<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/stories/2012/april/0419frogs.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><homepage/><pubDate>08/07/2017 05:26:34 PM</pubDate><title>Contemporary Crises Blend with Classic Comedy in New UH Adaptation of 'The Frogs'</title><subtitle/><description>A trip to the land of the dead is typically no laughing matter. In Aristophanes’ “The Frogs,” however, the underworld provides a perfect comic backdrop for the misadventures of god Dionysus. Houston audiences soon will share in the laughter as the University of Houston’s Center for Creative Work presents Dionysia 2012 featuring “The Frogs” April 26 – May 1.</description><author>Mike Emery</author><author-email>pemery@uh.edu</author-email><author-phone/><image/><categories>Arts,Events,Top Stories</categories></item>