The Frogs (musical) by Stephen Sondheim

E951238
stage musical theatrical adaptation

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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
The Frogs (Lincoln Center Theater production) 1
The Frogs (musical) 0

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf stage musical ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
the underworld ⓘ
subject Dionysus NERFINISHED ⓘ
journey to the underworld ⓘ
literary greatness ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
theme political engagement through art ⓘ
responsibility of artists in society ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Frogs → hasModernAdaptation → The Frogs (musical) by Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Kenneth Posner → notableWork → The Frogs (musical) by Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Frogs (Lincoln Center Theater production)