One of my Christmas presents was the tickets to the Shakespeare theatre for the musical “A Funny Thing happened on the Way to the Forum.” This show takes comedy back to its roots, combining situations from the comedies of Roman playwright Plautus with the energy of vaudeville. Forum first came to Broadway in 1962, and the music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart have held up remarkably well for 50 years.
