funny thing happened on the way to the forum
Heather S
to see A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the
Mountain Theather in Marin County (home of BJ Hunnicut, by the
way).
Did I read somewhere that Larry Gelbart co-wrote the play?
Heather
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Elsig
>Did I read somewhere that Larry Gelbart co-wrote the play?
>
I hope you did.
LG
IrvingWashington
was by Burt Shevelove and (drumroll please) Larry Gelbart. Music
and Lyrics are of course by Stephen Sondheim. Pseudolus, the
lead character from the play, is a bit like Hawykeye may have
been if he'd been a slave in ancient Rome... or maybe not
Elsig
been if he'd been a slave in ancient Rome...
>
Pseudolus was a slave in ancient Rome, longing to be free.
Hawkeye, a drafted surgeon, was also longing to be free.
There is a rule in drama and/or comedy that says you always place your hero in
the place he least wants to be.
It's an idea that's worked in theatrical writing for over three thousand years
now.
LG
Heather S
Heather
IrvingWashington
Something peculiar
Something for everyone
A comedy, tonight!
I played Pseudolus in a highschool production of "Forum". It was
absolutely wonderful!
PS-- True, Pseudolus is a slave longing to be free and Hawkeye is
an army surgeon longing to be free, but they have something else
in common... wom
Genna Reeney
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| >A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
|
| >Did I read somewhere that Larry Gelbart co-wrote the play?
| >
|
| I hope you did.
Drats! You beat me to it (by a good six hours).
I would have said "You may have read it. It is accurate."
;-D
--
Cheers,
Genna
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>>Did I read somewhere that Larry Gelbart co-wrote the play?
>
>I hope you did.
<VBG> Thanks- Elsig
Brad Filippone
: >Pseudolus, the lead character from the play, is a bit like Hawykeye may have
: been if he'd been a slave in ancient Rome...
: >
: Pseudolus was a slave in ancient Rome, longing to be free.
: Hawkeye, a drafted surgeon, was also longing to be free.
: There is a rule in drama and/or comedy that says you always place your hero in
: the place he least wants to be.
But you're our hero, Larry. Are you saying you don't want to be here with
us? -sniff-
The Other Brad
tho...@antispam.ham
>> A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
>>
>> Did I read somewhere that Larry Gelbart co-wrote the play?
> I hope you did.
When I was in the pit orchestra for that show a couple of years ago,
I noticed that your name was misspelled on the cover of my part. As
I recall, they had it "Gelbard".
(Great show; we had a great production of it as well. One reviewer
wondered how Whoopi Goldberg could possibly be doing a better job
on Broadway than our lead. Another reviewer called it THE show to
see this season. We had a blast.)
RADWELLIII
>>>
>>> Did I read somewhere that Larry Gelbart co-wrote the play?
>
>> I hope you did.
Now that he answered you, you have to post again after you've seen it and tell
Mr. Gelbart how much you liked it! ;-)
T. J. Radwell, III
Elsig
>But you're our hero, Larry. Are you saying you don't want to be here with us?
>
A hero to you perhaps - just me to me. (And I'm not leaving.)
LG
Elsig
that your name was misspelled on the cover of my part. As I recall, they had
it "Gelbard".
>
As close as they could come to comparing me with Shakespeare, I guess.
LG
PAUL GADZIKOWSKI
: Elsig (el...@aol.com) wrote:
: : There is a rule in drama and/or comedy that says you always place your hero in
: : the place he least wants to be.
: But you're our hero, Larry. Are you saying you don't want to be here with
: us? -sniff-
He's just modestly trying to pretend he's not our hero.
--
Paul Gadzikowski, scar...@iglou.com
http://members.iglou.com/scarfman
"I wish I had a nickel for every time Fred was going to be a
millionaire. ...I'd be a millionaire."
Audrey Meusel
Heather S
with Hawkeye in the back of my mind. I'll post any interesting
ideas I come up with. The performance isn't until June 3.
H
Elsig
with Hawkeye in the back of my mind.
>
I don't recommend it. Just enjoy the play (if you do) for what it is. When we
wrote it 40-some years ago, all we wanted to do was entertain the audience.
That's all the work is meantg to do today.
LG
Genna Reeney
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| I'm a lurker posting for the first time. I just bought tickets
| to see A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the
| Mountain Theather in Marin County (home of BJ Hunnicut, by the
| way).
