The frogs burt shevelove pdf download

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Written in 405 B.C. by Aristophanes
Freely Adapted in 1974 by Burt Shevelove

  • 1974 Yale University Production
  • 1990 Old Brentford Baths Production
  • 2000 Library of Congress Concert
  • 2001 Studio Recording
  • 2004 Lincoln Center Production
  • 2004 Lincoln Center Cast Recording
  • Recordings of Songs
  • Publications
    • 1974 Yale University Production

    Opened May 20, 1974 at the Yale University Swimming Pool
    Ran for 8 performances
    Produced by the Yale Repertory Theatre
    Staged by Burt Shevelove
    Choreographed by Carmen de Lavallade
    Scenery Designed by Michael H. Yeargan
    Costumes by Jeanne Button
    Lighting by Carol M. Waaser
    Selections from Shakespeare and Shaw Selected and
    Arranged by Michael Feingold
    Musical Direction by Don Jennings
    Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick

    Cast

    Dionysos - Larry Blyden
    Xanthias - Michael Vale
    Herakles - Dan Desmond
    Charon - Charles Levin
    Hierophantes - Ron Recasner
    Aeakos - Alvin Epstein
    A Handmaiden - Carmen de Lavallade
    An Innkeeper's Wife - Carmen de Lavallade
    An Innkeeper - Stephen R. Lawson
    Pluto - Jeremy Dempsey
    William Shakespeare - Jerome Geidt
    Bernard Shaw - Anthony Holland

    Guards - Joseph Costa, Jonathan Marks, Gil Rochon III, Paul Schierhorn

    Flagbearers - Christopher Brown, Darryl Hill

    Singers - Joan Berliner, Peter Bogyo, Alma Cuervo, Franchelle Stewart Dorn, Christopher Durang, Beth Hatton, Brock Holmes, Richard Larsen, Stephen R. Lawson, Susan LeFevre, Robert Picardo, Ron Recasner, Gil Rochon III, Stephen Rowe, Jeremy Smith, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Meryl Streep, David Thomas, Scott Ulmer, Bob Van Nest, Sigourney Weaver, and Donald Woodall

    Dancers - Diana Belshaw, Linda K. Harold, Ron Porter, Nora Peterson, Diana Raffman, Susan Strassburger, Alfonso Wilson, and Kathryn Woglom

    Frogs - Steve Edelson, Wade Agurcia, Michael Armstrong, Robert Barnett, Michael Cadden, Jack Callahan, Gary Cavaliere, Peter Crawford, David B. Fisher, Ed Hornsby, Alexander Lawler, Quentin Lawler, Frank Lawlor, Kevin Lawlor, Dave Lichten, Pat Monahan, Ralph Redpath, Curt Sanburn, Ted Stein, Jose A. Taboada, and Richard Taus

    Musical Numbers

    1990 Old Brentford Baths Production

    The European Premiere

    Opened July 24, 1990 at the Old Brentford Baths, West London UK
    Ran for ? performances
    Produced by COEX [Community Opera in Ealing Experience]
    Directed by John Gardyne
    Choreographed by Ron Howell
    Production Designed by Allison Hughes
    Lighting by Chris Jones
    Musical Direction by Helen Porter

    Cast

    Dionysos - Richard Zajdlic
    Xanthias - Bob Husson
    Herakles - Ian Temple
    Charon - Steve Pavey
    Virilla - Anne O'Brien
    Charisma - Bronwen James
    Aeakos - Peter Saracen
    Bernard Shaw - Rory Johnstone
    Pluto - John Sheppard
    William Shakespeare - Geoff Sanders

    Frogs, Dionysians, Guards - Lesley Allen, Karen Beattie, Jennifer Cowasji, Anne-Marie Denyer, Natasha Dilleyston, Evelyn Felton, Catherine Gerrard, Jenny Grady, Krystle Kyriacou, Maroushka Lawrence, Wendy Babbage, Katherine Lanham, Emily Newington, Marian Nicholson, Jayne Robinson, Stephen Barlow, Mike Fox, Geoffrey Williams, Paul James, Michael Kirkwood, Richard Mehr, and Peter Worthington

    Musical Numbers

    2000 Library of Congress Concert Version

    One performance on May 22, 2000 at the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress, Washington DC
    Master of Ceremonies: Nathan Lane
    Musical Director: Paul Gemignani
    Stage Director: Kathleen Marshall
    Orchestrator: Jonathan Tunick
    Choral Preparation: Norman Scribner
    Concertmaster: Suzanne Ornstein
    Pianist: Paul Ford

