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 Captures the Essence of Forum, and then some! June 21, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
"Forum" is one of those rare musical comedies...one of those we hardly ever stuble across. "Forum" is actually funny. And I don't just mean "haha" funny. I mean roll in the aisles and laugh until it hurts funny. The jokes just never stop coming-even during the musical numbers!Here, one can see the springboard for three Tony award winning broadway productions: the script. This is the foundation of "Forum's" comic genius, with a combination of low-brow vaudeville and high-brow wordplay. Comedy in this show hits you at every level in every direction! The best part is that several songs cut from the show are included in an appendix. There is also a great introduction that explains that long and rough journey "Forum" took before it became a huge hit.
A Great Sondheim Score! December 2, 2007
Alex C. Mousso (Atlantic City, NJ)
The first commercially successful show for Stephen Sondheim, "A Funny
Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" is a delightful score that
exhibited creativity and imagination and offered everyone a look at
the marvelous work that was to come.
This play is great to watch and read. I thoroughly enjoyed watching for my Latin class in high school and reading it in college. December 26, 2008
Loran (North Carolina, USA)
I usually do not enjoy reading something that I've already seen in movie form because I already know the story, however I enjoyed reading the play version. As I read along my memory of the movie came back and I could watch the scenes in my head as I read and sang along. You can definitely see the influence of ancient Rome in this comedic contemporary play. Steven Sondheim also does amazing work with the songs once again.
 A Whole LOT of FUNNY things happen on the way to the forum! October 2, 1999
True love, true lust, a pimp, a pauper, fun and frolic, mystery and mayhem, and just when you think there is no hope for a fairytale ending (as they say in the play "we'll never find happiness!""Well, we'll just have to be happy without it!") a happy ending (A total surprise to everyone including the cast!)! Based on a Greek comedy (think B.C!), and revamped in the early 60's with music by Sondheim (Into The Woods, West Side Story), and script by Gelbart (*M*A*S*H*), the play stays true to it's root's (with every male in a dress, O.K. toga!) but throws in a lil' of that almost, but not quite to the edge 60's humor (take for instance when three cast members all end up in a wedding gown, but one was not exactly born to be a bride-if you know what I mean!) If you love Shakespeare, and Austin Powers, or if you're looking for something in-between, try "Funny Thing"! This play keeps you on your toes with it's many twists and turns, hilarious cases of mistaken identity, and out right tummy ticklers. It's sheer fun!
Better to see than hear... January 7, 2000
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
All of the authors of this musical were not as developed in their art as they are now. This is an excellent show full of comedy... but still not Sondheim's best. Since amazon.com rarely gives good suggestion... I will give my own! Check out these scripts by sondheim: Company, Anyone Can Whistle, Sunday in the Park With George
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