"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" Delivers Comedy Tonight!
Middlebury, VT - 13 April 2016 - It's a toga party! Middlebury Community Players presents
one of the brightest and funniest musicals ever written, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum, at the Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, Vermont. Opening April 28 and closing
May 7, the show runs Thursday through Sunday the first weekend and Thursday through
Saturday the second weekend. Showtimes are 8:00 for April 28, 29, 30 and May 5, 6 and 7
with 2:00 matinees on May 1 and 7. Tickets are $15 for the Thursday shows, $23 for all other
performances ($18 for students with ID), and can be purchased at the box office, (802) 382-
9222, or online at www.townhalltheater.org. ASL interpretation will be available at the May 1
show.
Take a scheming slave, two innocent virgins - male and female, a letch, his harridan wife, a
senile old coot, a madam, a vainglorious military bully, and a neurotic flunky continually on the
verge of nervous collapse. Mix them with an assortment of courtesans, slaves, and flunkies
and add a plot filled with secret plots, mysterious potions, mistaken identities, and cunning
subterfuges, and what do you end up with? An hilarious musical based on one of the oldest
stories in the world. Literally. Forum is Steve Sondheim's breakthrough musical based on the
farces of Plautus, the Neil Simon of 250 B.C. It was the first musical for which Steven
Sondheim's wrote both words and music and while his score was under-appreciated at the
time -- Forum won the Tony for Best Musical, but Sondheim wasn't even nominated -- it has
stood the test of time and is now admired for its catchy melodies and brilliant lyrics.
Join your friends for an evening of laughs and music. MCP musicals tend to sell out so don't
wait, get your tickets now!
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