Here's something I might have asked before, but the subject has come up again and without looking back through old posts...
I've been offered the chance to MD a local production of "A Year With Frog and Toad". I don't know the show, and as far as I know, I haven't heard a note of the music. So, first, is it clearly worth doing? I see positive things posted about it, but I want y'all's opinions.
Also, MTI says it calls for a cast of five and a seven-piece band: 2 reeds, 1 trumpet (w/piccolo trumpet), 1 trombone, guitar, bass (and tuba), percussion, and apparently no keyboard. Since I know this small venue can't accommodate the seven pieces, I'd appreciate any thoughts on a reduction, or even the feasibility of a piano/bass/drums realization. (If this score would lose to much in the transformation, maybe I wouldn't want to be the one putting it out there.)
Thanking y'all in advance.