Cleveland Adult Entertainment: Review: Something ‘Funny’ indeed happening in Chardon
Lyrics from the opening musical number of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” promise “something for everyone. A comedy tonight!” That is exactly what is delivered in this Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart play — and in the current Geauga Lyric Theater Guild’s production of it.
Set in ancient Rome, “Forum” tells the wild tale of an ever-conniving slave named Pseudolus, who is owned by the young and innocent Hero. Pseudolus seeks to win his freedom by offering to help his master win the heart of Philia, a beautiful and intellectually vacant courtesan in the neighboring house of ill repute, who the shy Hero adores from a distance. Of course, the girl has already been sold to the great warrior Miles Gloriosus, who is coming to claim his bride.