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Post by secretmuso on Dec 10, 2020 19:09:33 GMT
Stephen Oremus posted a picture of the Australian Frozen orchestra in his Instagram stories. It has only 10 musicians, with all the string section, guitar and some brass and woodwind cut off. Do we know anything of the orchestra size for London? It’s 10.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 10, 2020 19:15:43 GMT
Wow that’s a small orchestra for a show of this size.
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Post by SuttonPeron on Dec 10, 2020 19:38:08 GMT
What an absolute shame; especially when ticket prices aren’t low at all. Pity that D*sney can’t value a good orchestra, when they have some beautiful scores in their shows. Will Beauty also be a reduced pit?
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Post by dazzerlump on Dec 10, 2020 20:55:25 GMT
Of course it will happen in London. They just wouldn’t have been able to do it for a one off performance like this. All the ‘amazing acting’ comments are hilarious. She did the best she could in the circumstances I guess. It’s not like they pushed the boat out (understandably given the circumstances) on the staging. Oh I know they weren’t doing the dress change for the royal variety. That’s not what I asked, someone earlier mentioned that the dress will not go through a trap on the stage at Drury lane and they will be using a US tour version. I’ve seen Caroline Bowman singing it on the tour now and through all the dry ice it looks like she stands on a platform that pulls the dress off.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 10, 2020 21:09:32 GMT
Pretty sure the dress doesn’t go into the floor anyway. I’m sure when I saw it in NYC it just got sucked backwards upstage. London will have a new ice staircase, I think the first time it will have been done properly.
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Post by thebroadwayboy on Dec 10, 2020 23:00:01 GMT
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Post by thebroadwayboy on Dec 10, 2020 23:01:20 GMT
Stephen Oremus posted a picture of the Australian Frozen orchestra in his Instagram stories. It has only 10 musicians, with all the string section, guitar and some brass and woodwind cut off. Do we know anything of the orchestra size for London? it looks good though http://instagram.com/p/CInIiQ5nxWX
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Post by thebroadwayboy on Dec 10, 2020 23:02:38 GMT
To be fair it's a publicity performance as part of an entertainment show, and her first time singing it for a crowd, so I wouldn't have expected it to be 'acted' particularly much at this stage. What was important were the notes, which she smashed. She's got plenty of time to build the character on top of them. I thought it was fine. I guess I saw Lucy Durack and this above that lol
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Post by danb on Jan 19, 2021 10:08:58 GMT
Just had an email that it’s postponed again but with no dates.
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Post by Sam on Jan 19, 2021 10:21:14 GMT
Yep. Will be re-booked in the order of performance once they've decided on a new opening date.
Disappointing but not unexpected.
Nice video teasing the sets and costumes:
*frantically looking for ice-castle/staircase*
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Post by westended on Jan 19, 2021 11:31:02 GMT
Looks like there will be additional pieces of set coming to London!
Extended ice bridge and new grooves/gaps in the show deck! Wonder what that will mean ?!
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Post by SuttonPeron on Jan 19, 2021 11:45:40 GMT
I’ve spotted a turntable which is good news. Monster and many scenes will look better than in Australia/US Tour.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 19, 2021 22:33:51 GMT
I wonder how old all the 8 year old girls booked for this will be by the time it opens? At least 17/18...
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Post by musicalmarge on Jan 21, 2021 6:37:30 GMT
Pretty sure the dress doesn’t go into the floor anyway. I’m sure when I saw it in NYC it just got sucked backwards upstage. London will have a new ice staircase, I think the first time it will have been done properly. They need a new ice staircase and hydraulic castle rising from the floor like pride rock! I had so many visions in my head when I heard Frozen would be a musical. Think 1980’s epic musical sets - think Sunset Boulevard, Time or Metropolis. Glad they are putting in a staircase!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2021 20:54:53 GMT
Pretty sure the dress doesn’t go into the floor anyway. I’m sure when I saw it in NYC it just got sucked backwards upstage. London will have a new ice staircase, I think the first time it will have been done properly. They need a new ice staircase and hydraulic castle rising from the floor like pride rock! I had so many visions in my head when I heard Frozen would be a musical. Think 1980’s epic musical sets - think Sunset Boulevard, Time or Metropolis. Glad they are putting in a staircase! Well you could’ve made that a bit more obvious to us on here. You’ve barely mentioned your expectations on this show at all!
