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Circle Round

Little Frog’s Big Voice feat. Alex Brightman & Dyllón Burnside

Circle Round

WBUR

Ages 4-10, Children, Storytelling, Kids & Family, Childrens' Story, Books, Stories For Kids, Kids, Storytime, Story

4.414.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Dyllón Burnside (POSE, Prideland) and Tony nominee Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice, School of Rock - The Musical) co-star in this Australian story about small critters, giant egos, and why frogs croak.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Calling all circle round fans, we're starting something brand new.

0:05.7

A club for listeners like you.

0:08.5

You can now join the Circle Round Club and enjoy a bunch of new, fun and exciting ways to circle around with us.

0:16.0

Club memberships come in all shapes and sizes.

0:19.0

You can find the one that's right for you and your family at wbur.org slash Circle Round Club.

0:31.0

Produced by the iLap at wbur Boston.

0:40.0

Do you remember a time you worked hard to achieve a goal?

0:45.0

You probably felt really proud, right?

0:48.0

It's good to give ourselves a pat on the back when we accomplished something.

0:51.0

To tube our own horn.

0:53.0

But in today's story, our main character doesn't just tube that horn.

0:58.0

He blows it so hard, it breaks.

1:08.0

I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time.

1:13.0

Today, our story is called Little Frogs Big Voice.

1:18.0

Versions of this tale come from the Aboriginal peoples of Australia.

1:23.0

Some really great people came together to bring you our adaptation of this folktale, including Alex Brightman and DeLon Burnside.

1:32.0

You grown ups might know DeLon Burnside from Prideland on PBS and Pose on FX.

1:37.0

And theater fans may recognize Tony Award nominee Alex Brightman from such Broadway musicals as School of Rock and Beetlejuice.

1:45.0

So Circle Round everyone for Little Frogs Big Voice.

1:53.0

If you visit the country of Australia and you have some change jingling in your pocket,

2:05.0

you might notice that the back of the 10 cent coin shows a picture of a most splendid bird.

2:13.0

This most splendid bird has a most splendid tale, shaped like the ancient Greek stringed instrument known as the Liar.

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