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Comedy Tonight In Wilton Manors, But Bring A Blanket

POW! in the Park’s inaugural production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum this month is the culmination of the company’s dream to produce free outdoor theater in Wilton Manors’ Mickel Park.

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Bill Hirschman
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Welcome the Circus at Maltz Theater’s Funny Thing Happened

The circus has come to town with A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. In this time of upheaval and uncertainty, sometimes what you need is a dose of supreme silliness, not just silliness but the classically constructed silliness created by a cadre of comedy experts.

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Bill Hirschman
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Tragedy Tomorrow, Comedy Tonight At MNM’s A Funny Thing

MNM Theatre Company’s delightfully silly production of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum is a musical that prides itself on broad low and often ribald humor, pratfalls, double takes and half the encyclopedia of vaudevillian comedy.

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Bill Hirschman
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Forum’s Funny Bone Missing In The Wick’s Vaudevillian Farce

The Wick Theatre’s production of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum benefits from Stephen Sondheims’s score and lyrics, but the cast and director need to inject more vaudevillian humor to overcome the material’s inherent sexism,

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Bill Hirschman
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Talkin’ In The Green Room With: Ken Clement

In this edition, we talk with Ken Clement (currently Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Broward Stage Door). Besides explaining how he avoids a wardrobe malfunction, he shares revealing insights into himself and his profession.

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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News Briefs: Funny Thing Won’t Move, Sirois & Della Ventura Show to NYC, McArt Holds Finstrom Reading

  By Bill Hirschman Variations on a Theme The Harvest One Act Play Festival, sponsored by the Variations Theatre Group in New York City, has accepted two plays each from local actor/playwrights and close friends Mark Della Ventura and David …

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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Funny Thing is Mildly Amusing Show at Stage Door

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the wonderful 1960’s musical sex farce set in ancient Rome, gets a less than stunning retread at the Broward Stage Door Theatre in Coral Springs.

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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Talking in the Green Room With: Dan Kelley

We find talk with Dan Kelley (currently starring in and directing A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Broward Stage Door) who reveals what he says to a friend who’s appearing in a dog.

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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