Was that the sound of a curmudgeonly critic’s frozen heart thawing? I didn’t care for the hit Disney movie “Frozen” so admittedly I walked into the stage adaptation, which opened Thursday at the Dr.

Seeing a live musical can feel like magic. It’s not just the singing and dancing either. The entire spectacle of performers, moving stages and elaborate outfits can transport you to another world. The ...

More than 70 years after Disney had a cricket sing about wishing upon a star, “Wish” picks up that theme, in an animated movie that desperately wants to thaw out some of the studio’s “Frozen” magic.