Assurance, the Alien Frog The Musical

Assurance, the Alien Frog The Musical is a musical based on the 1989 children's novel of Assurance, the Alien Frog with music by Randy Newman, and lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The songs include Jazz, Tap dance, Sci-fi music and Comedic. Set in New Orleans, Louisiana. 
== Plot summary ==
The Amphibian Platoon is a group of five, froglike alien soldiers from Planet Starleans. They mean to conquer earth but fail every time they try. Their leader, Sergeant Assurance, is incompetent and has little interest in conquering earth. Instead, he likes making plastic action figures, watching TV, or coming up with schemes to make money. The four other members of the platoon are: adorable but violent Private Second Class Abundius; bellicose yet tenderhearted Corporal Lupinus; intelligent but mischievous Sergeant Major Flavus; and disciplined but traumatized Lance Corporal Rosario.
The largest obstacle in the way of their mission is the Heather Family, who must take care of the Amphibian Platoon due to the Starleans Army deserting the latter on Earth. Assurance is kept busy with manual labor and constant abuse, primarily from the family daughter, Samantha. Each member of the platoon finds himself in the care of a human: Lupinus's is Samantha Heather, whom he falls in love with; Assurance's is Felix Heather, who considers the sergeant his only true friend; Flavus's is Sam Miley, who's just as mischievous as him; Rosario's is Kelly Amber, a fellow samurai; and Abundius's is Monica Northwest, who's just as bipolar as him. All are tied to the Heathers in some way throughout the events in the cartoons.
== Productions ==
=== Original London production ===
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=== Original Broadway production ===
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=== UK Tour ===
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== Characters ==
Principal roles, casts and puppeteers of major productions of stage productions of Assurance, the Alien Frog:
=== London, Broadway, UK Tour ===
* ... : Sergeant Assurance is the hyperactive and manipulative leader of the Amphibian Platoon. The antihero of the series, the platoon's plans almost always fail because of him. When it's not his turn doing the Heather family's household chores, he would spend his time making action figure, watching cartoon, sleeping, or other stuff instead of coming up with a plan to conquer the Earth.
* ... : Felix Heather is what makes an average American preteen 10 years old except for one thing: he's obsessed with the occult and paranormal. This obsession, however, made them discover Assurance in his hiding place. Now, Felix and Assurance are very close friends. Whenever Felix recalls their friendship, Assurance stops with whatever plan he has come up with. Felix also has low stamina and therefore low interest in sports and does not know how to swim.
* ... : Samantha Heather is the headstrong hippie girl 10 years old who commands around the house. Assurance works under Samantha's demands while calling him frog dumb. The opposite of his brother Felix, Samantha is gifted with the stamina and one of the best in Carol Academy. She is especially sensitive to whatever invasion plans the Amphibian Platoon comes up with.
* ... : Abundius is the cute character in the Amphibian Platoon and he loves Assurance. Abundius's mood can change very quickly, especially when Assurance gets his attention on something or someone else. As being the cute character, he is always seen eating cake, soda or french fries.
* ... : Lupinus is the serious character in the platoon. He is the one who always reminds Assurance about the invasion. Lupinus is also very skilled at lazer guns. Aside from guns, he is also madly in love with Samantha. When abused, this fact can affect him greatly.
* ... : The resident brains, Flavus is the intelligence officer of the platoon. His downside is his bad personality, but he makes effective inventions, some with interesting effects. His knowledge in hacking is also useful at times. He becomes uncomfortable when someone with a pure heart stares at him.
* ... : Rosebud is the platoon's samurai. Rosebud changed his name to Rosario when he came to live with Kelly. Rosebud has always been friends together with Assurance and Lupinus, until the becoming of the Amphibian Platoon, despite Assurance using Rosario for various bad situations. As such, when he is reminded of one of those, his trauma switch turns on and becomes useless for the next few moments.
* ... : Monica Northwest is the rich 10 years old daughter of the owner of the big Northwest corporation. Monica discovers Abundius, who now lives with her. She is in love with the average Felix, and does everything to get him. She has a split-personality, the more courageous of which appears when she is angered by Assurance or some other factor.
* ... : Marcy Orion is a planet destroyer from Orion destined to destroy Earth. Marcy and Assurance had been friends for a long time such that Marcy regards Assurance her 'dear uncle', and they can get too close to each other, much to the jealousy or traitor of Abundius. She transforms into a human form in 10 years old for disguise.
* ... : Kelly Amber is a samurai 10 years old who lives with and is a friend of Rosario. She has always lived with the ways of the samurai, and has therefore trouble adapting to city life. She becomes best friends with city girl Samantha who is also a student of Carol Academy.
