A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim 
Played at The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington DC

Choreographer: Josh Rhodes

Music Director: Adam Wachter
Set Designer: James Noone
Costume Designer: David Woolard; Lighting
Designer: Rui Rita; Wig Designer: Paul Huntley 
 
Cast: Steve Vinovich, Julie Johnson, Nick Verina, Tom Story, Bruce Dow, Harry Winter, Edward Watts, Danny Rutigliano, Ashley Marinelli, Chelsey Arce, Ashley Blair Fitzgerald, Sarah Meahl, Lisa Karlan, Jennifer Frankel, Lora Lee Gayer, Matthew Bauman, Nick Flatto, Blakely Slaybaugh

Winner of The 2014 Helen Hayes Award for Best Director of a Musical

Helen Hayes Award Nominations for:
Best Resident Musical 
Outstanding Choreography, Resident Musical: Josh Rhodes 
Outstanding Actor in a Resident Musical: Bruce Dow 
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Resident Musical: Edward Watts 
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Resident Musical: Lora Lee Gayer 
Outstanding Ensemble of a Resident Musical

 

Photos by T. Charles Erickson

Alan Paul at the ripe old age of 29 has directed a masterpiece.
— Broadway World
Choreographically slick, rampantly silly and aggressively incorrect, politically speaking
— The Washington Post
A joy from the beginning
— DC Metro Theatre Arts
Well acted, well sung, inventive? Count on it
— Showbiz Radio