
Available now, the original Broadway cast recording of the Lincoln
Center Theater production of THE FROGS.
As first adapted by Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove from Aristophanes'
ancient comedy, THE FROGS received its world premiere at the Yale
University swimming pool in 1974 as a one-act musical. Now Sondheim and
librettist Nathan Lane (who also heads the cast of twenty-eight actors,
singers and dancers) have shaped it into a full-length Broadway
production, complete with six new Sondheim songs (plus a host of new
lyrics to the old ones). This original Broadway cast recording of THE
FROGS boasts nineteen tracks, plus a 48-page full-color booklet.
The San Francisco Chronicle called the album "wonderful," while the LA Times found it "lively and funny," labeling the score alternately "tender," "rapturous," and "rousing." The Austin American-Statesman hailed, "The arrival of the thrillingly recorded PS Classics CD came as a forehead-slapping surprise. This show never stints on energy, wit or humor. Let's hope a production comes our way some day soon." And the Oakland Tribune called it "thoroughly entertaining ... showtune heaven."
Track Listing:
1. Opening Fanfare
(Orchestra)
2. Invocation and Instructions to the Audience
(Nathan Lane, Roger Bart & Chorus)
3. “We are off on a great mission.”
(Nathan Lane, Roger Bart)
4. I Love to Travel
(Nathan Lane, Roger Bart & Chorus)
5. Dress Big
(Burke Moses, Nathan Lane & Roger Bart)
6. I Love to Travel (reprise)
(Nathan Lane, Roger Bart)
7. All Aboard
(John Byner)
8. On the River Styx
(Nathan Lane, Roger Bart)
9. Ariadne
(Nathan Lane, Roger Bart)
10. The Frogs
(Nathan Lane, Roger Bart & Chorus)
11. Hymn to Dionysos
(Nathan Lane, Roger Bart & Chorus)
12. Hades
(Peter Bartlett & Chorus)
13. It's Only a Play
(Nathan Lane, Peter Bartlett & Chorus)
14. Shaw
(Nathan Lane, Daniel Davis & Chorus)
15. The Contest
(Nathan Lane, Daniel Davis, Michael Siberry)
16. Fear No More
(Michael Siberry)
17. All Aboard (reprise)
(John Byner)
18. Hymn to Dionysos (reprise)
(Greek Chorus)
19. Final Instructions to the Audience
(Nathan Lane and Company)
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| A comedy written in 405 BC by Aristophanes
Freely adapted by Burt Shevelove
Even more freely adapted by Nathan Lane
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Musical Direction by Paul Gemignani
Direction & Choreography by Susan Stroman
Recording Produced by
Tommy Krasker

Photo: Paul Kolnick |
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