A funny thing happened on the way to the forum / [music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, based on the plays by Plautus]. [between 1945 and 1960]

Sondheim, Stephen, 1930-2021

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Stephen Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist. Sondheim started his theatre career by writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959) before becoming a composer and lyricist. Sondheim's best-known works include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987)...

J.C. Williamson (Firm)

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J.C. Williamson Ltd was for nearly a century the dominant theatrical agency in Australia, owning several theatres and bringing out to Australia a succession of notable actors, singers and dancers. It was founded by the actor-manager James C. Williamson (1845-1913) in 1882 and was finally bought out in 1984. From the description of Records of J.C. Williamson, 1874-1976 [manuscript]. 1874-1976. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225826583 The theatrical organisation, J...

Shevelove, Burt

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Plautus, Titus Maccius

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Gelbart, Larry

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Larry Simon Gelbart was born in Chicago, IL, Feb. 25, 1923-28 (sources vary); at age 16 he began comedy writing for radio's Maxwell House coffee times; from 1946-52, he continued writing for a variety of radio series such as Duffy's tavern (1946), Command performance (1946-47), and The Bob Hope show (1949-52); started writing for television in 1950 and worked on shows including The Red Buttons show and Caesar's television comedy hour; started his career playwriting in the early 1960s with the th...