I thought you might enjoy the following re-wording of "Comedy Tonight".
This is one of many songs that are sung by underclassmen at my college. It
was originally performed as part of the Class of '81 Freshman Class Show.
Academic Life
Something pedantic, something semantic,
Something for everyone, the academic life!
Something rhetoric, something historic
Something for everyone, the academic life!
Nothing with fame, nothing that's fun;
Bring on the textbooks, forget the sun.
School applications, matriculations,
Typewriters, lanterns, owls are rife....
Nothing else is like it, academic life!
Eating at Seiler's, those food defilers,
Nothing for anyone, the academic life!
Cramming for finals, more self denials,
Something for everyone, the academic life!
Something with grinds, something that's Greek,
Professor, give me grades that I seek;
Always it's costing, simply exhausting,
Nothing that's practical, we know....
Open up the curtains, on with the show!
Audrey Meusel
entertainment and popular culture and Elsig just
proved his point!!
After all, Shakespeare (yes, again) and Dickens
wrote to entertain! Okay, Dickens wanted to
instruct as well, but he knew he wouldn't get his
message across if it wasn't wrapped in entertainment
to engage the masses. There's the thesis: The
value of entertainment!
David McCoy <davi...@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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> Elsig,
> you realise you have just screwed up some grad students thesis with that
> post? :)
> Imagine saying that it was written "just to entertain".
> My English Crit Teacher would be spinning if she heard an author say that.
>
> David
> ICQ 61635176
>
> "Elsig" <el...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20000419142843...@ng-ch1.aol.com...
David McCoy
written that they just wanted to entertain, but most English Lit and Popular
Culture courses try to put across the idea that there is a message in
everything.
I remember an arguement we had in English Lit about some beat poet who wrote
stream of conciousness poetry while stoned out of his tiny mind. The
teacher insisted that there was meaning to be found in lines like "the cat
sits down and washes himself". I said it was basically a self-indulgent
wank. The discussion degenerated from there. The author admitted he couldnt
even remember writing the stuff and that it was totally sense free.
Mind you a friend of mine got a Masters Degree based on a thesis roughly
titled The Effect of the Beatles on Late Twentieth Century Culture. The
content was basically they wrote some realy cool music. :)
David
ICQ 61635176
"Audrey Meusel" <audreyl...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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TCMcCall
it because of our Elsig. But Rip Taylor was playing Pseudolus...and
Taylor just turns me off (and my stomach in another direction). So,
relunctantly, I missed it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for another
production and another lead in the future.
Sorry Larry!!
TC
Audrey Meusel
you're right. After reading "Dissertation Abstracts"
for a course assignment this semester, one realizes
that people write their theses on just about anything!
Re: Beatles: Had a course in Germany about the
"Historical consciousness of rock music" - showed
the classical underpinnings to a lot of Beatles middle
to late years. Was kind of interesting, actually, what
I understood of it, being a University-level course
taught in German, and I wasn't even a music major.
Found some theses on MASH. One interested me:
"The Apprenticeship of Hawkeye Pierce: MASH as
Bildungsroman" - have to get that one and read it.
(for those of you who don't know, a Bildungsroman is
the coming-of-age novel)
Fortunately, don't have to write a thesis!
David McCoy <davi...@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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Elsig
.>
Great portions of MASH were written for the very same reason.
LG
Elsig
>
Shakespeare borrowed heavily from the Roman playwright, Plautus, as did the
authors of a Forum.
LG
PS - MASH, MASH, MASH - Just to stay On Topic.
Elsig
I understand. Send me your number and I'll do the show for you on the phone.
LG
Audrey Meusel
No wonder his plays were so good.
Again: MASH -
Entertainment is good. We LIKE entertainment!
(Well I do, anyway, can't speak for the professors.)
Radagast5
>It's an idea that's worked in theatrical writing for over three thousand
>years
>now.
Oh, come on, surely you haven't been writing THAT long!
Jeff
IrvingWashington
>Plautus...
>No wonder his plays were so good.
Actually the writers of Forum began with the simple idea of
re-doing Plautus, whom they revered as the father of modern
comedy. Miles Gloriosus, Pseudolus, and other characters are
taken directly from Plautus' p