Record ID: |
2310157 |
Uniform title: |
Frogs |
Format: |
CD |
Physical description: |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
Date acquired: |
Not available |
More creator details: |
[a comedy written in 405 B.C. by Aristophanes ; freely adapted by Burt Shevelove ; even more freely adapted by Nathan Lane ; music and lyrics: Stephen Sondheim ; orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick]. |
General note: |
Program notes by Wendy Wasserstein and Nathan Lane, synopsis by Ira Weitzman, and llibretto ([48] p. : ill.) included. |
Contents note: |
Opening fanfare -- Invocation and instructions to the audience -- "It is time we start our journey" -- I love to travel -- Dress big -- I love to travel (reprise) -- All aboard -- On the River Styx -- Ariadne -- The frogs -- Hymn to Dionysos -- Hades -- It's only a play -- Shaw -- The contest -- Fear no more -- All aboard (reprise) -- Hymn to Dionysos (reprise) -- Final instructions to the audience. |
Performers: |
Original Broadway cast: Nathan Lane, Roger Bart, Burke Moses, John Byner, Peter Bartlett, Daniel Davis, Michael Siberry, with supporting performers; orchestra; Paul Gemignani, conductor. |
Date/place captured: |
Recorded Oct. 12, 2004, at the Hit Factory, New York City. |