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A funny thing happened on the way to the forum

Title: A funny thing happened on the way to the forum [videorecording] / Jujamcyn Theaters, Scott Rudin/Paramount Pictures, The Viertel-Baruch-Frankel Group, Roger Berlind, Dodger Productions, present ; book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart ; [a musical comedy based on the plays of Plautus] ; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; choreographed by Rob Marshall ; directed by Jerry Zaks ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Publication: New York, c1996.

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Not available - Please for assistance.	Videodiscs 1 and 2	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOV 1942 Videodiscs 1 and 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (122 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Musical comedy loosely based on several plays by the Roman playwright Plautus (ca. 254-184 B.C.), particularly his comedies Pseudolus, Casina, and Miles Gloriosus.

Subjects

Musicals
Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
Man-woman relationships > Drama
Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1991-2000
Plautus, Titus Maccius > Adaptations
Slaves > Rome > Drama
Slavery > Rome > Drama

Genre/Form

Musicals.

Access (note)

Permission required.

Credits (note)

Set and costume design by Tony Walton ; lighting design by Paul Gallo ; sound design by Tony Meola ; orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick ; musical supervision by Edward Strauss ; dance music arrangements by David Chase ; prod. stage manager, Arthur Gaffin.

Performer (note)

Nathan Lane, Mark Linn-Baker, Lewis J. Stadlen, Ernie Sabella, William Duell, Mary Testa, Jessica Boevers, Cris Groenendaal, Jim Stanek, Bob Amaral, Michael Arnold, Brad Aspel, MacIntyre Dixon, Cory English, Pamela Everett, Patrick Garner, Ruth Gottschall, Kenneth Kantor, Kevin Kraft, Mary Ann Lamb, Susan Misner, Stephanie Pope, Ray Roderick, Jennifer Rosin, Amiee Turner, Lori Werner, Kristin Willits, Leigh Zimmerman.

Event (note)

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the St. James Theatre, New York, N.Y., June 19, 1996.

Funding (note)

Recorded with the financial assistance of the Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Philanthropic Fund.

Call Number

NCOV 1942

OCLC

NYPG04-F276

Title

A funny thing happened on the way to the forum [videorecording] / Jujamcyn Theaters, Scott Rudin/Paramount Pictures, The Viertel-Baruch-Frankel Group, Roger Berlind, Dodger Productions, present ; book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart ; [a musical comedy based on the plays of Plautus] ; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; choreographed by Rob Marshall ; directed by Jerry Zaks ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.

Imprint

New York, c1996.

Access

Permission required.

Credits

Set and costume design by Tony Walton ; lighting design by Paul Gallo ; sound design by Tony Meola ; orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick ; musical supervision by Edward Strauss ; dance music arrangements by David Chase ; prod. stage manager, Arthur Gaffin.

Cast

Nathan Lane, Mark Linn-Baker, Lewis J. Stadlen, Ernie Sabella, William Duell, Mary Testa, Jessica Boevers, Cris Groenendaal, Jim Stanek, Bob Amaral, Michael Arnold, Brad Aspel, MacIntyre Dixon, Cory English, Pamela Everett, Patrick Garner, Ruth Gottschall, Kenneth Kantor, Kevin Kraft, Mary Ann Lamb, Susan Misner, Stephanie Pope, Ray Roderick, Jennifer Rosin, Amiee Turner, Lori Werner, Kristin Willits, Leigh Zimmerman.

Event

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the St. James Theatre, New York, N.Y., June 19, 1996.

Funding

Recorded with the financial assistance of the Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Philanthropic Fund.

Added Author

Rudin, Scott, 1958- producer.

Baruch, Steven, producer.

Frankel, Richard, 1954- producer.

Viertel, Thomas, producer.

Berlind, Roger, producer.

Sondheim, Stephen. Funny thing happened on the way to the forum.

Shevelove, Burt, librettist.

Gelbart, Larry, librettist.

Plautus, Titus Maccius.

Marshall, Rob, choreographer.

Zaks, Jerry, 1946- director.

Walton, Tony, 1934-2022, set designer.

Walton, Tony, 1934-2022, costume designer.

Gallo, Paul, lighting designer.

Meola, Tony, sound designer.

Tunick, Jonathan, orchestrations.

Strauss, Edward, musical supervision.

Chase, David (Conductor), arranger of music.

Gaffin, Arthur, production stage manager.

Lane, Nathan, 1956- performer.

Linn-Baker, Mark, performer.

Stadlen, Lewis J., performer.

Sabella, Ernie, performer.

Duell, William, 1923-2011, performer.

Testa, Mary, performer.

Boevers, Jessica, performer.

Groenendaal, Cris, performer.

Stanek, Jim, performer.

Amaral, Bob, performer.

Arnold, Michael, performer.

Aspel, Brad, performer.

Dixon, MacIntyre, 1931- performer.

English, Cory, 1968- performer.

Everett, Pamela, performer.

Garner, Patrick, performer.

Gottschall, Ruth, performer.

Kantor, Kenneth, performer.

Kraft, Kevin, performer.

Lamb, Mary Ann, performer.

Misner, Susan, 1971- performer.

Pope, Stephanie, performer.

Roderick, Ray, performer.

Rosin, Jennifer, performer.

Turner, Amiee, performer.

Werner, Lori, performer.

Willits, Kristin, performer.

Zimmerman, Leigh, performer.

Stucker, Richard, videographer.

Corwin, Betty L.

Jujamcyn Theaters, producer.

Paramount Pictures Corporation, producer.

Baruch-Frankel-Viertel Group, producer.

Dodger Productions, producer.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Philanthropic Fund.

Research Call Number

NCOV 1942

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