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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Index A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. [1]

147 relations: 'Monsewer' Eddie Gray, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film), Alazon, Ancient Rome, Annette Andre, Beiste (Glee), Blu-ray, Broadway theatre, Bruce Dow, Burt Shevelove, Buster Keaton, Captain America: The First Avenger, Carl Ballantine, Carl Lindström Company, Caroline Sheen, Cherokee Hair Tampons, Christine Baranski, Christopher Fitzgerald (actor), Chung King-fai, Crete, David Alan Grier, David Burns (actor), David Schneider (actor), Des McAnuff, Desmond Barrit, Don Draper, Drag (clothing), Drama Desk Award, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Drama League Award, DVD, Ernie Sabella, Eunuch, Fairfield, Iowa, Farce, Frankie Howerd, Geoffrey Rush, George Abbott, Glee (TV series), Hamish McColl, Harold Prince, Harry Towb, Her Majesty's Theatre, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Isla Blair, Jack Cole (choreographer), Jack Collins (actor), Jack Gilford, Jason Alexander, ..., Jean Rosenthal, Jerome Robbins, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Jerry Zaks, Jessica Boevers, Jim Stanek, John Carradine, Jon Pertwee, Karen Black, Kenneth Connor, Kwai Tsing Theatre, Larry Blyden, Larry Gelbart, Laurence Olivier Award, Leon Greene, Lew Parker, Lewis J. Stadlen, Linda Gray, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Mad Men, Magda Szubanski, Majestic Theatre (Broadway), Mark Hellinger Theatre, Mark Linn-Baker, Marvel One-Shots, Mary Testa, Michael Crawford, Michael Hordern, Michael Urie, Miles Gloriosus (play), Milton Berle, Mirvish Productions, Mistaken identity, Mostellaria, Musical film, Musical theatre, Nancy Walker, Nathan Lane, Neil Simon Theatre, Novello Theatre, Outer Critics Circle Award, Patricia Jessel, Phil Silvers, Philip Quast, Piccadilly Theatre, Plautus, Playbill, Pseudolus, Raymond Walburn, Reginald Owen, Revival (theatre), Richard Kind, Richard Lester, Rob Marshall, Robertson Hare, Robin Williams, Ron Holgate, Royal National Theatre, Ruth Kobart, Sam Kelly, Sardi's, Seán Cullen, Senate of the Roman Republic, Shane Bourne, Slavery, South Park, St. James Theatre, Stephen DeRosa, Stephen Ouimette, Stephen Sondheim, Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, The Birdcage, The Frogs (musical), The Phil Silvers Show, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Tom Deckman, Tom Poston, Tony Award, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Author, Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Musical, Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Tony Walton, Toronto, Vaudeville, Wayne Cilento, West End theatre, Whoopi Goldberg, William Duell, Wise old man, Yersinia pestis, Zero Mostel. Expand index (97 more) »

'Monsewer' Eddie Gray

Edward Earl Gray ('Monsewer' Eddie Gray) (10 June 1898 – 15 September 1969) was an English stage comedian who performed in music halls as a solo act and also as a member of the Crazy Gang.

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a 1966 British-American DeLuxe Color musical comedy film, based on the stage musical of the same name.

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Alazon

Alazṓn (ἀλαζών) is one of three stock characters in comedy of the theatre of ancient Greece.

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Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

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Annette Andre

Annette Andre (born 24 June 1939 in Sydney, Australia) is an actress best known for her work on British television throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

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Beiste (Glee)

Coach Shannon Beiste (later Sheldon Beiste) is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee.

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Blu-ray

Blu-ray or Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Bruce Dow

Bruce Dow is an American-Canadian actor, best known for his four featured roles on Broadway, his 12 seasons in leading roles at the Stratford Festival, his Dora Mavor Moore Awards-winning performances at Buddies in Bad Times, the world's largest and longest running LGBTQ theatre, his voicing the character of Max for Total Drama Pahkitew Island and his appearances on the Rick Mercer Report and Murdoch Mysteries.

