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Robert Reale, Willie Reale, Jay Goede
A Year with Frog and Toad (Original Cast Recording)
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks, Children's Music, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. Act 1. Opening - Original Cast Recording, Reale, Robert
2. A Act 1. A Year with Frog and Toad
3. A Act 1. It's Spring
4. A Act 1. Seeds
5. A Act 1. The Letter
6. A Act 1. Getta Loada Toad
7. A Act 1. Underwater Ballet
8. A Act 1. Alone
9. A Act 1. The Letter (reprise)
10. A Act 1. Cookies
11. A Act 2. Entr'Acte
12. A Act 2. The Kite
13. A Act 2. A Year With Frog and Toad
14. A Act 2. He'll Never Know
15. A Act 2. Shivers
16. A Act 2. The Letter (reprise)
17. A Act 2. Down the Hill
18. A Act 2. I'm Coming Out of My Shell
19. A Act 2. Toad to the Rescue
20. A Act 2. Merry Almost Christmas
21. A Act 2. Finale

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CD Details

All Artists: Robert Reale, Willie Reale, Jay Goede, Mark Linn-Baker, Kate Reinders
Title: A Year with Frog and Toad (Original Cast Recording)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: P.S. Classics
Release Date: 4/6/2004
Album Type: Soundtrack
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks, Children's Music, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Sing-A-Longs, Musicals
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 803607041625

Synopsis

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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. --David Horiuchi

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CD Reviews

Frog and Toad--The Best!

04/13/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I went to go see this show before it was on Broadway-in the New Victory Theater in Manhattan. It was the best show I've ever seen. At the time, they didn't have a soundtrack. But then, about a month later, I received a CD that had four songs on it from the show in the mail. I knew that I had to get the whole soundtrack. I couldn't find it anywhere for about a year, and then I looked on Amazon.com and-there it was! This is the best CD I've ever gotten. It's very unusual because that I'd never seen (or heard) anything like this before. Now I go to school singing the songs, and my friends sing with me (at least the parts they know). I love Turtle and Mouse, the way they sing--they have such strong voices. The lyrics to every song are catchy and humorous, and are just happy. I would recommend this CD for everyone who likes catchy, jazzy, funny songs. You just gotta love Frog and Toad!"

Saw the show at the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapoli

Karen | Eden Prairie, MN USA | 11/19/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am about to order my third copy of this disk. I have two boys, ages 11 and 7, and theater-going is the one art-y activity I can get them to do. We are ardent Children's Theatre Company fans, and this is one of our favorites. Even their dad- who doesn't usually accompany us to the theater, LOVES this disk. (Now, if we could only quit wrecking it up!)

The book is based on the Arnold Lobel books. Interesting facts: His daughter and inspiration, Adrienne, was twice involved with the production. First-wise as the set designer, secondly as real-life wife to cast-member Mark Linn-Baker (Toad, also seen on TV in Perfect Strangers, and in the very enjoyable movie My Favorite Year).

All the cast is simply wonderful. The lyrics and music are so much fun. You'll be singing along before you know it!

Highly recommended - you don't need to see the show to *love* this music."

It kept the kids quiet in the car.

Karen | 04/13/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Our friends saw the show on broadway and recommended we buy the cd. Our three kids 8, 5, and 3 are all familiar with the Frog and Toad books already and were excited about hearing the songs. We took a 4 hour car trip and listened to the cd three times. We did the same thing on the way home. The best of it is, my wife and I actually like listening to the songs too. Most of our kids' music we merely tolerate."