* ... : Samuel Miley (aka: "Sam") is also a 10 years old student of Carol Academy, but skips school a lot because of his extremely high IQ. He becomes friends with Flavus, who shares the same trait. He also hosts his own radio show. Samantha is in love with Sam, and also consequently listens to his radio show.
* ... : Alexa is the buxom mother of Fuyuki and Natsumi. She calls the Croakians by their short name plus "mister". Alexa is a very busy comic editor, although she does try to find time with her children.
* ... : Viperius is the name claimed by all members of the immediate and extended Viperius family and friends. Each Viper character, upon entering the scene, will explain his or her relationship to the previous Viperius. The first Viper fought the Amphibian Platoon per the age old "snake versus frog" battle and thought it was his right to abuse the weaker Croakians. After all, snakes often ate frogs as part of their diet. However, with his defeat, each subsequent Viperius has been on a vendetta against the Amphibian Platoon. The exception is Viperius Mother, who on Mother's Day, was only traveling to earth to visit her son, Viperius.
* ... : Paul Mountwood s the butler of Monica. As Monica's butler and full-time guardian, Paul does everything in his power to make her happy and protect her. According to flashbacks, a duel with Monica's father Bryan Nishizawa resulted in Paul's current place as Monica's caretaker. Abundius relates to him as a fellow martial artist, despite Paul being in a completely different league — not even the Abundius crazy breath can take down Paul, a notorious street fighter in his prime.
* ... : Bryan Northwest is the father of Monica and head of the world superpower-like Northwest corporation, of which Monica's already-powerful Northwest Group is a mere subsidiary. Bryan trusts his daughter's happiness due to him living out of state, usually in a castle by a lake in Scotland. He tries to meet with his daughter, but he rarely accomplishes it. He is aware of the existence of the Amphibian platoon.
== Musical Numbers ==
=== Act l ===
# "Assurance, the Alien Frog Opening Theme" - Ensembles
# "I am Sergeant Assurance (Assurance's Theme)" - Assurance and Ensembles
# "Friendship before like Alien" - Felix and Assurance
# "Fierce for Soldier (Lupinus' Theme)" - Lupinus and Ensembles
# "Victory an Love" - Samantha and Lupinus
# "Sweet just Lucky (Abundius' Theme)" - Abundius and Ensembles
# "Beat in Heartbeat" - Monica and Abundius
# "Crazy Invention (Flavus' Theme)" - Flavus and Ensembles
# "Rush Air" - Sam and Flavus
# "Samurai for Forgiveness (Rosario's Theme)" - Rosario and Ensembles
# "Way of the Samurai and Roses" - Kelly and Rosario
# "Memories will Answer the Call" - Amphibian Platoon, Felix, Samantha, Monica, Sam, Kelly, Alexa and Ensembles
=== Act ll ===
# "Soaring an Destruction (Marcy's Theme)" - Marcy and Ensembles
# "Snarl like Slithering Snake (Viperius' Theme)" - Viperius and Ensembles
# "Unstoppable an Assemble" - Amphibian Platoon, Viperius and Ensembles
# "We're friends" - Amphibian Platoon, Felix, Samantha, Monica, Sam and Kelly
# "Dynamite Woman can be (Alexa's Theme)" - Alexa and Ensembles
# "Mystery U.M.A Finder (Felix's Theme)" - Felix and Ensembles
# "Hippies just a Chances (Samantha's Theme)" - Samantha and Ensembles
# "Princess from Wealth with Love" - Monica, Paul and Ensembles
# "Double Imaginative" - Sam and Ensembles
# "Feeling Samurai" - Kelly and Ensembles
# "Snarl like Slithering Snake (Reprise)" - Viperius
# "We're friends (Reprise)" - Assurance and Felix
=== Act lll ===
# "Marching to Fresh Start" - Amphibian Platoon
# "Planning to Conquering" - Amphibian Platoon
# "Final Invasion in Overflow" - Amphibian Platoon, Felix, Samantha, Alexa, Monica, Paul, Bryan, Sam, Kelly and Ensembles
# "Memories will Answer the Call (Reprise)" - Amphibian Platoon, Felix, Samantha, Alexa, Monica, Paul, Bryan, Sam, Kelly and Ensembles
== Score revisions and additional songs ==
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== Instrumentation and chorus ==
Assurance, the Alien Frog's orchestration calls for jazz-classical musicians: Soprano valve trombone, alto wagner tuba, piano, contrapiccolo, bass flugelhorn, contrabass flugelhorn, soprano hecklephone, reed flute, reed flute d'amore, clarinet, violin, cello, bass drum and cymbal. they also have space themed and alien sound waves.
== Themes ==
Assurance, the Alien Frog has similar of Sgt. Frog in the series. ...
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