History TearJerker / Frozen2018

** In the Denver production, "Dangerous to Dream" has a DarkReprise after Elsa blasts Anna, Kristoff and Olaf out of the ice palace but was cut before the show went to Broadway.

Look at what I've done, it was dangerous to deam.

** "Dangerous to Dream": Elsa ponders on keeping her life a secret from Anna, and yearns for the day where she can finally open up and reconnect with her sister after all these years. But then she wonders, would it be too dangerous to free herself and act on her own will? Or is she doomed to spend her whole life behind closed doors?

--> '''Elsa, sobbing:''' Anna, no!\\
[[AllForNothing This is what I feared.]]\\
This is why I shut you out so long ago.\\
I'm sorry.\\
I'm ''so sorry.''\\
Look at [[ItsAllMyFault what I've done to you.]]

--> '''Elsa, sobbing:''' Anna, no! [[AllForNothing This is what I feared.]] This is why I shut you out so long ago. I'm sorry. I'm ''so sorry.'' Look at [[ItsAllMyFault what I've done to you.]]

** "Monster", Elsa's big BSODSong. As the mob makes its way to the castle to hunt her down, Elsa wonders if her childhood fear is finally coming true: becoming a monster. Isolating herself with a barrage of icicles, she calls upon her parents and asks them if the only way to end the curse is to ''let the mob kill her'', but even then, she's still unsure if it'll help vanquish the storm.
** And the seemingly triumphant 'I will live!' bit at the end? The motivation is not 'I want to live.', 'I do not deserve to die.', or even 'I will cause pain to those who I care for.', but the conviction that [[ItsAllMyFault it is on her]] to somehow fix [[EndlessWinter this mess]] and her death [[NoOntologicalInertia may not do the job]]. A step up from being ''outright'' suicidal, but a small one.

-->'''Elsa:''' I wish I could tell the truth, show you who's behind the door.\\

-->'''Anna:''' I was looking for a fairy tale, and dove headfirst into his.\\

** "Monster", Elsa's big BSODSong. As the mob makes its way to the castle to hunt her down, Elsa wonders if her childhood fear is finally coming true: becoming a monster. Isolating herself with a barrage of icicles, she calls upon her parents and asks them if the only way to end the curse is to ''[[spoiler:let the mob kill her]]'', but even then, she's still unsure if it'll help vanquish the storm.

* The slow, sad reprise of "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" that plays after [[spoiler:Anna has been fully frozen.]]
* The long silence before the realization [[spoiler:that Anna is hurt]] hits Elsa. Her screams [[SayMyName for Anna]] and for her parents to come help can [[{{Pun}} send chills]] down the audience's spine.

** During the Denver production, Anna's final lines in "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?" are sung when she’s still a young girl. In the Broadway production and cast album, after the funeral, the song then time leaps from Young Anna at the door to now 18 year old Anna at the door; the latter asking Elsa at the door if Elsa’s ready for coronation if she wants to take a walk or just sit and talk, and if there’s anything Anna can do for her before coronation day. On the other side, Elsa then quietly sings “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” to the audience, indicating her own sadness at not being able to connect with Anna.

* Some of the new songs are grade-A heartbreakers, since they dive deep into the psyche of our main characters.
** "Dangerous to Dream": Elsa ponders on the fact that she must keep her life a secret from Anna, and yearns for the day where she can finally open up and reconnect with her sister after all these years. But then she wonders, would it be too dangerous to free herself and act on her own will? Or is she doomed to spend her whole life behind closed doors?

** "Monster", Elsa's big BSODSong. As the mob make their way to the castle to hunt her down, Elsa wonders if her childhood fear is finally coming true: becoming a monster. Isolating herself with a barrage of icicles, she calls upon her parents and asks them if the only way to end the curse is to ''[[spoiler:let the mob kill her]]'', but even then, she's still unsure if it'll help vanquish the storm.

* The long silence before the realization [[spoiler:that Anna is hurt]] hit Elsa. Her screams [[SayMyName for Anna]] and for her parents to come help can [[{{Pun}} send chills]] down the audience's spine.

* The long silence before the realization [[spoiler:that Anna is hurt]] hit Elsa. Her screams [[SayMyName for Anna]] and for her parents to come help can [[Pun send chills]] down the audience's spine.

** During the Denver production, Anna's final lines in "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?" are sung when she’s still a young girl. In the Broadway production and cast album, after the funeral, the song then time leaps from Young Anna at the door to now 18 year old Anna at the door; the latter asking Elsa at the door if she’s ready for coronation if she wants to take a walk or just sit and talk, and if there’s anything she can do for her before coronation day. On the other side, Elsa then quietly sings “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” to the audience, indicating her own sadness at not being able to connect with Anna.

** "Monster", Elsa's big BSODSong. As the mob make their way to the castle to hunt her down, Elsa grieves about her childhood fear finally coming true: she became a monster. Isolating herself with a barrage of icicles, she calls upon her parents and asks them if the only way to end the curse is to [[spoiler:let the mob kill her]]. That's right, Elsa actually ''[[spoiler:contemplates suicide]]'', but even then, she's still unsure if it'll help vanquish the storm.
** "True Love", sung by Anna after Hans leaves her to freeze to death. As the cold within her heart starts to slowly overcome her, Anna looks around and finds that she's in the same room where Elsa shut her out when they were still children. Realizing that her disillusioned understanding for true love put her in grave danger, she quietly accepts that she's doomed to die a "lonely girl with a desperate heart".

** During the Denver production, Anna's final lines in "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?" are sung when she’s still a young girl. In the Broadway production and cast album, after the funeral, the song then time leaps from Young Anna at the door to now 18 year old Anna at the door; the latter asking Elsa at the door if she’s ready for cornonation if she wants to take a walk or just sit and talk, and if there’s anything she can do for her before coronation day. On the other side, Elsa then quietly sings “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” to the audience, indicating her own sadness at not being able to connect with Anna.

* As if the deaths of the king and queen weren't heartbreaking enough, the show retools their tragedy by killing them off while Anna and Elsa are ''still kids!'' Elsa's tragic inner struggles are only worsened by this new layer of childhood trauma, and Anna's final lines in "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?" become a lot more gut-wrenching when they're sung by a little girl. This also means the sisters spend ''ten'' years with effectively no family, isolated from each other and with their parents dead, rather than just the three years of the film.

* As if the deaths of the king and queen weren't heartbreaking enough, the show retools their tragedy by killing them off while Anna and Elsa are ''still kids!'' Elsa's tragic inner struggles are only worsened by this new layer of childhood trauma, and Anna's final lines in "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?" become a lot more gutwrenching when they're sung by a little girl.

!!The Broadway musical