A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum July 2, 2010

Vintage Theatre Presents

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Directed by Linda Suttle

Choreographed by Kendra Jacobs

"Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight!" “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” is simply one of the best musical comedies ever. This Roman farce revolves around Pseudolus (Bernie Cardell), a slave who will do almost anything to gain his freedom. When Pseudolus is left in charge of his owner's young son Hero (Rob Rehburg), who has fallen madly in love with the beautiful courtesan Philia (Kelly Twedt), the fun begins. The young boy promises Pseudolus his freedom if he can arrange a marriage before his father returns. Pseudolus, of course, agrees. But not even the conniving slave can foresee the tangled web that he is about to weave.

“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” which was the first Broadway production to boast music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, drew most of its farcical situations directly from the plays of Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC-184 BC). The writers, hoping to give Broadway a taste of what once convulsed ancient Roman audiences, carefully studied all 21 of Plautus' surviving comedies and then created their own original story, drawing characters and situations freely from many of the old scripts.

With its unforgettable zany characters, a hysterical, perfectly constructed book by Larry Gelbart (of “MASH” and “City Of Angels” fame) and Burt Shevelove Forum is full of outrageous gags, gorgeous girls, and mistaken identities, stunning surprises, cunning disguises and such keen witted Sondheim songs as “Comedy Tonight,” “Bring Me My Bride,” “Lovely,” “Pretty Little Picture” and “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid”.

Vintage Theatre - “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” - A slave will do almost anything to gain his freedom. July 2 – August 8 - Fri/Sat 7:30 p.m.; Sun at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 at the door, $20 in advance. Industry Night: Tuesday, July 13 @ 7:30 - all tickets $15
303-839-1361 or online at vintagetheatre.com - Vintage Theatre, 2119 E 17th Ave in Denver.

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