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Subject: Theater Update: How Disney's 'Frozen' Is Moving to Broadway
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Bruce Springsteen and Amy Schumer are also Broadway bound.

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Elsa, left, and Anna in the animated film "Frozen." Disney Denver Weather? 'Frozen' By MICHAEL PAULSON This musical juggernaut is going from the big screen to Broadway. But first, a test run in Colorado.

Here's the 'Frozen' Musical Poster (and Seven That Didn't Make the Cut) By ERIK PIEPENBURG What worked — and didn't — for Disney's coming Broadway show.

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Broadway Bound Bruce Springsteen Is Bringing His Music and His Memories to Broadway By BEN SISARIO Amy Schumer to Star in New Steve Martin Play By MICHAEL PAULSON

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