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The Frogs is a musical "freely adapted" by Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove from The Frogs, an Ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes. In the musical, Dionysos , despairing of the quality of living dramatists , travels to Hades to bring George Bernard Shaw back from the dead.
The Frogs (Ancient Greek: Βάτραχοι, romanized: Bátrakhoi; Latin: Ranae, often abbreviated Ran. or Ra.) is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed at the Lenaia , one of the Festivals of Dionysus in Athens , in 405 BC and received first place.
The episode is a musical with a book by James Goldman and lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim. It is based on a John Collier short story published in the 1951 collection Fancies and Goodnights. The story was originally published in 1940. [1]
The Frogs are an alternative rock band founded in 1980, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by brothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion.The brothers mainly wrote and performed short, catchy pop songs, but they are also known for their improvised home recordings that are delivered in a comedic style, and often include controversial issues such as race, religion, and sexuality (notably homoeroticism).
Starjob is an EP by The Frogs that was recorded in 1994, and finally released in 1997. Billy Corgan produced the record under the alias "Johnny Goat", and Jimmy Chamberlin played bongos on the song "Raped".
The lyrics are highly satirical and portray stereotypes in an absurdly over-the-top manner. Shortly before the album's release, the Flemions went forward with a gay-themed live act, with Dennis wearing a trademark pink sailor suit. Audiences who knew the Frogs from their earlier material were often confused by this change of direction.
Eight people have so far been busted in connection with the case. Cops have arrested the boat’s owner, Francis Buckheit, 64, and Alton Harrell, 35, on rape, child endangerment, and kidnapping ...
Racially Yours is an album by the band the Frogs, released in 2000. [3] [4] The album was originally presented to Homestead Records in the early '90s, but they refused to release it due to its controversial subject matter. [3] At this point the album only consisted of the first 12 songs.