“Frozen” is a story about the power of human warmth amid overwhelmingly cold, harsh nature. “Disney’s Frozen: The Broadway Musical,” now running at Millburn’s Paper Mill Playhouse, celebrates that spirit. As the New Jersey holiday season takes hold, this show offers a warm night of family theater that captures well the essence of its film predecessor.

The 2013 animated film, “Frozen,” was a massive commercial and cultural success because, on one hand, it had all the expected elements of a hit Disney animated feature: big-name stars like Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel, dazzling and big-budget animation, and a full-throated centerpiece song in “Let it Go.” But on the other hand, “Frozen” thrived by bucking tradition. It is a story about two princesses and at least one handsome prince, but

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