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Description / My Opinion
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Berkshire - Ordered 03/09/99 - Received 03/19/99 Opened at the Alvin Theater on May 8, 1962 and ran for 964 performances. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum won Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Producer, Best Book, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. The booklet contains 2 big and 2 medium B&W pictures and one big color picture of the original production. There's a 2 and a half page synopsis and 4 pages of text about the show by Marc Kirkeby. Well, the score is from Stephen Sondheim and obviously, it is a very nice, well constructed and full of tender moments music, with very different melodies, representing a large panel of emotions. A very good recording.
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Musical Numbers
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| 1 | 3:14 | Overture | Orchestra |
| 2 | 5:01 | Comedy Tonight | Zero Mostel, Company |
| 3 | 2:51 | Love, I Hear | Brian Davies |
| 4 | 3:36 | Free | Zero Mostel, Brian Davies |
| 5 | 3:06 | Lovely | Brian Davies, Preshy Marker |
| 6 | 2:53 | Pretty Little Picture | Zero Mostel, Brian Davies, Preshy Marker |
| 7 | 3:51 | Everybody Ought To Have A Maid | David Burns, Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, John Carradine |
| 8 | 2:52 | I'm Calm | Jack Gilford |
| 9 | 2:34 | Impossible | David Burns, Brian Davies |
| 10 | 3:22 | Bring Me My Bride | Ronald Holgate, Zero Mostel, Courtesans, Soldiers |
| 11 | 2:15 | That Dirty Old Man | Ruth Kobart |
| 12 | 1:50 | That'll Show Him | Preshy Marker |
| 13 | 2:56 | Lovely (Reprise) | Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford |
| 14 | 2:06 | Funeral Sequence | Zero Mostel, Ronald Holgate, Courtesans, Soldiers |
| 15 | 1:22 | Finale | Company |
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The Cast
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| | Prologus / Pseudolus | Zero Mostel | | | The Proteans | Eddie Phillips | | | | George Reeder | | | | David Evans | | | Senex | David Burns | | | Domina | Ruth Kobart | | | Hero | Brian Davies | | | Hysterium | Jack Gilford | | | Lycus | John Carradine | | | Tintinabula | Roberta Keith | | | Panacea | Lucienne Bridou | | | The Gemina | Elisa James | | | | Judy Alexander | | | Vibrata | Myrna White | | | Gymnasia | Gloria Kristy | | | Philia | Preshy Marker | | | Erronius | Raymond Walburn | | | Miles Gloriosus | Ronald Holgate |
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