Poster for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove; Originally produced on Broadway by Harold S. Prince; shows at NTID Theatre; May 6; 7; 13; 14; 1977
The musical tells the bawdy story of a slave named Pseudolus and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door. The plot displays many classic elements of farce, including puns, the slamming of doors, cases of mistaken identity (frequently involving characters disguising themselves as one another), and satirical comments on social class. The title derives from a line often used by vaudeville comedians to begin a story: "A funny thing happened on the way to the theater".
Left to Right:
Pamela Giles (Domina)
Rick Pace (Voice of Senex)
John Estes (Hysterium)
Balcony:
Janice L. Michael (Tintinabula/Voice of Domina)
Judy Warchol (Philia)
Left to Right:
Mary Beth Giangrossi (Gymnasia)
Brian Durocher (Hero)
Bob Sutherland (Pseudolus)
Above (Left to Right):
Michele Ford (Pseudovocia)
Deborah Manley (Geminae)
Joanne DeRoller (Panacea)
Below (Left to Right):
Honore Jo Yeager (Geminae)
Mary Beth Giangrossi (Gymnasia)
Bob Sutherland (Pseudolus)
Jim Van Houten (Miles Gloriosus)
Mitch Mahar (played as Senex)
Brian Durocher (Hero)
Left to Right:
Michael Lamitola (Marcus Lycus)
Pamela Giles (Domina)
John Estes, Jr. (Hysterium)
Jim Stotts (Protean/Voice of Hysterium)
Frederick Neffle (Protean) with ladder
Jim Hanley (Protean/Voice of Hero)
Back Left to Right:
Janice L. Michael (Tintinabula)
Mary Beth Giangrossi (Gymnasia)
Barbara Anderson (Vibrata)
Joanne DeRoller (Panacea)
Jackie Mansfield (Fraternasia)
Jim Stotts (Protean/Voice of Hysterium)
Honore Jo Yeager (Geminae Twin)
Rick Pace (Protean/Eunuch)
Gerald Argetsinger (Protean/Eunuch)
Frederick Neffle (Roman Soldier)
Deborah Manley (Geminae)
Jim Hanley (Protean/Voice of Hero)
Jim Van Houten (Miles Gloriosus)
John Estes, Jr. (Hysterium) - in bed
Bob Sutherland (Pseudolus)
Left to Right:
Pamela Giles (Domina)
Mitch Mahar (Senex)
(Top balcony) Above:
Janice L. Michael (Voice of Tintinabula)
Back:
Jim Van Houten (Miles Gloriosus)
Proteans:
Jim Stotts, Frederick Neffle, Jim Hanley
Left to Right:
Mary Beth Giangrossi (Pseudovocia)
Rick Pace (Proteans)
Joanne DeRoller (Panacea)
Janice L. Michael (Tintinabula)
Left to Right:
Michael Lamitola (Marcus Lycus)
Brian Durocher (Hero)
Bob Sutherland (Pseudolus)
Barbara Anderson (Vibrata)
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