A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
St. James Theatre
Previews Began: March 18, 1996
Opening Night: April 18, 1996
Closing Night: January 4, 1998
Music: Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Book: Larry Gelbart
Burt Shevelove
Pseudolus, the laziest slave in Rome, has but one wish – to purchase his freedom. When he finds out that the young master has fallen in love with a virgin in the house of Lycus, he concocts a deal whereby he will be freed if he can procure the girl for Hero.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Comedy Tonight……………………..Pseudolus, Company
Love, I Hear……………………………………………………Hero
Free………………………………………………Pseudolus, Hero
The House of Marcus Lycus………….Lycus, Pseudolus
Lovely………………………………………………….Philia, Hero
Pretty Little Picture…………….Pseudolus, Hero, Philia
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid………………….Senex,
Pseudolus,
Hysterium,
Lycus
I’m Calm………………………………………………..Hysterium
Impossible…………………………………………..Senex, Hero
Bring Me My Bride………….Miles Gloriosus, Company
ACT TWO
That Dirty Old Man…………………………………….Domina
That’ll Show Him……………………………………………Philia
Lovely (Reprise)…………………….Pseudolus, Hysterium
Funeral Sequence………….Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus,
Company
Finale………………………………………………………Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Nathan Lane Prologus
Pseudolus
Jessica Boevers Philia
William Duell Erronius
Cris Groenendaal Miles Gloriosus
Mark Linn-Baker Hysterium
Ernie Sabella Lycus
Lewis J. Stadlen Senex
Jim Stanek Hero
Mary Testa Domina
Brad Aspel Protean
Cory English Protean
Pamela Everett Tintinabula
Mary Ann Lamb Vibrata
Susan Misner Geminae
Stephanie Pope Gymnasia
Ray Roderick Protean
Lori Werner Geminae
Leigh Zimmerman Panacea
Swings: Michael Arnold, Kevin Kraft, Kristin Willits
Standby: Bob Amaral (Pseudolus, Prologus)
Understudies: MacIntyre Dixon (Senex, Erronius), Patrick Garner (Hysterium, Lycus, Erronius), Ruth Gottschall (Domina), Kenneth Kantor (Senex, Lycus, Miles Gloriosus), Jennifer Rosin (Philia)
REPLACEMENTS
Bob Amaral Pseudolus
Prologus
12/2/97 – 1/4/98
Whoopi Goldberg Pseudolus
Prologus
2/11/97 – 7/13/97
David Alan Grier Pseudolus
Prologus
7/15/97 – 11/30/97
Mary Testa Domina
Bob Amaral Lycus
Holly Cruikshank Panacea
Kena Tangi Dorsey Gymnasia
Pascale Faye Vibrata
Gina Ferrall Domina
Robert Fitch Senex
1/4/98 – 1/4/98
JoAnn M. Hunter Vibrata
Dick Latessa Senex
Ross Lehman Hysterium
Carol Lee Meadows Vibrata
Tara Nicole Geminae
Don Stitt Lycus
1/4/98 – 1/4/98
Kristin Willits Geminae
Swings: Shannon Hammons, George Smyros. Amiee Turner
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