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The Frogs (musical)
''The Frogs'' is a musical "freely adapted" by Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove from ''The Frogs'', an Ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in Yale University's gymnasium's swimming pool in 1974.〔Interview with Stephen Sondheim, BBC Radio 3, ''Composer of the Week'', March 26, 2010〕
Dionysus, despairing of the quality of living dramatists, travels to Hades to bring George Bernard Shaw back from the dead. William Shakespeare competes with Shaw for the title of best playwright, which he wins. Dionysus chooses to bring Shakespeare back instead, thereby improving the world, and its political situation. This original production is most famous for having Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver and Christopher Durang in its ensemble. Sondheim compared the acoustics of the original production to "performing in a urinal."〔Green, Jesse. ("A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Punch Line" ). ''The New York Times'', June 27, 2004〕
== Background ==
Shevelove first wrote and directed an adaptation of ''The Frogs'' in 1941, his senior year at Yale University. According to Mary-Kay Gamel, "His central production concept involved Charon and Dionysos rowing across the Exhibition Pool in the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, while the Frogs, played by members of the Yale swimming team, swam around the boat."〔〔Gardner, Paul. "'Frogs' They Would A-Swimming Go", ''The New York Times'', May 19, 1974, p.119〕
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