Is A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Golden Age?

Is A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Golden Age?

Since A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a post-golden age musical, the songs below are from golden age/post-golden age musicals as well.

What play is A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum based on?

Plautus
SYNOPSIS: Ancient Roman slave Pseudolus schemes to win his freedom by helping his young master Hero win the beautiful courtesan Philia, who is betrothed to the egotistical soldier Miles Gloriosus, in this musical farce based on the plays of Plautus.

What is the type of the play A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Stephen Sondheim?

discussed in biography A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum—based on comedies by the Roman playwright Plautus—opened on Broadway in 1962, with music and lyrics by Sondheim.

Where Is A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum set?

The setting for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a street in ancient Rome, in front of three adjacent houses. First is the brothel of Lycus, who takes his profession of peddler of fresh very seriously. Next is the house of Senex, his wife Domina, and their son Hero.

WHEN DID A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum come out?

October 16, 1966 (USA)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum/Release date

When was A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum set?

Filming took place from September to November 1965. Jack Gilford was also re-creating his stage role, as Hysterium, and there are other connections to the Broadway production. Tony Walton, who designed the production, including the costumes, was also the designer of the Broadway show.

When was A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum?

May 8, 1962
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum/Premiere dates

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opened on Broadway on May 8, 1962, at the Alvin Theatre, and then transferred to the Mark Hellinger Theatre and the Majestic Theatre, where the show closed on August 29, 1964, after 964 performances and 8 previews.

When was A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Musical written?

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum debuted in 1962, Sondheim’s third Broadway production, but his first opportunity to be both composer and lyricist. He worked with Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, a pair of television writers with a yen for classical comedy and farce.

When was A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum written?

1962

WHO SAID A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum?

Zero Mostel
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) – Zero Mostel as Pseudolus – IMDb.