After inheriting the throne, Elsa flees, inadvertently causes the kingdom to become frozen in an eternal winter, and nearly kills her sister.

"[6] In an October 2014 interview, Thomas Schumacher, the president of Disney Theatrical Group, disclosed that discussions about a musical had begun even before the film was released almost a year earlier.

"[7] The first priority [for Disney Theatrical] ... is when you have a property that is as beloved and music-based as Frozen, that has to get an enormous amount of my attention.

"In February 2015, Schumacher confirmed that the songwriters were working on the show and that Lee would be writing the book but that "no other staffing or dates have been announced".

[14] The musical's first developmental lab was held over two weeks during May 2016 in New York City, with Wolfe as Elsa, Patti Murin as Anna, Okieriete Onaodowan as Kristoff, and Greg Hildreth as Olaf.

[17] The musical "cost a reported $30 million to produce [and] churned through three choreographers, two set designers, two Elsas and two directors.

"[18] A pre-Broadway tryout ran at the Buell Theatre in Denver, Colorado, from August 17 to October 1, 2017, directed and choreographed by Grandage and Ashford.

The cast included Jelani Alladin as Kristoff, Greg Hildreth as Olaf and John Riddle as Prince Hans.

Designers included Christopher Oram (sets and costumes), Natasha Katz (lighting) and Michael Curry (puppets).

[18] Anderson-Lopez noted that "examining how the ... princesses' psychological scars drive them to make certain decisions was the next logical storytelling step.

[1] The closing cast included Ciara Renée as Elsa, McKenzie Kurtz as Anna, Ryan McCartan as Hans and Ryann Redmond as Olaf.

Therefore, Disney chose not to reopen Frozen, judging that after the pandemic running three of their shows on Broadway simultaneously "would become untenable".

[29] The production moved to Melbourne's Her Majesty's Theatre in previews on June 25, 2021, with the same cast,[30] opening on July 14, 2021, and closing on January 26, 2022[31] after some performances were cancelled due to the pandemic.

The final stop of the Australian tour was Perth, where the show opened at Crown Theatre on August 25, 2022,[35] and closed on November 13, 2022.

[39] After delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[40] the show began previews on August 27, 2021, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London's West End, and opened officially on September 8.

[53][54] A Dutch production opened at the Circustheater in The Hague on June 9, 2024,[56][57] with Nienke Latten as Anna, Vajèn van den Bosch as Elsa, Naidjim Severina as Kristoff, Tristan van der Lingen as Hans, Steven Roox as Olaf, Jorge Verkroost as the Duke of Weselton and Mathijs Pater & Nicholas Li as Sven.

While the princesses are still young, the Queen and King sail to seek a solution to help Elsa control her powers, and they die at sea during a storm.

Although the people rejoice at the prospect of a new monarch ("Queen Anointed"), Elsa is terrified that the kingdom's citizens might find out about her powers and fear her, while wishing to be able to reconnect with Anna ("Dangerous to Dream").

They enjoy the coronation together, with Anna talking the Duke of Weselton out of dancing with the newly crowned Queen.

Elsa flees to the North Mountain without realizing that her suppressed magic has engulfed Arendelle in an eternal winter.

He assembles a search party ("Hans of the Southern Isles" (reprise)), including the Duke and two of his men, who intend to put her in her place.

Grand Pabbie reveals that Anna will freeze solid unless "an act of true love" reverses the spell.

Kristoff selflessly races Anna back home so Hans can give her true love's kiss.

She resolves to stay alive to end the storm and lowers the defenses around the castle, allowing Hans and his men to capture her.

All songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez except "Vuelie" (music and lyrics by Christophe Beck and Frode Fjellheim) † Featured in the 2013 film ∞ Song added February 2020, replacing a reprise of "For the First Time in Forever" ± Song cut February 2020 [60] Prior to the official opening of the musical on Broadway, four singles were released digitally: "Monster" in February 2018, "What Do You Know About Love", "Dangerous to Dream" and "True Love", all in March 2018.

There are occasional moments that feel padded ... but the surging power ballads that are the score's signature are stunningly delivered by [Levy and Murin].

Jesse Green of The New York Times called the show "rousing, often dull, alternately dopey".

He praised Levy's and Murin's performances as well as the set and lighting design but criticized the new musical numbers.

[68] The 2021 West End production received mostly favorable reviews; Arifa Akbar in The Guardian wrote that "What is more surprising than the uniformly storming singing voices and the theatrical razzmatazz is the sense of a real, beating heart in the relationship between the two tortured sisters".