The Frogs (musical) by Stephen Sondheim
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The Frogs (musical) by Stephen Sondheim is a stage adaptation of Aristophanes’ ancient Greek comedy, featuring Sondheim’s distinctive score and lyrics in a satirical story about Dionysus journeying to the underworld to bring back a great writer.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Frogs (Lincoln Center Theater production) | 1 |
| The Frogs (musical) by Stephen Sondheim canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Frogs (musical) by Stephen Sondheim Context triple: [The Frogs, hasModernAdaptation, The Frogs (musical) by Stephen Sondheim]
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A.
The Fantasticks (Off-Broadway musical)
The Fantasticks is a long-running Off-Broadway musical, famed for its minimalist staging and enduring songs like "Try to Remember," that became a landmark of American musical theatre.
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B.
Candide (operetta by Leonard Bernstein)
Candide (operetta by Leonard Bernstein) is a satirical comic operetta, based on Voltaire’s novella, known for its brilliant score, witty libretto, and frequent revivals in both opera and musical theatre.
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C.
Broadway musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever"
"On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" is a Broadway musical that blends romance, reincarnation, and psychic phenomena, best known for its lush Burton Lane–Alan Jay Lerner score and later revivals featuring stars like Harry Connick Jr.
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D.
The Boys from Syracuse (score)
The Boys from Syracuse (score) is Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s celebrated 1938 Broadway musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, known for its witty lyrics and enduring jazz standards.
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E.
A Connecticut Yankee (musical)
A Connecticut Yankee is a 1927 Broadway musical with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, adapted from Mark Twain’s novel about a modern man transported back to King Arthur’s court.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Frogs (musical) by Stephen Sondheim Target entity description: The Frogs (musical) by Stephen Sondheim is a stage adaptation of Aristophanes’ ancient Greek comedy, featuring Sondheim’s distinctive score and lyrics in a satirical story about Dionysus journeying to the underworld to bring back a great writer.
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A.
The Fantasticks (Off-Broadway musical)
The Fantasticks is a long-running Off-Broadway musical, famed for its minimalist staging and enduring songs like "Try to Remember," that became a landmark of American musical theatre.
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B.
Candide (operetta by Leonard Bernstein)
Candide (operetta by Leonard Bernstein) is a satirical comic operetta, based on Voltaire’s novella, known for its brilliant score, witty libretto, and frequent revivals in both opera and musical theatre.
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C.
Broadway musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever"
"On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" is a Broadway musical that blends romance, reincarnation, and psychic phenomena, best known for its lush Burton Lane–Alan Jay Lerner score and later revivals featuring stars like Harry Connick Jr.
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D.
The Boys from Syracuse (score)
The Boys from Syracuse (score) is Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s celebrated 1938 Broadway musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, known for its witty lyrics and enduring jazz standards.
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E.
A Connecticut Yankee (musical)
A Connecticut Yankee is a 1927 Broadway musical with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, adapted from Mark Twain’s novel about a modern man transported back to King Arthur’s court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
stage musical
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theatrical adaptation ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Frogs (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Aristophanes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookBy | Burt Shevelove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayClosingDate | 2004-10-10 ⓘ |
| broadwayOpeningDate | 2004-07-22 ⓘ |
| broadwayTransfer | Vivian Beaumont Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| choreographerOfOriginalProduction | Susan Stroman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| directorOfOriginalProduction | Burt Shevelove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Aeschylus
NERFINISHED
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Dionysus NERFINISHED ⓘ Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ Herakles NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasOriginalCastRecording | The Frogs (Original Cast Recording) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicStyle | Stephen Sondheim’s late-20th-century Broadway style ⓘ |
| notableRevival | 2004 Lincoln Center Theater production ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Ariadne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dress Big NERFINISHED ⓘ Fear No More NERFINISHED ⓘ Final Instructions to the Audience NERFINISHED ⓘ Hades NERFINISHED ⓘ I Love to Travel NERFINISHED ⓘ Invocation and Instructions to the Audience NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ The Frogs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orchestrator | Jonathan Tunick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1974-07-20 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Yale University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereVenue | Yale University swimming pool ⓘ |
| producedAt | Yale Repertory Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedBookBy | Nathan Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Ancient Greece
NERFINISHED
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the underworld ⓘ |
| subject |
Dionysus
NERFINISHED
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journey to the underworld ⓘ literary greatness ⓘ political satire ⓘ |
| theme |
political engagement through art
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responsibility of artists in society ⓘ |
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The Frogs (Lincoln Center Theater production)