We Can't Hold It Back Anymore! Betsy Wolfe Tapped to Play Elsa in Frozen 

We Can\'t Hold It Back Anymore! Betsy Wolfe Tapped to Play Elsa in

News By Ryan McPhee April 20, 2016 - 10:16AM

Wolfe starred in the Lopezes\' musical \'Up Here,\' which was also directed by Timbers.

It looks like she’s the queen! Broadway alum Betsy Wolfe will take on the mammoth power anthem “Let It Go” as Elsa in the musical adaptation of

. The Disney musical, directed by Alex Timbers, is set to hit the Great White Way in spring 2018 and is eyeing a bow at the St. James Theatre, the current home of 

The show, featuring the beloved tunes (and some new ones) by married songwriting duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez and a book by screenwriter Jennifer Lee, will first play an August 2017 out-of-town tryout in Denver, Colorado.

Frozen marks a reunion for Wolfe and the creative team: In 2015, she starred in the world premiere production of Up Here at San Diego’s La Jolla Playhouse. The musical was also directed by Timbers and featured a score by the Lopezes.

Wolfe made her Broadway debut in 110 in the Shade and has gone on to tread the boards in Everyday Rapture, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Bullets Over Broadway. She also starred in the off-Broadway revival of The Last Five Years and in Merrily We Roll Along at City Center Encores!.

Check out Wolfe spiraling her soul in frozen fractals all around Carnegie Hall (with Bobby Lopez on the piano) below!

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