ABOUT THE PLAY "FORUM"
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"
A Brockville Operatic Society Presentation
February 12, 13 & 19th at 8pm and 20th at 2pm - 1999
Tickets $14 adults and $8 Children (under 12)
Presented through special permission by arrangements with Music Theatre International
Music and Lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim
Book by: Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbrat
THE STORY
The story takes place in ancient Rome, about 200 B.C. Pseudolus, a wily slave, will do almost anything to gain his freedom. When he is left in charge of his owner's naïve son, Hero, who has fallen in love with a beautiful courtesan the fun begins. Hero promises Pseudolus his freedom if he can arrange a marriage with the girl before Hero's parents return from their trip to the country. Psuedolus, of course, agrees. But not even the conniving slave can foresee the tangled web that he is about to weave. The place is a street in Rome in front of the three houses of Erronius, Senex and Lycus.
Musical Numbers
ACT I
Comedy Tonight
Love I Hear
Free
House of Marcus Lycus
Lovely
Pretty Little Picture
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid
I'm Calm
Impossible
Bring Me My Bride
Pseudolus / Proteans / All
Hero
Hero / Pseudolus / Chorus
Lycus
Philia / Hero
Pseudolus / Hero / Philia
Pseudolus / Senex / Hysterium / Male Chorus
Hysterium
Senex / Hero
Miles Gloriosus / Pseudolus / Soldiers
ACT II
That Dirty Old Man
That'll Show him
Lovely Reprise
Funeral
Comedy Tonight (finale)
Domina
Philia
Pseudolus / Hysterium / Chorus
Miles Gloriosus / Pseudolus / Chorus
Pseudolus / All