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Burt Shevelove

Burt Shevelove (September 19, 1915 – April 8, 1982) was an American musical theater playwright, lyricist, librettist, and director.

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Buster Keaton

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer.

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Captain America: The First Avenger

Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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Carl Ballantine

Carl Ballantine (September 27, 1917 – November 3, 2009) was an American magician, comedian and actor.

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Carl Lindström Company

Carl Lindström A.G. was a global record company founded in 1893 and based in Berlin, Germany.

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Caroline Sheen

Caroline Sheen (born 1976) is a Welsh actress who has played various roles on stage in the West End and at other venues across London and the UK.

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Cherokee Hair Tampons

"Cherokee Hair Tampons" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 54th episode of the series overall.

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Christine Baranski

Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an American actress, singer and producer.

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Christopher Fitzgerald (actor)

Christopher Cantwell Fitzgerald (born November 26, 1972) is an American actor and singer.

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Chung King-fai

Chung King-fai, SBS, is a Hong Kong actor and pioneer of contemporary performing art.

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Crete

Crete (Κρήτη,; Ancient Greek: Κρήτη, Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

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David Alan Grier

David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1956) is an American actor and comedian.

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David Burns (actor)

David Burns (June 22, 1902 – March 12, 1971) was an American Broadway theatre and motion picture actor and singer.

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David Schneider (actor)

David Schneider (born 22 May 1963) is an English actor, comedian and director.

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Des McAnuff

Desmond "Des" McAnuff (born June 19, 1952) is the American-Canadian Tony Award-winning former artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and director of such Broadway musical theatre productions as Big River, The Who's Tommy and Jersey Boys.

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Desmond Barrit

Desmond Barrit is a Welsh actor, best known for his stage work.

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Don Draper

Donald Francis "Don" Draper is a fictional character and protagonist on the AMC television series Mad Men (2007–2015), portrayed by Jon Hamm.

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Drag (clothing)

The slang term "drag" refers to the wearing of clothing of the opposite sex, and may be used as a noun as in the expression in drag, or as an adjective as in drag show.

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Drama Desk Award

The Drama Desk Awards are presented annually and were first awarded in 1955 to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama League Award

The Drama League Awards, created in 1922, honor distinguished productions and performances both on Broadway and Off-Broadway, in addition to recognizing exemplary career achievements in theatre, musical theatre, and directing.

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DVD

DVD (an abbreviation of "digital video disc" or "digital versatile disc") is a digital optical disc storage format invented and developed by Philips and Sony in 1995.

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Ernie Sabella

Ernest "Ernie" Sabella (born September 19, 1949) is an American actor and voice actor who is best known for his role as the voice of Pumbaa from The Lion King franchise.

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Eunuch

The term eunuch (εὐνοῦχος) generally refers to a man who has been castrated, typically early enough in his life for this change to have major hormonal consequences.

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Fairfield, Iowa

Fairfield is a city in, and the county seat of, Jefferson County, Iowa, United States.

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Farce

In theatre, a farce is a comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable.

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Frankie Howerd

Francis Alick "Frankie" Howerd, (6 March 1917 – 19 April 1992) was an English comedian and comic actor whose career, described by fellow comedian Barry Cryer as "a series of comebacks", spanned six decades.

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Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor.

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George Abbott

George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned nine decades.

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Glee (TV series)

Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that aired on the Fox network in the United States from May 19, 2009, to March 20, 2015.

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Hamish McColl

Hamish McColl (born January 28, 1962) is a British comedian, writer and actor.

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Harold Prince

Harold Smith Prince (born January 30, 1928) is an American theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway musical productions of the 20th century.

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Harry Towb

Harry Towb (27 July 1925 – 24 July 2009) was an actor from Northern Ireland.

