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| THE FROGS |
Directed and Choreographed by Susan Stroman / 2004 |
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"Always ready to put actors and dancers through demanding paces, Susan Stroman hits a peak with a frogs ballet wherein the leap-frogging has the bounce that we know Sondheim favors. She whirls the Three Graces (Meg Gillentine, Jessica Howard, Naomi Kakuk) as if they're a center-ring aerial act. (AntiGravity gets program credit for assistance.) She even sends hellish flames soaring, with special effects help from Gregory Meeh." in TheatreMania.com by David Finkle |
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"Ms. Stroman's choregraphy shows little of the wit and individuality she brought to ''The Producers'' and ''Contact.'' There is a lot of posing in the manner of Greek statues (with props like discuses and urns, natch). And for the frogs -- who embody the conformity and complacency that keeps the world from moving forward -- there are high-jumping routines involving bungee cords and stylized games of (I swear) leapfrog." in The New York Times by Ben Brantley |
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"It's here and it's croa kin'! But even with the ineffable Nathan Lane as its star, with the tireless Susan Stroman providing athletic backup, "The Frogs" — which opened last night at Lincoln Center — needs all the help it can get… So what didn't go right? It certainly wasn't the performance or Stroman's dance-happy, energized staging. No, the trouble went deeper — probably as deep as Aristophanes… Apart from Sondheim and the endlessly inventive Stroman (here in a Cirque de Soleil mood), the heavy lifting is done by Bart and Lane." in New York Post Online by Clive Barnes |
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| Photos © Paul Kolnick |
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