--- description: A holiday special is also in the works for a 2017 debut on ABC title: 'Frozen' Musical Selects City for World Premiere image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16d1d25214d9b180/6988760e0a4a22bb979c7963/frozen-still.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Frozen_ Musical Selects City for World Premiere Before Broadway by [Marc Snetiker / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Marc Snetiker / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2016 4:15 AM CUT  Elsa and Anna, Frozen, 2013 Elsa and Anna, Frozen, 2013Disney by [Marc Snetiker / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Marc Snetiker / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2016 4:15 AM CUT Attention: All flights to Arendelle must first connect through Denver. Disney’s upcoming stage musical adaptation of _Frozen_, which on Tuesday [announced its plans to head to Broadway](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/09/frozen-musical-broadway "undefined") in the spring of 2018, will first make an out-of-town pit stop in Colorado at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Exact dates have not been set, but _Frozen_ will make its world premiere at the Buell Theatre in Denver in August 2017. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts previously hosted the pre-Broadway try-out for Disney’s 2007 production of _The Little Mermaid_. [As previously announced](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/09/frozen-musical-broadway "undefined"), Disney Theatricals has tapped Alex Timbers to direct the stage production of the blockbuster 2013 movie-musical about two royal sisters who love snow. The film’s composers and screenwriter are adapting their work for the stage, while a holiday special is also in the works for a 2017 debut on ABC. [_This article originally appeared on Ew.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/11/frozen-musical-denver-broadway "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4218823/frozen-musical-denver-broadway/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4218823/frozen-musical-denver-broadway/"},"headline":"Frozen Musical Selects City for World Premiere Before Broadway","datePublished":"2016-02-12T04:15:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:01:41.691Z","description":"A holiday special is also in the works for a 2017 debut on ABC","url":"https://time.com/4218823/frozen-musical-denver-broadway/","keywords":["Denver","broadway","Frozen","Theater","Musical"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16d1d25214d9b180/6988760e0a4a22bb979c7963/frozen-still.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Marc Snetiker / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16d1d25214d9b180/6988760e0a4a22bb979c7963/frozen-still.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"frozen-still","caption":"Elsa and Anna, Frozen, 2013.","creditText":"Disney","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4218823/frozen-musical-denver-broadway/","name":"Frozen Musical Selects City for World Premiere Before Broadway"}}]}] ```