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Production information: Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (André Bishop: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer); Produced in association with Bob Boyett; LCT Musical Theater Associate Producer: Ira Weitzman .A comedy written in 405 b.c. by Aristophanes; "The Frogs" freely adapted by Burt Shevelove; "The Frogs" even more freely adapted by Nathan Lane; Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics for "Fear No More" from "Cymbeline" by William Shakespeare; Music orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick; Musical Director: Paul Gemignani; Dance arrangements by Glen Kelly; Associate Musical Dir.: Annbritt duChateau Directed by Susan Stroman; Choreographed by Susan Stroman; Associate Director: Tara Young; Associate Choreographer: Tara Young; Assistant Director: Scott Bishop Scenic Design by Giles Cadle; Costume Design by William Ivey Long; Lighting Design by Kenneth Posner; Sound Design by Scott Lehrer; Puppet Design by Martin P. Robinson; Hair and Wig Design by Paul Huntley; Assistant Scenic Design: Robert John Andrusko; Assistant Costume Design: Tom Beall; Assistant to William Ivey Long: Rachel Attridge and Donald Sanders; Associate Lighting Design: Ben Stanton; Automated Lighting Programmer: Timothy F. Rogers; Assistant to Kenneth Posner: Paul Hackenmueller; Assistant Sound Design: Anthony Smolenski; Plaza Frogs Soundscape by Aural Fixation;LCT General Manager: Adam Siegel; LCT Company Manager: Matthew Markoff; Assistant Co. Mgr: Josh Lowenthal;Stage Manager: Thom Widmann; LCT Production Manager: Jeff Hamlin; Assistant Stage Mgr: Scott Taylor Rollison and Sarah Marie Elliott;Aerial Design: Antigravity, Inc.; Special Effects by Gregory Meeh; Conducted by Paul Gemignani; Associate Conductor: Annbritt duChateau; Assistant Conductor: Thad Wheeler; Music Copyist: Emily Grishman Music Preparation; Make-Up Design by Melissa Silver; Special Effects Associate: Patrick Boyd,Casting: Tara Rubin Casting; LCT Director of Development: Hattie K. Jutagir; LCT Director of Marketing: Andrew Flatt; General Press Representative: Philip Rinaldi; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Photographer: Paul Kolnik; Dance Captain: James Brown III and Joanne Manning; Dialect Coach: Stephen Gabis |
In 2004 The Frogs had it's Broadway premiere with a rewritten book by Nathan Lane featuring a host of new songs by Stephen Sondheim. The Frogs opened at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre on July 22,2004 after a month of previews,the first begining on June 22, 2004. The Broadway production of The Frogs was a limited engagement. The Frogs closed on October 10, 2004 after 92 adorable performances.