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 21, 2021 23:10:44 GMT
There is more of an ice staircase for London, but don’t get too excited about any other improvements!
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Post by westended on Jan 22, 2021 1:46:07 GMT
Pretty sure the dress doesn’t go into the floor anyway. I’m sure when I saw it in NYC it just got sucked backwards upstage. London will have a new ice staircase, I think the first time it will have been done properly. The dress does get pulled through the deck to substage - there are multiple videos proving this. The mechanism is disguised by appearing to be a trap door for the ice spikes. On the US Tour, the dress is pulled into the raised ice staircase truck.
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Post by musicalmarge on Jan 22, 2021 11:45:45 GMT
There is more of an ice staircase for London, but don’t get too excited about any other improvements! Oh believe you me... I don’t!!!!
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come and meet those dancing feet!
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Post by 42ndBlvd on Jan 22, 2021 15:06:22 GMT
Pretty sure the dress doesn’t go into the floor anyway. I’m sure when I saw it in NYC it just got sucked backwards upstage. London will have a new ice staircase, I think the first time it will have been done properly. They need a new ice staircase and hydraulic castle rising from the floor like pride rock! I had so many visions in my head when I heard Frozen would be a musical. Think 1980’s epic musical sets - think Sunset Boulevard, Time or Metropolis. Glad they are putting in a staircase! That staircase is actually just a ice bridge that Anna and Kistroff cross and sing "what do you know about love". On broadway, it was a massive bridge that came down from the fly, but it seems for the dury lane it will be a truck set like the us tour but made bigger. I also noticed quite a difference on the stage floor from broadway, more tracks for moving sets and smaller trapdoors for the icicles used in "monster". And is that a triple revolve i see?? As for the dress reveal, it will probably will be like the us tour with a truck set unless Disney decided to do something else... (US Tour) http://instagram.com/p/Bvr8M31BplE Someone created a 1/12 set model of the broadway production (The ice bridge being demonstrated)
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Post by vickyg on Feb 16, 2021 18:03:16 GMT
Caissie Levy has posted a great video from the wings of the last half of her last Let It Go on Broadway including the dress change. I don’t have a huge interest in the show but you can just see the audience’s faces towards the end and god it made me want to be back in a theatre.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 16, 2021 19:50:03 GMT
Typical American audience reaction there.. hysteria and pant wetting at anything 🤣
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2021 1:09:02 GMT
If you're a Sky VIP, they have a great 30 minute film all about the London Production. It shows the set building, costume designs, it talks about the snow bridge and is hosted by the actors playing Sven and Kristoff. You can access it through the app, or online, but you have to get sent a code to access it.
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Post by eliza on Mar 7, 2021 7:10:06 GMT
Has anyone heard anything about new dates for Frozen?
My original date was moved to April but I got an email end of Jan to say they were rearranging this again and would be in touch with my new date but I've still not heard anything.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 7, 2021 11:01:04 GMT
They are now looking at a July/August opening
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Post by fiyero on Mar 10, 2021 10:33:42 GMT
I can’t make my new date (unless the other show postpones too!!)
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Post by jampot on Mar 10, 2021 10:34:38 GMT
New dates from the 27th aug..interactive calendar to find your new date.
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Post by Peter on Mar 10, 2021 14:17:36 GMT
I can’t make my new date (unless the other show postpones too!!) Same here - we're supposed to be seeing Beauty and the Beast in Bristol on our new date for Frozen. Will wait for the official email then see about moving them I suppose...
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Post by iamamazing on Mar 10, 2021 16:27:44 GMT
Chuffed with my new dates :-)
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 10, 2021 21:27:17 GMT
Cautiously optimistic for 31st August!
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Post by Seriously on Mar 10, 2021 21:32:09 GMT
It gives them time to rehearse and tech with no social distancing.
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