A Year with Frog and Toad
Original Cast Recording
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| # | Track | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Opening | ||
| 2. | A Year With Frog And Toad | ||
| 3. | It's Spring | ||
| 4. | Seeds | ||
| 5. | The Letter | ||
| 6. | Gotta Loada Toad | ||
| 7. | Underwater Ballet | ||
| 8. | Alone | ||
| 9. | The Letter (Reprise) | ||
| 10. | Cookies | ||
| 11. | Entr'Acte | ||
| 12. | The Kite | ||
| 13. | A Year With Frog And Toad (Reprise) | ||
| 14. | He'll Never Know | ||
| 15. | Shivers | ||
| 16. | The Letter | ||
| 17. | Down The Hill | ||
| 18. | I'm Coming Out Of My Shell | ||
| 19. | Toad To The Rescue | ||
| 20. | Merry Almost Christmas | ||
| 21. | Finale |
A winning combination of a talented cast, appealing music and lyrics by Robert and Willie Reale, and Arnold Lobel's classic children's books made A Year with Frog and Toad a Broadway success that earned 2004 Tony nominations for best musical, best book, and best original score. The brainchild of Adrianne Lobel (the author's daughter and a veteran stage designer) and the Reale Brothers, Frog and Toad was originally produced at The Children's Theater of Minneapolis, turning Lobel's stories into entertaining vignettes starring the titular amphibians (played by Jay Goede and Mark Linn-Baker, Adrianne Lobel's husband) and colored by jazzy '30s-style music. 'The Kite,' for example, is an energetic Charleston, 'He'll Never Know' is a soft shoe, and 'Seeds' illustrates Toad's gentle love of plant life in a lyric ballad. This recording captures the original cast from Minneapolis (which transferred intact to Broadway, except Jennifer Gambatese replaced Kate Reinders as one of the birds) and adds an attractive 32-page booklet filled with photos, lyrics, and notes by Adrianne Lobel and the Reales. A Year with Frog and Toad deserves a long life in the repertory of children's theater alongside such fare as You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.