The new production replaced the long-running Aladdin musical, the Theme Park Insider Award winner for world's Best Live Show that closed earlier this year after a 13-year run at the park.
Frozen – Live at the Hyperion will open May 27. The new production will feature the songs from Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez and a script adapted by "Aladdin" scribe and four-time Tony Award nominee Chad Beguelin. Puppeteer Michael Curry, who worked on The Lion King on Broadway, is developing the production's version of Olaf and the Trolls. The new musical will be directed by Liesl Tommy, who most recently directed Lupita Nyong’o in "Eclipsed" on Broadway.
This production will be the third Frozen musical at the Disneyland, following the Fantasy Faire show in Disneyland and the sing-along in California Adventure. As much as fans love Frozen, having two musicals based on the movie playing in the same land in the same park is probably a bit too much, so Disney announced today that "For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration" will close April 17.
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I'll be checking it out!
As for the Muppet theater, from what I've heard that will become the primary movie preview center for the resort until it gets re-purposed for Marvel Land. While things may always change, I've heard that MuppetVision is not returning to DCA due to low demand.
Frozen can easily be made comparable to Aladdin with Olaf as Genie with its own Las Vegas style musical revue with hat and cane, Hans as the evil bad guy, and an romantic sleigh ride.
Don't forget, the Broadway version is also debuting soon after and they didn't have to wait 10 years like what Aladdin eventually did.
I heard someone comment in another post that every show has to end - to that I say, no it doesn't - look at Fantasmic. And Aladdin was the Fantasmic of DCA.
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