A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 30, 2010
Closed Jul 11, 2010
Opened Jun 30, 2010
Closed Jul 11, 2010
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The Romans are coming! As in the time of Plautus himself, director Jessica Stone (Butley, The Odd Couple) helms an all-male troop of actors through the comic fray in this fresh, "old" take on American master and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Sondheim's raucous musical classic. With Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald (Young Frankenstein, Wicked, Finian's Rainbow) leading the charge as Pseudolus, a slave who must win his freedom by playing matchmaker for his master, this toe-tapping, zany romp through ancient Rome is a paean to the Gods of Comedy.
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What a brilliant notion it was to cast A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, which opens the 2010 Mainstage season at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, as an all-male romp!
With director Jessica Stone's gender-bendered rejiggering of the beloved Stephen Sondheim-Burt Shevlove-Larry Gelbart tuner, gone in a flash is the guilty pleasure of ogling showgirls; instead, we have the unalloyed pleasure of witnessing awkward men donning silly drag. And even if a few of the performers could do with some pointers from RuPaul, the cross-dressing bountifully delivers on the promise of its opening number: "Comedy tonight!"
Tony Award nominee Christopher Fitzgerald (who happens to be Stone's[...]