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Her Majesty's Theatre

Her Majesty's Theatre is a West End theatre situated on Haymarket in the City of Westminster, London.

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Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne

Her Majesty's Theatre is a 1,700 seat theatre in Melbourne's East End Theatre District, Australia.

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Isla Blair

Isla Blair (born 29 September 1944) is a British actress.

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Jack Cole (choreographer)

Jack Cole (April 27, 1911 in New Brunswick, New Jersey – February 17, 1974 in Los Angeles, California) was an American dancer, choreographer, and theatre director known as "the Father of Theatrical Jazz Dance".

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Jack Collins (actor)

Jack Richard Collins (August 24, 1918 – January 31, 2005) was an American stage, film, and television actor.

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Jack Gilford

Jack Gilford (July 25, 1908 – June 4, 1990) was an American Broadway, film and television actor.

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Jason Alexander

Jay Scott Greenspan (born September 23, 1959), known by his stage name Jason Alexander, is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, and director.

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Jean Rosenthal

Jean Rosenthal (born Eugenia Rosenthal; March 16, 1912 - May 1, 1969) is considered a pioneer in the field of theatrical lighting design.

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Jerome Robbins

Jerome Robbins (October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American choreographer, director, dancer, and theater producer who worked in classical ballet, on Broadway, and in films and television.

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Jerome Robbins' Broadway

Jerome Robbins' Broadway is an anthology comprising musical numbers from shows that were either directed or choreographed by Jerome Robbins.

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Jerry Zaks

Jerry Zaks (born September 7, 1946) is a German-born American stage and television director, and actor.

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Jessica Boevers

Jessica Boevers (born August 25, 1972) is an American actress who has appeared in a number of notable Broadway productions, as well as Off-Broadway, film, and television.

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Jim Stanek

James Stanek (born August 5, 1971) is an American theatre, film, and television actor.

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John Carradine

John Carradine (born Richmond Reed Carradine; February 5, 1906 – November 27, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his roles in horror films, Westerns, and Shakespearean theatre.

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Jon Pertwee

John Devon Roland Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996), known professionally as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor, comedian, entertainer and cabaret performer.

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Karen Black

Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter.

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Kenneth Connor

Kenneth Connor, MBE (6 June 191828 November 1993) was an English stage, film and broadcasting actor, best known to the public for his comedy appearances in the ''Carry On'' films.

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Kwai Tsing Theatre

Kwai Tsing Theatre is a major performance venue in Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong.

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Larry Blyden

Ivan Lawrence Blieden (June 23, 1925 – June 6, 1975), known as Larry Blyden, was an American actor, stage producer and director, and game show host.

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Larry Gelbart

Larry Simon Gelbart (February 25, 1928 – September 11, 2009) was an American television writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and author, most famous as a creator and producer of the television series M*A*S*H, and as co-writer of Broadway musicals City of Angels and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

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Laurence Olivier Award

The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply the Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre in London at an annual ceremony in the capital.

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Leon Greene

Lenard George "Leon" Greene (born 1931) is an English actor and opera singer.

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Lew Parker

Lew Parker (October 29, 1910 – October 27, 1972) was an American television, stage and musical theatre actor.

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Lewis J. Stadlen

Lewis J. Stadlen (born March 7, 1947) is an American stage and screen character actor.

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Linda Gray

Linda Gray (born September 12, 1940) is an American film, stage and television actress, director, producer and former model, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry Hagman's character on the CBS television drama series Dallas (1978–1989), for which she was nominated for the 1981 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

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Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (previously known as the Globe Theatre) is a Broadway theatre located at 205 West 46th Street in midtown-Manhattan.

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Mad Men

Mad Men is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television.

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Magda Szubanski

Magdalene Mary "Magda" Szubanski (born 12 April 1961) is an Australian television and film actress, comedian and writer.

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Majestic Theatre (Broadway)

The Majestic Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 245 West 44th Street in midtown Manhattan.

