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.

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seeing a live musical can feel like magic. It’s not just the singing and dancing either. The entire spectacle of performers, ...