Summary: What do you get when you combine a big-time Broadway songwriter, a century and a half-year-old fairy tale, and a couple of cute animated reindeer and snowmen? Turns out, you get a hit. Disney’s Frozen, an adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson story The Snow Queen, has crossed the 500 million dollar mark in global box office sales, picked up two Oscar nominations, and -- for the first time since Pocahontas in 1995 -- has topped the Billboard album chart with its soundtrack. In a conversation with Soundcheck host John Schaefer, Entertainment Weekly reporter Marc Snetiker explains why this movie has been able to do what other recent Disney musicals haven't -- and what's ahead for the Frozen franchise.
