D23 EXPO PROUDLY PRESENTS
FROZEN FANDEMONIUM: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION!
In
a Special Event Only at D23 EXPO 2015, Frozen Fans Join Academy
Award®-Winning Songwriting Team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
for the Largest Frozen Sing-Along Ever
BURBANK, Calif. – June 12, 2015
– D23 EXPO 2015 attendees are in for a fun-filled musical treat when
Frozen FANdemonium: A Musical Celebration! takes over the 7,500-seat Hall D23. The event, presented by
D23: The Official Disney Fan Club, will take place at 3:00 pm, Sunday, August 16, at the Anaheim Convention Center.
In
what will be a thrilling and fun interactive experience for Disney fans
of all ages, join host Chris Montan, president, Walt Disney
Music, and the Oscar®-winning songwriting team of Kristen
Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez as they take you on a once-in-a-lifetime
musical journey through the world of
Frozen. This
one-day-only performance features your friends from the Walt Disney
Animation Studios film––including Anna and Elsa––with sing-along
experiences of your
Frozen favorites such as “Let It Go,” “In Summer” and more. Plus,
fans can expect special surprises and fascinating stories behind some
of your favorite Frozen songs.
Tickets for
D23 EXPO 2015 are available at a discounted price for a limited time. Through June 30, 2015,
tickets are $67 for a one-day adult admission and $48 for children
3–12. Tickets for members of D23: The Official Disney Fan Club
are $58 for a one-day adult admission and $42 for children. Multi-day
money-saving tickets are also available. D23 Members can save as much as
$188 off the price of admission, based on the purchase of four
three-day tickets at the D23 Member rate. For more
information on tickets and the ticket pricing structure for D23 Members
and general admission, visit
D23EXPO.com.
KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ, along
with husband and collaborator Robert Lopez, wrote the songs for Disney's Frozen. Anderson-Lopez and Lopez won an Oscar® and a Grammy® for the movie’s signature song “Let It Go,” and share a Grammy for the
Frozen soundtrack. Their song "Moving Pictures," sung by Neil Patrick Harris, opened the 2015 Academy Awards®. Anderson-Lopez and Lopez's original musical “Up Here,” directed by two-time Tony® nominee Alex Timbers, will be featured
in the La Jolla Playhouse’s 2015-16 season.
Anderson-Lopez made her off-Broadway debut at Primary Stages with
In Transit, a musical performed entirely without accompaniment,
inspired by the rhythms and sounds of life on the subway. The show
earned her Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Lucile
Lortel nominations. Together with her husband and
collaborator Robert Lopez, she wrote the Annie Award-nominated songs
for the 2011 feature film
Winnie the Pooh, as well as Finding Nemo: The Musical. For young audiences, she was a staff writer for Nickelodeon’s
The Wonder Pets and wrote book/lyrics for several of
Theatreworks/USA’s stage adaptations of children’s classics. She is the
recipient of the BMI Harrington Award and the Dramatists Guild
Fellowship, and a frequent guest moderator of the prestigious
BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop. Anderson-Lopez is a graduate
of Williams College and just received the bicentennial alumni award for
distinguished achievement. Also an actress, Anderson-Lopez was featured
as the voice of Kanga in Disney’s
Winnie the Pooh.
CHRIS MONTAN currently serves as president of Walt Disney Music and oversees music for a wide variety of Disney projects including all Disney and Pixar animated feature films, all Disney Theatrical stage productions, as well as the music for Walt Disney Theme Parks and Resorts worldwide. Additionally, he is executive music producer for all of the Studio’s animated features and works closely in the story process as well as helping to select musical talent. Montan joined Disney in 1984. Under his guidance the Studio has garnered an unprecedented 42 Musical Academy Award® nominations, and soundtracks from ten of the Studio’s theatrical releases have been certified multi-platinum.
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About Walt Disney Animation Studios
Combining
masterful artistry and storytelling with groundbreaking technology,
Walt Disney Animation Studios is a filmmaker-driven animation
studio responsible for creating some of the most beloved films ever
made. Located in Burbank, WDAS continues to build on its rich legacy of
innovation and creativity, stretching from the first fully-animated
feature film, 1937's
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to 2014’s Oscar®-winning Big Hero 6.
Among the studio's timeless creations are Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty,
The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Tangled and the Academy Award®-winning
Frozen, the biggest animated film of all time.
About D23 EXPO 2015
D23
EXPO—The Ultimate Disney Fan Event—brings together all the worlds of
Disney under one roof for three packed days of presentations, pavilions,
experiences, concerts,
sneak peeks, shopping and more. The event provides fans with
unprecedented access to Disney films, television, games, theme parks and
celebrities.
For the latest D23 EXPO 2015 news, visit D23EXPO.com.
Presentations, talent and schedule subject to change.
To join the D23 EXPO conversation, make sure to follow DisneyD23 on
Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube, and use the hashtag
#D23EXPO.
About D23
The
name “D23” pays homage to the exciting journey that began in 1923 when
Walt Disney opened his first studio in Hollywood. D23 is the first
official
club for fans in Disney’s 90-plus-year history. It gives its members a
greater connection to the entire world of Disney by placing them in the
middle of the magic through its quarterly publication,
Disney twenty-three; a rich website at D23.com with members-only content; member-exclusive discounts; and
special events for D23 Members throughout the year.
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