THE FROGS

[scenicdesign71]

I sadly wasn't able to see MasterVoices' concert staging of The Frogs two weekends ago, but the NYT ran this interesting piece about them on Monday:

MasterVoices Puts on a Starry Show With a Shoestring Budget
This essential organization gives fresh, entertaining life to music theater curiosities. What if it had more money?

[KathyB]

The chorus of 130 sounds especially lovely for this musical. I think the strongest part of the score is the choral work.

[scenicdesign71]

I agree, Kathy!

I really wish MV would bring this back for an encore performance or two. 

[scenicdesign71]

This audio recording of the original 1974 Yale Rep production has apparently been up on YouTube for almost seven years, but I just discovered it now. 

Given the pool acoustics ("the echo sometimes lasts for days..."), it's easy to miss a lot of words, but if one had the patience I suspect it wouldn't be too hard — and would certainly be helpful — to make a transcript (and/or to digitally clean up the sound for clearer audibility).  I don't currently have that patience (or audio expertise), but in light of its age and the circumstances under which it was made, this recording actually sounds better than I would have expected, especially through headphones.