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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Fact Sheet... Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart The Musical was inspired by the Ancient Roman playright, Plautus. It tells the story of a slave named Pseudolus and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master “woo” the girl next door. The plot shows many elements of farce, like the puns, the slamming doors, cases of mistaken identity (a lot of the time involving characters disguising themselves as one another) etc. The title derives from a line often used by vaudeville comedians to begin a story: "A funny thing happened on the way to the theater". The musical was on Broadway in 1962 and won several Tony Awards, including Best Musical. A Funny Thing has had many Broadway and West End revivals and was made into a successful film starring the original lead of the musical, Zero Mostel. PLOT: Set in Rome during the first century A.D. during the early years of the Roman Empire, the film opens with one of the musicals most famous songs, "Comedy Tonight”