    Cast

    Davis Gaines
    Nathan Lane
    Brian Stokes Mitchell

    Musical Numbers

    2001 Studio Recording

    The Frogs / Evening Primrose
    Produced by Tommy Krasker
    Recorded June 12, 2000 at The Hit Factory, NYC
    Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
    Conducted by Paul Gemignani

    Cast: Nathan Lane, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Davis Gaines

    Fanfare , Prologos: Invocation and Instructions to the Audience - Nathan Lane and Brian Stokes Mitchell, Traveling Music - Chorus, Parados: The Frogs - Chorus, Hymnos: Evoe! - Chorus, Dialogue: "Pluto!", Parabasis: It's Only a Play - Chorus, Dialogue: "That Was Some Banquet!", Evoe for the Dead - Chorus, Invocation to the Muses - Chorus, Fear No More - Davis Gaines, Exodos: The Sound of Poets - Chorus

    Also includes the four songs from Evening Primrose

    2004 Lincoln Center Production

    This version was "even more freely adapted by Nathan Lane"

    Previews began June 22, 2004 at the Lincoln Center Theater at the Vivian Beaumont
    Opened July 22, 2004; closed October 10, 2004
    Ran for 32 previews and 92 performances
    Produced by the Lincoln Center under the direction of
    André Bishop and Bernard Gersten
    in association with Bob Boyett
    Direction and Choreography by Susan Stroman
    Set Design by Giles Cadle
    Costume Design by William Ivey Long
    Lighting Design by Kenneth Posner
    Sound Design by Scott Lehrer
    Dance and Music Arrangements by Glen Kelly
    Special Effects by Gregory Meeh
    Puppet Design by Martin P. Robinson
    Associate Director and Choreographer: Tara Young
    Musical Direction by Paul Gemignani
    Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick

    Cast

    Dionysos - Nathan Lane
    Xanthias - Roger Bart [replaced Chris Kattan on July 15, 2004]
    Herakles - Burke Moses
    Charon / Aeakos - John Byner
    Pluto - Peter Bartlett
    George Bernard Shaw - Daniel Davis
    William Shakespeare - Michael Siberry

    A Greek Chorus / A Splash of Frogs / A Revel of Dionysians -
    Ryan L. Ball, Bryn Dowling, Rebecca Eichenberger, Meg Gillentine,
    Pia C. Glenn, Tyler Hanes, Francesca Harper, Rod Harrelson,
    Jessica Howard, Naomi Kakuk, Kenway Hon Wai K. Kua, Luke Longacre,
    David Lowenstein, Kathy Voytko, Steve Wilson, Jay Brian Winnick
    Fire Belly Dancing Frogs - Ryan L. Ball, Luke Longacre
    Three Graces - Meg Gillentine, Jessica Howard, Naomi Kakuk
    Handmaiden Charisma - Bryn Bowling
    Virilla, the Amazon - Pia C. Glenn
    Ariadne - Kathy Voytko
    Pluto's Hellraisers - Bryn Dowling, Meg Gillentine,
    Francesca Harper, Jessica Howard, Naomi Kakuk
    Shavians - Rebecca Eichenberger, Meg Gillentine, Tyler Hanes,
    Francesca Harper, David Lowenstein, Jay Brian Winnick

    Musical Numbers

    Recording

    The Frogs - The Broadway Cast Recording
    Produced by Tommy Krasker
    Executive Producers: Philip A. Chaffin & Tommy Krasker
    Recorded and Mixed by Tom Lazarus
    Conducted by Paul Gemignani
    Music Preparation by Katharine L. Edmonds
    Recorded October 12, 2004 at the Hit Factory NYC
    Liner Notes by Wendy Wasserstein and Nathan Lane
    Synopsis by Ira Weitzman
    Lyrics included

    Opening Fanfare (1:18), Invocations and Instruction to the Audience (3:44), "It is time we start our journey" (0:38), I Love to Travel (4:02), Dress Big (3:52), I Love to Travel (reprise) (1:13), All Aboard (1:36), On the River Styx (1:21), Ariadne (3:35), The Frogs (7:26), Hymn to Dionysos (5:59), Hades (4:10), It's Only a Play (4:33), Shaw (4:16), The Contest (1:39), Fear No More (2:05), All Aboard (reprise) (0:41), Hymn to Dionysos (reprise) (2:48), Final Instructions to the Audience (1:42)