Sondheim at 80 - The Frogs - Invocation and Instructions to the Audience

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BBC Proms 2010 - Sondheim at 80
The Frogs - Invocation and Instructions to the Audience
Simon Russell Beale
Daniel Evans

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@EileenMGray 12 жыл бұрын

That's it...I want this sung before my funeral starts! I ADORE Sondheim.

@larrystuder8543 2 жыл бұрын

Dec 8, 2021. Mr Sondheim passed away last week at age 91....

@phapboy1 12 жыл бұрын

I think every show should start with this song. Jus' sayin'.

@drakesdrum1 5 ай бұрын

Aristophanes is that you

@DK-jy4jb 12 жыл бұрын

@myloverisbillmurray The original production at Yale had two students in the chorus named Sigourney Weaver and Meryl Streep

@lizlemon3698 4 жыл бұрын

DK *HUH?!*

@JasonDWitte 3 жыл бұрын

@@lizlemon3698 “The Frogs” was written as a one-off production for the Yale drama department. It was performed at the university pool. Sigourney and Meryl were both students at the time, as was Kevin Kline.

@samosullivan1744 3 жыл бұрын

I swear Simon Russell Beale is amazing at everything!

@sedwards2207 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, love SRB!

@vexinglex4996 8 жыл бұрын

Don't you just love how they paired two completely different looking and sounding actors that pretty much embody Comedy and Tragedy?

@jackbrady666 7 жыл бұрын

Lexter Victorio I thought they where paired since they look like the roles Dionysus a fat God of theatre and wine and xnthius a thin slave who's usually bald.

@mattdude9521 10 жыл бұрын

And that's how you play "Would You Rather?"

@fitzgarglebarf3381 10 жыл бұрын

would you rather???? because of the music? where's it from??

@QuinnIvyCeleste 8 жыл бұрын

The podcast Comedy Bang Bang uses this as the theme song to their Would You Rather feature!

@asayake1 4 жыл бұрын

Shhhhh. The Would You Rather theme song is playing.

@dr.sweetchat6769 7 ай бұрын

Okay, now the floor is open for questions

@MissterBest Жыл бұрын

I’ve been listening to CBB for years and I’ve finally found the sauce.

@Shizzmonger 2 ай бұрын

fellow sauce seeker here

@myloverisbillmurray 13 жыл бұрын

@dnanidreffmc its a very old, very obscure adaptation of aristophane's the frogs. it ran for 6 performances in the Yale University Gymnasium swimming pool...or something like that....it got revived though!

@stupot1986 13 жыл бұрын

At last! Been waiting for this to be put up - BIG thank you!!!!

@Zaza6076 13 жыл бұрын

Thanks, we could not get it in Canada and was hoping to be able to see it.

@Coldstreamer17 4 жыл бұрын

The bald guy reminds me of Andrew from Binging and Babish XD

@jjakethesnakey 11 жыл бұрын

It is a song from "The Frogs" by stephen sondheim

@oaiturriaga 12 жыл бұрын

@dnanidreffmc You're so right. It only takes a genius to create such an amazing music and also such brilliant, funny and perfect lyrics like this. I'd say Sondheim is one the best composers in musical theater history, and THE best lyricist in it.

@anneflint755 13 жыл бұрын

@dnanidreffmc Yep. Sondhiem wrote both the music and the lyrics. Only a genius like Sondhiem could create something as amazing as this piece.

@teenyweeny1198 10 жыл бұрын

Please no talking during the theme song.

@nickpharvey 11 жыл бұрын

aka the 'Would You Rather Theme'.

@fatheranthony4pope 13 жыл бұрын

@milligoree and always making it better!!!

@fflorol 12 жыл бұрын

1 Person farted, cause this is art.

@annieforey9381 5 жыл бұрын

fflorol f

@musicaltheatrefan2k226 9 ай бұрын

3:29 Turning off your *mobiles* while we wait.

@dnanidreffmc 13 жыл бұрын

Did Sondheim write this song as well? It sounds very Sondheim in all its wit and nuances, but I'm sure no composer would write an extra song for a tribute to him. Can someone please enlighten me.

@WIscodizard 4 жыл бұрын

I know it's been 8 years since you asked this, but yes. It's Sondheim.

@larrystuder8543 2 жыл бұрын

It's from the musical The Frogs, based on the Roman Comedy by Plautus. Written very early invhis career...

@thebritlanders4535 Жыл бұрын

@@larrystuder8543 Not Plautus, but Aristophanes. They mention it in the song.

@larrystuder8543 Жыл бұрын

@@thebritlanders4535 oops. You're correct. I get them mixed up sometimes. Plautus is most of the basis for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum..

@tejaswoman Жыл бұрын

To elaborate on what everybody else has said: the lyrics to this song frequently were adapted slightly whenever it was used in something other than the frogs. For example, if you look up the Bronson Pinchot version used in _Putting It Together_ , several lines vary from the versions in different Productions of _The Frogs_ .

@ThePeanut2013 3 жыл бұрын

Very Comical when the mobile rings with the wife .. Just what's needed (If you're watching this during the current climate, AKA: COVID-19) - then please hit that 'like'!

@eggymayo3271 2 жыл бұрын

@TheBabysittersReview 5 жыл бұрын

Only nitpick: their s’s aren’t synchronized and it bugs me.

@Quinefan Жыл бұрын

sssssssssssssssssssssssss

@xLunaNightMysteriesx 11 жыл бұрын

the brits invented broadway sweetie

@dantean 5 жыл бұрын

Only WE invented musical comedy, the authentically American contribution to world stage.

@tejaswoman Жыл бұрын

The Brits invented something that is literally named _for a street in New York_ ? Get over yourself, honey.

@ViceroySteelee 11 жыл бұрын

i disagree, George M Cohan is the Father of Broadway, and Show Boat is considered the first modern musical. the first comment is kind of stupid since the Brits have the longest running musical in the world and they have creative people that can come out with great original shows that aren't based off of movies.

@dantean 5 жыл бұрын

Better you should have figured out a way to maintain some semblance of grammatical clarity before weighing in on what you consider stupid. I couldn't even figure out what comment(s) you were criticizing, only it didn't matter terribly after all the work required to slog through those diabolical sentences. Better luck next time. Luck, or a formal education of some kind.