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\n Every musical comes together differently, but for FROZEN, Disney Theatrical\n Productions’\n President & Producer Thomas Schumacher first thought of bringing the story to the\n stage when he saw a rough cut of the film. Once the decision was made to move\n forward, a\n creative team was assembled, including the film’s writer, Jennifer Lee, and the\n film’s\n songwriters Kristen Anderson Lopez and Robert Lopez, in addition to a director\n (Michael\n Grandage), choreographer (Rob Ashford), designer (Christopher Oram).\n
\nThe first step in bringing any musical to the stage\n is a table read. During the table read, the creative team assembles a group of\n actors to read the show out loud. From there, revisions to the script and score are\n made in preparation for a ‘lab’, or ‘research and development’ workshop.
\n\nDuring a lab, the team has the opportunity to get the\n show up on its feet. The actors and creative team work together for several days and\n ultimately share a presentation of their work with the team of people working on the\n show, including designers, producers, marketing representatives and more.
\nThe FROZEN team also decided to do extensive\n production research and development, including demonstrations of many of the\n technical elements being considered for the show. The team experimented with Elsa’s\n magic, creating a snow storm on stage, and how to freeze Arendelle.
\n\nThe creative team spent two years in this development\n phase before assembling a professional cast of actors to workshop FROZEN and imagine\n what it might look like on stage.
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