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Mark Hellinger Theatre

The Mark Hellinger Theatre is a former Broadway theatre and cinema complex, located at 237 West 51st Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Mark Linn-Baker

Mark Linn-Baker (born June 17, 1954) is an American actor and director who played Benjy Stone in the film My Favorite Year and Larry Appleton in the television sitcom Perfect Strangers.

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Marvel One-Shots

Marvel One-Shots are a series of direct-to-video short films produced by Marvel Studios, set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), released from 2011 to 2014.

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Mary Testa

Mary Testa (born June 4, 1955) is an American stage and film actress and singer.

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Michael Crawford

Michael Patrick Smith, (born 19 January 1942) known by the professional stage name of Michael Crawford, is an English actor, comedian, philanthropist, and singer.

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Michael Hordern

Sir Michael Murray Hordern, CBE (3 October 19112 May 1995)Morley, Sheridan.

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Michael Urie

Michael Lorenzo Urie (born August 8, 1980) is an American actor, presenter, director, and producer.

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Miles Gloriosus (play)

Miles Gloriosus is a comedic play written by Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254–184 B.C.). The title can be translated as "The Swaggering Soldier" or "Vainglorious Soldier".

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Milton Berle

Milton Berle (born Mendel Berlinger; July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American comedian and actor.

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Mirvish Productions

Mirvish Productions is a Canadian based theatrical production company and promoter.

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Mistaken identity

Mistaken identity is a defense in criminal law which claims the actual innocence of the criminal defendant, and attempts to undermine evidence of guilt by asserting that any eyewitness to the crime incorrectly thought that they saw the defendant, when in fact the person seen by the witness was someone else.

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Mostellaria

Mostellaria is a play by the Roman author Plautus.

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Musical film

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing.

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Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.

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Nancy Walker

Nancy Walker (May 10, 1922 – March 25, 1992) was an American actress and comedian of stage, screen, and television.

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Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane; February 3, 1956) is an American actor and writer.

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Neil Simon Theatre

The Neil Simon Theatre, formerly the Alvin Theatre, is a Broadway venue built in 1927 and located at 250 West 52nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Novello Theatre

The Novello Theatre is a West End theatre on Aldwych, in the City of Westminster.

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Outer Critics Circle Award

The Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on Broadway and Off-Broadway.

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Patricia Jessel

Patricia Helen Jessel (15 October 1920 – 8 June 1968) was an English actress of stage, film and television.

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Phil Silvers

Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah".

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Philip Quast

Philip Mark Quast (born 30 July 1957) is an Australian actor and singer.

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Piccadilly Theatre

The Piccadilly Theatre is a West End theatre located at 16 Denman Street, behind Piccadilly Circus and adjacent to the Regent Palace Hotel, in the City of Westminster, England.

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Plautus

Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254 – 184 BC), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period.

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Playbill

Playbill is a monthly U.S. magazine for theatregoers.

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Pseudolus

Pseudolus is a play by the ancient Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus.

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Raymond Walburn

Raymond Walburn (September 9, 1887 – July 26, 1969) was an American character actor of stage and screen who appeared in dozens of Hollywood movie comedies and an occasional dramatic role during the 1930s and 1940s.

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Reginald Owen

John Reginald Owen (5 August 1887 – 5 November 1972) was an English character actor.

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Revival (theatre)

A revival is a restaging of a stage production after its original run has closed.

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Richard Kind

Richard Bruce Kind (born November 22, 1956) is an American actor and voice actor known for his roles in the sitcoms Mad About You (as Dr. Mark Devanow) and Spin City (as Paul Lassiter).

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Richard Lester

Richard Lester (born Richard Lester Liebman; January 19, 1932) is an American film director based in Britain.

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Rob Marshall

Rob Marshall (born October 17, 1960) is an American theater director, film director, and choreographer.

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Robertson Hare

John Robertson Hare (17 December 1891 – 25 January 1979) was an English actor, who came to fame in the Aldwych farces.

