“when they treat you as if you were a monster, you transform into that”
Happy One Year Frozen Broadway!
shows i’ve seen in 2018: frozen (broadway)
“In any show I’ve ever done, I’ve never felt more exhausted, dirtier, or happier than I do rehearsing Frozen.” - Patti
Patti Murin as Princess Anna + details
“The result is that the once-wooden textures take on an ice-like quality as light passes through the surfaces. Front projection then etches in delicate frost and ice patterns, allowing the set to transform in ways that do not seem possible. Night after night, the Aurora is unique and never repeats itself, as it’s not on a loop. It’s live generated using Notch, meaning no two audiences will ever experience exactly the same show.”
My Favorite Designs → Frozen
Projection Design by Finn Ross and Adam Young
Oh.
It just dawned on me that Caissie Levy’s introduction as Elsa and her first line in the musical is “Do you wanna build a snowman?”
And it kinda hurts?? I know for sure that the Denver run did it so differently and it was only changed in the Broadway version because Kristen Anderson Lopez fought hard to keep Elsa’s character arc and Let It Go as the finale as opposed to Love Is An Open Door (another story for another time).
I think… I think it’s so important because the first time we see Elsa again as an adult, she’s asking Anna’s question.
Anna: Are you ready for tomorrow, it’s your big day…is there anything I can do?
Elsa: Do you wanna build a snowman?
Tomorrow is Elsa’s coronation.
Elsa wants to build a snowman. She doesn’t want to go through that coronation. She doesn’t want that crown. She just wants to go back to how things were before everything fell apart, before all the pain, before the separation…before living without Anna. Caissie’s quiet but powerful delivery of that line– all of Elsa’s melancholy, longing, resignation wrapped in a few words – kills me.
And the next time we see Elsa indirectly talking to Anna again is in Dangerous To Dream when Anna walks in the room and Elsa looks at her, pauses, and sings: I know I’ll never see that sunny day, when this trial is finally through and it could just be me and you. A whole freaking song and soliloquy. For Anna.
In the movie, the very first thing Elsa builds after fleeing Arendelle is a freaking snowman. A replica of the one they built as kids. Child-like, wonky, created by memory that she held onto all those years: the answer to Anna’s “Do you wanna build a snowman?”
“Yes, Anna, I want to build a snowman. But I can’t because I love you. I love you, I love you, I love you so much.”
God. Oh. My. God.
How did people even come up with the notion that Elsa was designed to do evil? That she was meant to be a villain? That idea is so lost to me.
I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.
Look what I’ve done to you.
Caissie Levy and Patti Murin at the opening night after party for Disney’s new hit musical ‘Frozen’ on Broadway at Terminal 5 on March 22, 2018 in New York City.
Caissie Levy in rehearsal for Frozen
“Murin effortlessly conveys Anna’s sweetness and spunk, and the comedic brilliance she displays throughout gives Frozen some of its best moments. She’s easily the heart of the show. When singing, she’s bright and beautiful; when acting, earnest and endearing in every scene. Murin’s Anna isn’t just a hero you want to have on your side; she’s also someone you hope to be one day.”
- People
Caissie Levy and Patti Murin, stars of Broadway’s Frozen photographed for Broadway.com
Me as a journalist reviewing the Frozen the Broadway musical OBCR album:
“You’ve heard of Panic! At The Disco, now get ready for Anxiety! At The Ice Palace”
