A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opened on Broadway on May 8, 1962 at the Alvin Theatre, and then transferred to the Mark Hellinger Theatre and the Majestic Theatre, where the show closed on August 29, 1964, after 964 performances and 8 previews.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was made into a musical film in 1966, directed by Richard Lester, with Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford re-creating their Broadway stage roles, Leon Greene reprising his West End stage role and Phil Silvers starred in an expanded role as " Marcus Lycus ".

* The title is referenced in Marvel One-Shots A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer and is included on the Captain America: The First Avenger Blu-ray Disc and DVD releases.

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20th century musicals based on Plautus include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ( Stephen Sondheim ).

* A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ( 1966 ) d. Richard Lester

Described by Frank Rich of the New York Times as " now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater ", his most famous works include ( as composer / lyricist ) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods.

Eventually Sondheim wrote both the music and lyrics for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

* A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ( 1962 ) ( book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart ; directed by George Abbott )

Jerome Robbins ' Broadway features " You Gotta Have a Gimmick " from Gypsy, " Suite of Dances " from West Side Story, and " Comedy Tonight " from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

* A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum ( 1966 ), a movie adaptation of the musical.

* A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ( 1963, Best Musical )

Another way Steed contacted her was in the beginning of episode 13, " A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station " when she enters her flat and sees a Meccano Percy the Small Engine going around a circular track with a note on one of the train cars that says " Mrs. Peel " in bold letters, she then walks over to Steed who says " you're needed ".

Gelbart co-wrote the long-running Broadway musical farce A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Burt Shevelove and Stephen Sondheim in 1962.

* A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ( with Burt Shevelove ) ( 1962 ) ( Theater )

Keaton's last film appearance was in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ( 1966 ) which was filmed in Spain in late 1965.

On stage, he played the part of Lycus in the 1963 London production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Frankie Howerd and appeared in the smaller role of Crassus in the 1966 film version.

In recent years, the school has put on a musical version of The Bacchae ( October 2009 ) as well as a production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ( May 2010 ) and The Cherry Orchard ( February 2011 ) Joseph K ( October 2011 ) and most recently put on Cyrano de Bergerac last May.

An example is the remix of " Ain't It Funny " by Jennifer Lopez, which has little in common with the original recording apart from the title.

Since 1993, he has edited the " Funny Old World " column of bizarre news stories in Private Eye, and he wrote a weekly page for the Daily Mirror for some years until 2003.

One of a generation of African and African-American filmmakers from the UCLA Film School who have created an alternative to Hollywood films, she has also made numerous music videos and television movies, the latter including Funny Valentines ( 1999 ), Incognito ( 1999 ), Love Song ( 2000 ), and The Rosa Parks Story ( 2002 ).

: When Brennecke ( in " The Real Mission of the Funny Paper " by Ernest Brennecke, from The Century Magazine, March 1924 ) locates the truth of comic strip realism in the comics ' habit of " commenting trenchantly " on " the life of the middle classes ," it is comics like The Yellow Kid and artists like Willard that he has in mind ...

Omar Sharif (, ; born Michel Demitri Shalhoub, ; April 10, 1932 ) is an Egyptian actor who has starred in Hollywood films including Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and Funny Girl.

The weekly " Funny Five " has been replaced by a monthly Top Ten in order to allow for more comprehensive special topic segments.

Lane has performed two roles originated by Zero Mostel, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Max Bialystock in The Producers.

He was immortalized in the 1957 film Funny Face by the character Dick Avery ( played by Fred Astaire ), who asked, “ What ’ s wrong with bringing out a girl who has character, spirit, and intelligence ?”

He has appeared on television in roles such as Assistant Coach " Dauber " Dybinski on Coach, in movies, including Funny Farm, and several on-and-off Broadway stage shows.

Green has earned three Grammy awards since his 1990 recognition for " As Long as We're Together "; in 1995 he and Lyle Lovett earned the first Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for " Funny How Time Slips Away ", and in 2009 he was presented awards for Best Traditional R & B Vocal Performance for " You've Got the Love I Need " and Best R & B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for " Stay with Me ( By the Sea )".

To date, Funny Face has been released to DVD in Region 1 ( North America ) in three editions from Paramount Home Entertainment: in 2001 as part of the " Audrey Hepburn Widescreen Collection " series, in 2007 in a 50th Anniversary edition, and in 2009 as part of Paramount's Centennial Collection.

American film director Judd Apatow's work, including The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Funny People, has been described as using sophomoric humor, drawing laughs for jokes about sex, penises, and bodily functions.

He has also published a book of memoirs titled Acting Strangely: A Funny Kind of Life ( ISBN 0413728501 hardback, ISBN 0-413-74550-3 paperback ).

In addition, Schwartzman has composed and performs the musical score for Funny People and the theme song for Bored to Death.

Chipper Lowell is an Award-winning visual and variety comedy comedian who has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Disney Channel, General Hospital, Empty Nest, Show Me The Funny, America's Funniest People, Shades of L. A., The Art of Mime, and the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.

The sequel, Funny People II was released in 1983, and features a young Arnold Vosloo, who has since found fame in Hollywood.

The Taiwan Funny version has both versions, but the uncut version is dubbed in Mandarin.

Successful sire-lines continue to crowd out less successful ones as breeders seek successful bloodlines, and in recent years Mr. Prospector has appeared likely to join this catalogue of likely tail-male ancestors of major racers, whether they be heavily promoted and trained and owned by prominent figures, or " Cinderellas " like Smarty Jones or Funny Cide.

He has filmed two documentaries on the subject: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon and Astronauts Gone Wild.

Nick's has been featured on Food Network's Unwrapped episode titled " Funny Foods " as well as the City in a Box Monopoly-based board game showcasing famous Rochester landmarks.

Since then he has written over three hundred short stories, essays and novels, including Vagrants in The Valley, The Blue Umbrella, Funny Side Up, A Flight of Pigeons and more than 30 books for children.

In the 1990s he formed his own production company, InFinnIty Productions ( now known as Results Producers ), which has produced, among other things, two GSN original game shows, National Lampoon's Funny Money in 2003, and Starface in 2006.

Levy has appeared in a Last of the Summer Wine episode called " The Man Who Invented Yorkshire Funny Stuff " he is also mentioned in episode 6 of series 1 of The League of Gentlemen ..