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Robin Williams

Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian.

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Ron Holgate

Ronald Holgate (born May 26, 1937, Aberdeen, South Dakota) is an American actor and opera singer.

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Royal National Theatre

The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT) is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House.

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Ruth Kobart

Ruth Kobart (April 24, 1924 – December 14, 2002) was an American performer, whose six-decade career encompassed opera, Broadway musical theatre, regional theatre, films, and television.

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Sam Kelly

Roger Michael Kelly (19 December 1943 – 14 June 2014), known by the stage name Sam Kelly, was an English actor who appeared in film, television, radio and theatre.

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Sardi's

Sardi's is a continental restaurant located at 234 West 44th Street (between Broadway and Eighth Avenue) in the Theater District in Manhattan, in New York City.

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Seán Cullen

Seán Cullen (born August 29, 1965) is a Canadian voice actor and stand-up comedian.

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Senate of the Roman Republic

The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic.

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Shane Bourne

Shane Keith Bourne (born 24 November 1949 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor and a television host.

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Slavery

Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property.

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South Park

South Park is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for the Comedy Central television network.

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St. James Theatre

The St.

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Stephen DeRosa

Stephen DeRosa (born June 10, 1968) is an American television and theatre actor.

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Stephen Ouimette

Stephen Ouimette (born June 30, 1954) is a Canadian actor and director, born and raised in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, and a graduate of the University of Windsor.

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Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theater.

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Stratford Festival

The Stratford Festival is an internationally recognized annual repertory theatre festival which operates from April to October in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

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Stratford, Ontario

Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of 31,465 in 2016 in a land area of 28.28 square kilometres.

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The Birdcage

The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Elaine May, and starring Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, and Dianne Wiest.

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The Frogs (musical)

The Frogs is a musical "freely adapted" by Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove from The Frogs, an Ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes.

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The Phil Silvers Show

The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You'll Never Get Rich, is a sitcom which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959.

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Theatre Royal, Sydney

The Theatre Royal in Sydney is Australia's oldest theatrical institution.

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Tom Deckman

Tom Deckman is an American stage and screen actor.

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Tom Poston

Thomas Gordon Poston (October 17, 1921 – April 30, 2007) was an American television and film actor.

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Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical is awarded to the actor who was voted as the best actor in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival.

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Tony Award for Best Author

The Tony Award for Best Author is a now retired category once presented to playwrights, authors and librettists of theatrical plays and musicals.

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Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical is awarded to librettists of the spoken, non-sung dialogue, and storyline of a musical play.

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Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical.

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Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical

This is a list of the winners and nominations of Tony Award for the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical. It is the equivalent to the Best Supporting Actor award at the Academy Awards.

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Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical has been presented since 1950.

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Tony Award for Best Musical

The Tony Awards are yearly awards that recognize achievement in live Broadway theatre.

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Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical has been awarded since 1994.

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Tony Walton

Anthony John Walton (born 24 October 1934) is an English set and costume designer.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Vaudeville

Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment.

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Wayne Cilento

Wayne Louis Cilento (born August 28, 1949) is an American director and choreographer.

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West End theatre

West End theatre is a common term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of "Theatreland" in and near the West End of London.

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Whoopi Goldberg

Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actress, comedian, author, and television host.

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William Duell

William Duell (August 30, 1923 – December 22, 2011) was an American actor and singer.

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Wise old man

The wise old man (also called senex, '''sage''' or '''sophos''') is an archetype as described by Carl Jung, as well as a classic literary figure, and may be seen as a stock character.

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Yersinia pestis

Yersinia pestis (formerly Pasteurella pestis) is a Gram-negative, non-motile rod-shaped coccobacillus, with no spores.

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Zero Mostel

Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor, singer and comedian of stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of comic characters such as Tevye on stage in Fiddler on the Roof, Pseudolus on stage and on screen in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max Bialystock in the original film version of The Producers.

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