Cleveland Heights' Cain Park presents: THE FROGS! Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove's boisterously hilarious yet poignant musical follows Dionysos, Greek god of wine and drama, and his slave Xanthias on a journey to Hades to collect renowned critic and playwright George Bernard Shaw so that he may enlighten the easily misled and cowed masses of Earth--and perhaps redeem and elevate the importanc
e of the arts in the world. Along this journey to the Underworld, Dionysos and Xanthias meet gods and playwrights, lost souls and, of course, the ever-apathetic, seductively sinister and creepily coercive frogs. Finally, William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw duke it out in a subterranean battle of words to see who will win the honor of saving the earth: The Bard or Bernard? TICKETS:
Preview performance: Thursday, July 31, 2014 @ 7 PM: $15 (no discounts). Sunday Matinees: August 3, 10, & 17 @ 2 PM: $15 (no discounts). August 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16 @ 7 PM: $24 in advance, $26 day of show. Directed by Martin Friedman, Music Directed by Nathan Motta, Choreographed by Martín Céspedes (SDC), Set Design by Ron Newell, Lighting Design by Trad A Burns, Costume Design by Tesia Benson, Sound Design by Stan Kozak, and Stage Managed by Tom Humes *.
2014 Theater Artistic Director is Ian Hinz. Featuring Nora Culley, Eric Fancher, Mitchell Fields*, Dan Folino*, Neely Gevaart, Trey Gilpin, Lyida Hall, Darryl Lewis*, Sidney Perelman, Michael Regnier, Caitlin Elizabeth Reilly*, Nicole Sumlin*, Kelly Smith, Tom Sweeney, and Meg Wittman.
*Member of Actors Equity Association, the performing arts union representing more than 49,000 professional stage actors and stage managers in the U.S. Supported by Friends of Cain Park, the Ohio Arts Council, and WCPN 90.3 FM. The Frogs is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
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THE FROGS
A comedy written in 405 b.c. by ARISTOPHANES freely adapted by BURT SHEVELOVE
even more freely adapted by NATHAN LANE
music and lyrics by
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
original direction and choreography by
SUSAN STROMAN
Originally produced by Lincoln Center Theater in 2004
New York City
Excerpt from "You Did It" from MY FAIR LADY
MUSIC by FREDERICK LOEWE LYRICS by ALAN JAY LERNER
© 1956 (RENEWED) FREDERICK LOEWE and ALAN JAY LERNER
ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED by CHAPPELL & CO., INC.
