HAMILTON's Okieriete Onaodowan Takes Part in FROZEN Lab; Lopezes to Pen New Songs for Broadway

Disney just held its developmental lab for the Broadway-bound FROZEN, and new details on what promises to be the Great White Way's next blockbuster have emerged from the ice.

According to the New York Post, the plot from the animated film will remain, but the movie's songwriting team -- married artists Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez -- are returning to write new tunes for the Broadway version, including a song titled "True Love."

MATILDA and BILLY ELLIOT choreographer Peter Darling has also joined the creative team alongside director Alex Timbers.

For the lab, Patti Murin took on the role of 'Anna', originally played by Kristin Bell in the hit animated film, opposite Betsy Wolfe as 'Elsa', originated by Idina Menzel. HAMILTON's Okieriete Onaodowan read for Kristoff. No word on whether the workshop actors will appear in FROZEN on Broadway.

On the costume front, the Post writes that lovable snowman Olaf will likely be played by an actor in costume rather than a "Lion King-esque puppet."

As previously announced, beginning next summer, the musical will play an out-of-town tryout in Denver ahead of an official Broadway bow at an extensively renovated St. James Theatre -- featuring a deeper stage and larger wing space for the massive sets, according to the Post -- in spring 2018.

FROZEN features music and lyrics by creators of the film score Kristen Anderson-Lopez (In Transit, Up Here) and Robert Lopez (Avenue Q, The Book of Mormon, Up Here) and a book by Jennifer Lee (Wreck-It Ralph), the film's screenwriter and director (with Chris Buck). Frozen won 2014 Oscars for Best Song ("Let It Go") and Best Animated Feature.

The design team for FROZEN includes scenic and costume design by seven-time Tony Award winner Bob Crowley (Mary Poppins, The Coast of Utopia, An American in Paris), lighting design by five-time Tony Award winner Natasha Katz (Aladdin, An American in Paris, The Glass Menagerie) and sound design by four-time Tony nominee Peter Hylenski (The Scottsboro Boys, Motown, After Midnight).

Two-time Tony Award winner Stephen Oremus (Avenue Q, Wicked, The Book of Mormon) is music supervisor and creates vocal and incidental arrangements.