Aristophanes gets an MT makeover in South London. The Frogs, his comedy telling the tale of Dionysos’ journey to Hades, was freely adapted by Burt Shevelove 50 years ago and supplemented by Nathan ...

This is James Taylor with Theatre Talk. Edmund Gwenn-s famous quip -Dying is easy, comedy is difficult- seems particularly apt this year when discussing the world-s first great comedy writer, ...

Like Here We Are, this adaptation of the Aristophanes comedy of the same name is an inventive concept mired by a messy production history, having begun life as a revue performed at Yale University in ...

Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove's musical retelling of the Aristophanes satire, in which Greek god Dionysus seeks to inspire better efforts from current playwrights, premiered at Yale University ...

The Frogs is a comedy written in 405 b.c. by Aristophanes, freely adapted by Burt Shevelove, and even more freely adapted by Nathan Lane. The musical features music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Can ...