A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To My Funeral
Silvers eventually played the role — wearing his glasses — in a revival. In the film, he played Marcus Lycus. Milton Berle also passed on the role. Eventually, Zero Mostel was cast.
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During the out of town pre-Broadway tryouts the show was attracting little business and not playing well. Jerome Robbins was called in to give advice and make changes.
The biggest change Robbins made was a new opening number to replace "Love Is in the Air" and introduce the show as a bawdy, wild comedy. Stephen Sondheim wrote the song "Comedy Tonight" for this new opening. It was directed by George Abbott and produced by Hal Prince , with choreography by Jack Cole and uncredited staging and choreography by Robbins. The scenic and costume design was by Tony Walton.
The lighting design was by Jean Rosenthal. The young lovers were played by Brian Davies and Preshy Marker. Karen Black , originally cast as the ingenue, was replaced out of town.
The show won several Tony Awards: The score, however, was coolly received; it was Sondheim's first musical on Broadway in which he wrote both the music and lyrics, and did not earn a nomination for Best Original Score. The show was presented twice in London's West End. David Burns did not return for the film role of Senex, which was played in the film by Michael Hordern. Buster Keaton made his final film appearance in the role of Erronius. A revival opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on April 4, and closed on August 12, after performances.
Larry Blyden , who played Hysterium, the role created by Jack Gilford, also co-produced. They had to close soon after Phil Silvers suffered a stroke.
The musical was revived again with great success in , opening at the St. James Theatre on April 18, and closing on January 4, after performances. The production was directed by Jerry Zaks , with choreography by Rob Marshall. The Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts produced a limited-run revival of the musical from January 11 to 27, The production was directed by Randal K.
West, with Justin Hill as musical director and Adam Cates as choreographer. Bruce Dow and Sean Cullen were alternates in the lead role. In ancient Rome, some neighbors live in three adjacent houses. In the center is the house of Senex, who lives there with wife Domina, son Hero, and several slaves, including head slave Hysterium and the musical's main character Pseudolus. A slave belonging to Hero, Pseudolus wishes to buy, win, or steal his freedom. As a comedian he worked his first gig in Las Vegas at the Fremont Hotel on the same stage with a nineteen year-old kid named Wayne Newton.
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Watch for more offerings from his pen on Amazon. Publication Data Country of Publication. As the people started to get out of their cars, we did not recognize anyone. What really shocked me is that no one was waiting for my cousin or aunt before going on to the gravesite and standing around the coffin. Then I turned and looked toward the coffin. His coffin was much darker! That is not Uncle Arthur!
We both looked frantically at each other and then pondered what we should do. We were completely blocked in.
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We could not say anything, that would be disrespectful. We quickly texted our oldest brother who is terrible at checking texts in a timely fashion. When he did not answer, we called our other brother who answered his phone and asked where we were. That made us feel a little better.
We started thinking about if the people around the casket were looking at us and wondering why we were still in the car talking and texting on our phones. As we sat in disbelief wondering how this could happen, the graveside service ended, and the people started to walk toward their cars.
It also features Buster Keaton in his last motion picture role; Phil Silvers , for whom the stage musical was originally intended; and Lester favorites Michael Crawford , Michael Hordern and Roy Kinnear. The production was directed by Randal K. The young lovers were played by Brian Davies and Preshy Marker. Vintage Paperback Paperback Books Bibles. February 21, at
Over the course of the next several hours at the restaurant, we laughed again and again at what had happened. It truly was straight out of a sitcom or movie script. I guess we know Uncle Arthur had the last laugh that day and that filled us with a great feeling. In our case, we have angels with a sense of humor along with great love.
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Love you Uncle Arthur, never lose your sense of humor! Filed under Humor , Life , Life Stages. Hello Carolyn, my condolences to you and your family. This is an epic story and one to tell the kids when you get old imho.