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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum   

 
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre , (3/30/1972 - 8/12/1972)
First Preview:Mar 28, 1972 Total Previews:3
Opening Date:Mar 30, 1972   
Closing Date:Aug 12, 1972 Total Performances:156

Category: Musical, Comedy, Farce, Revival, Broadway
Setting: Two hundred years before the Christian era, a day in spring. A street in Rome in front of the houses of Erronius, Senex and Lycus.
Comments: For this revival, the song "Pretty Little Picture" was dropped from Act I and "Farewell" (sung by Domina) was added; the song "That'll Show Him" was dropped from Act II and "Echo Song" (sung by Philia and Hero) was added.


Production Staff
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre General Manager: Arthur Rubin; Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Manager: Leonard Soloway
Produced by David Black and Larry Blyden; Produced in association with Seymour Vall and Henry Honeckman
As originally presented at the Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre (Robert Fryer, Artistic Director)
Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart; Based on the plays of Plautus; Musical and vocal direction by Milton Rosenstock; Music orchestrated by Irwin Kostal and Sid Ramin; Dance arrangements by Hal Schaefer; Additional dance music by Richard De Benidictis
Directed by Burt Shevelove; Choreographed by Ralph Beaumont
Scenic Design by James Trittipo; Costume Design by Noel Taylor; Lighting Design by H. R. Poindexter; Hair Design by Dorman Allison; Costumes executed by Western Costume Company; Scenery excuted by Center Theatre Group Scenic Studios
General Manager: Eugene Wolsk and Emanuel Azenberg
Stage Manager: Scott Jackson; Assistant Stage Mgr: Patrick Spohn
Production Associate: Jose Véga; Photographer: Steven Keull; General Press Representative: Betty Lee Hunt Associates, Inc.; Press Associate: Henry Luhrman; Assistant Press Representative: Harriett Trachtenberg and Maria Pucci; Assistant to the Director: Howard Krieger; Asst. to the Choreographer: Marc Wilder; Advertising: The Blaine Thompson Company; Production Assistant: Richard Pardy
Cast
Phil Silvers Prologus
an actor
Pseudolus
slave to Hero
Carl Ballantine Lycus
a buyer and seller of courtesans
Larry Blyden Hysterium
slave to Senex and Domina
Pamela Hall Philia
a virgin
John Hansen Hero
son of Senex and Domina
Carl Lindstrom Miles Gloriosus
a warrior
Lew Parker
Did not perform opening night; role was played by Jack Collins		 Senex
a citizen of Rome
Lizabeth Pritchett Domina
wife of Senex
Chad Block Protean
Sonja Haney Geminae
a courtesan, one of a pair
Keita Keita Vibrata
a courtesan
Lauren Lucas Tintinabula
a courtesan
Trish Mahoney Geminae
a courtesan, one of a pair
Gloria Mills Panacea
a courtesan
Reginald Owen Erronius
a citizen of Rome
Joe Ross Protean
Charlene Ryan Gymnasia
a courtesan
Bill Starr Protean
Understudies: Chad Block (Miles Gloriosus), Barbara Brown (Philia), Patti Karr (Domina, Geminae, Gymnasia, Tintinabula, Vibrata), Joe Ross (Hysterium), Patrick Spohn (Protean) and Bill Starr (Hero)
1972 Tony Award® Best Actor in a Musical
winnerPhil Silvers [winner]
1972 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Musical
winnerLarry Blyden [winner]
1972 Tony Award® Best Direction of a Musical
 Burt Shevelove [nominee]
music by Stephen Sondheim; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim 

Comedy Tonight Prologus (an actor), Proteans and Company
Farewell Domina (wife of Senex)
Love, I Hear Hero (son of Senex and Domina)
Free Pseudolus (slave to Hero) and Hero (son of Senex and Domina)
The House of Marcus Lycus Lycus (a buyer and seller of courtesans), Pseudolus (slave to Hero) and Courtesans
Lovely Philia (a virgin) and Hero (son of Senex and Domina)
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid Senex (a citizen of Rome), Pseudolus (slave to Hero), Hysterium (slave to Senex and Domina) and Lycus (a buyer and seller of courtesans)
I'm Calm Hysterium (slave to Senex and Domina)
Impossible Senex (a citizen of Rome) and Hero (son of Senex and Domina)
Bring Me My Bride Miles Gloriosus (a warrior), Pseudolus (slave to Hero), Courtesans and Proteans
That Dirty Old Man Domina (wife of Senex)
Echo Song Philia (a virgin) and Hero (son of Senex and Domina)
Lovely (Reprise)Pseudolus (slave to Hero) and Hysterium (slave to Senex and Domina)
Funeral Sequence and Dance Miles Gloriosus (a warrior), Pseudolus (slave to Hero), Courtesans and Proteans
Comedy Tonight (Reprise)Company