At the coronation reception, one of the servants introduces Elsa and Anna to the crowd. Annas first friendly interaction with Elsa in years brings quite a delightful feeling to the princess, flustered at first, and seeing Elsa so happy instead of serious and reserved boosts Annas confidence, prompting her to continue on with the conversation. Theyre interrupted afterward by their steward Kai introducing the Duke of Weselton who offers Elsa her first dance as queen.