The show won several Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor (Burns), Best Book, and Best Director. But even though the film delivers the laughs and opens itself up well from its stage origins (let's face it. Pseudolus pours mare sweat on Senex to convince him he needs to wash before "training" the new maid, and he goes next door to the House of Erronius to bathe. Other directors who were considered included Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles and Mike Nichols. The show was presented twice in London's West End. When the supposedly dead "Philia" suddenly comes back to life after the great Gloriosus announces his intention of cutting "her" heart out as a memorial, a chase across Rome and on into the countryside ensues. One of the neighboring houses is owned by Marcus Lycus, who is a buyer and seller of beautiful women; the other belongs to the ancient Erronius, who is abroad searching for his long-lost children (stolen in infancy by pirates). A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was produced at Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey from November 14, 2015 to December 13, 2015. In the 1986 revival, Patrick Cargill was Senex with Ronnie Stevens as Hysterium and Derek Royle as Erronius. He was going to shave it, but the director told him to keep it. The film was directed by Richard Lester, with Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford reprising their stage roles. Philia weds Hero; Pseudolus gets his freedom and the lovely courtesan Gymnasia; Gloriosus receives twin courtesans to replace Philia; and Erronius is reunited with his children. 99 min Going to the House of Lycus, Pseudolus states that he bought his freedom this morning following the death of his uncle, the well-known elephant breeder on the last day of breeding season, and seeks a wife. Every actor who has opened in the role of Pseudolus on Broadway (Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, and Nathan Lane) has won a Best Leading Actor Tony Award for his performance. [15] Stephen Ouimette played Hysterium. The biggest change Robbins made was a new opening number to replace "Love Is in the Air" and introduce the show as a bawdy, wild comedy. Many puns appear in the names of the neighbors alone: Domina (Latin, "Lady," "female master") the Beloved Smother, Henpecked Husband Senex (Latin, "old man"), the son named Hero, panic-prone slave Hysterium, aforementioned error-prone old man Erronius, love interest Philia (Greek, "love, friendship" or possibly intended as the Latin "filia" meaning "daughter"), and Miles Gloriosus (Latin, "boastful soldier" and the title of a play by Plautus) the general. Set in Ancient Rome, it's about a slave, Pseudolus (Greek, "false liar"), helping his master's son Hero woo the Girl Next Door in exchange for his freedom. "[17], A negative review came from Rex Reed who opined in his review of the tape version of the film's soundtrack album that "the real wit in Stephen Sondheim's score for the very funny Broadway burlesque A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was all but totally demolished in Richard Lester's vulgar, witless, and over-stylized film version. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was made into a musical film in 1966, directed by Richard Lester, with Mostel and Gilford re-creating their Broadway stage roles, Leon Greene reprising his West End stage role, and Phil Silvers in an expanded role as "Marcus Lycus". This page was last edited on 16 September 2020, at 20:50. First is the brothel of Lycus, who takes his profession of peddler of fresh very seriously. [14] Bruce Dow originally performed the role of Pseudolus, but was forced to withdraw from the entire 2009 season due to an injury, and the role was then performed by Seán Cullen as of September 5, 2009. (1965). 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Guffaws keep erupting as the schemes of Pseudolus boomerang and get him ever deeper into a mire of deception, entangling everybody who comes near. He sets off. And it's too bad this wasn't a roadshow movie with an intermission because Mostel's funny Act One closer would have worked great there as well. By acting like he's Lycus, Pseudolus manages to successfully convince Miles Gloriosus that everything is going according to plan, even as Pseudolus is playing, And to a lesser extent, Hero. [citation needed], Jack Gilford was also re-creating his stage role, as Hysterium,[5] and there are other connections to the Broadway production. Eventually, Miles Gloriosus collars Hero, the real Philia, Hysterium, Marcus Lycus, Pseudolus, and Gymnasia, the toweringly statuesque but silent courtesan fancied by Pseudolus, and brings them back to Rome to untangle the skein of deception and see that justice is done. The original Australian production with American actor Jack Collins as Pseudolus opened at the Theatre Royal in Sydney in July 1964, and toured other Australian cities through 1965. A Funny Thing has enjoyed several Broadway and West End revivals and was made into a successful film starring the original lead of the stage musical, Zero Mostel. In the center is the house of Senex, who lives there with wife Domina, son Hero, and several slaves, including head slave Hysterium and the musical's main character Pseudolus. And, of course, the scheming Pseudolus wins his freedom. He tries again a minute later, only for Pseudolus to snatch the dagger and tell him to knock it off.

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